Acts 7:11 BSB — MannaFest

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19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἦλθεν	ēlthen	Came	G2064 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
λιμὸς	limos	a famine	G3042 →
ἐφ᾽	eph᾽	upon	G1909 →
ὅλην	holēn	all	G3650 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
Αἴγυπτον	Aigupton	of Egypt	G125 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Χανάαν	Chanaan	Canaan	G5477 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
θλῖψις	thlipsis	affliction	G2347 →
μεγάλη	megalē	great	G3173 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οὐχ	ouch	not	G3756 →
ηὕρισκον	hēuriskon	were finding	G2147 →
χορτάσματα	chortasmata	sustenance	G5527 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
πατέρες	pateres	fathers	G3962 →
ἡμῶν.¶	hēmōn	of us.	G3165 →

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 45:11
And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’
leads to
- Genesis 47:12
  Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.
- Genesis 47:6
  the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented…
- Matthew 15:5–6
  But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’
- 1 Timothy 5:4
  But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
- Mark 7:9–12
  He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.
Through
Genesis 43:1
Now the famine was still severe in the land.
leads to
- Genesis 12:10
  Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
- Lamentations 5:10
  Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
- Acts 7:11–13
  Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.

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 41:54the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:54–57the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.Genesis 47:13There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.Genesis 45:11And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’Genesis 47:13–15There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.Genesis 45:5–6And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.Genesis 43:1Now the famine was still severe in the land.Genesis 42:5So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.Psalms 105:16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.Genesis 47:4Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”Genesis 12:10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

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