Exodus 1:5 BSB — MannaFest

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11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיְהִ֗י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
נֶ֛פֶשׁ	Ne.fesh	person	H5315 →
יֹצְאֵ֥י	yo.tze.'Ei	[who] came out of	H3318 →
יֶֽרֶךְ־	ye.rekh-	[the] thigh of	H3409 →
יַעֲקֹ֖ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
שִׁבְעִ֣ים	shiv.'Im	seventy	H7657 →
נָ֑פֶשׁ	Na.fesh	person[s]	H5315 →
וְיוֹסֵ֖ף	ve.yo.Sef	and Joseph	H3130 →
הָיָ֥ה	ha.Yah	he was	H1961 →
בְמִצְרָֽיִם׃	ve.mitz.Ra.yim	in Egypt	H4714 →

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
Deuteronomy 10:22
Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
leads to
- Genesis 46:27
  And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
- Genesis 15:5
  And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
- Deuteronomy 1:10
  The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Through
Exodus 1:20
So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
leads to
- Isaiah 3:10
  Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- Ecclesiastes 8:12
  Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
- Proverbs 11:18
  The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
Through
Judges 8:30
Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
leads to
- Judges 9:5
  He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
- Judges 9:2
  “Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh…

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.

Deuteronomy 10:22Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.Genesis 46:26All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.Genesis 46:26–27All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.Acts 7:14Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.Genesis 46:27And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.Judges 8:30Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.Deuteronomy 26:5and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.Exodus 1:20So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.Genesis 46:19The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.Jeremiah 52:29in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;Exodus 24:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.Hebrews 7:5Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.

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