1 Chronicles 1:4 BSB

Original language & word study

4 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נֹ֥חַ	No.ach	Noah	H5146 →
שֵׁ֖ם	shem	Shem	H8035 →
חָ֥ם	cham	Ham	H2526 →
וָיָֽפֶת׃ ס	va.Ya.fet	and Japheth	H3315 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 9:18
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
leads to
- Genesis 10:1
  This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 10:6
  The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Through
Luke 17:26
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
leads to
- Matthew 24:37–39
  As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
- Luke 17:24
  For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.
- Genesis 7:7–23
  And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
- Luke 17:22
  Then He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
- 1 Peter 3:19–20
  in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison
Through
Genesis 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
leads to
- Genesis 6:10
  And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Genesis 5:32After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.Genesis 9:18The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.Isaiah 54:9–10“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.Matthew 24:37–38As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.Luke 17:26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:Genesis 7:1Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.Ezekiel 14:14then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.Genesis 9:29So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.Genesis 6:8–10Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.2 Peter 2:5if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;Luke 3:36the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

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