2 Kings 4:17 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 4:17

But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

BSB

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ASV

And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her.

KJV

And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

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12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתַּ֥הַר	va.Ta.har	and she conceived	H2029 →
הָאִשָּׁ֖ה	ha.'i.Shah	the woman	H802 →
וַתֵּ֣לֶד	va.Te.led	and she gave birth to	H3205 →
בֵּ֑ן	Ben	a son	H1121 →
לַמּוֹעֵ֤ד	la.mo.'Ed	to the appointed time	H4150 →
הַזֶּה֙	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
כָּעֵ֣ת	ka.'Et	about the time	H6256 →
חַיָּ֔ה	chai.Yah	living	H2416 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
דִּבֶּ֥ר	di.Ber	he had spoken	H1696 →
אֵלֶ֖יהָ	'e.Lei.ha	to her	H413 →
אֱלִישָֽׁע׃	'e.li.Sha'	Elisha	H477 →

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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
Hebrews 11:11
By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
leads to
- Romans 4:20–21
  Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
- Hebrews 10:23
  Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
- Genesis 18:11–14
  And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
Through
Genesis 21:1
Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
leads to
- Psalms 12:6
  The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
- Genesis 18:10
  Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the…
- Genesis 18:14
  Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
- Genesis 17:19
  But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after…
- Galatians 4:23
  His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.