Genesis 21:27 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקַּ֤ח	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
אַבְרָהָם֙	'av.ra.Ham	Abraham	H85 →
צֹ֣אן	tzon	sheep	H6629 →
וּבָקָ֔ר	u.va.Kar	and cattle	H1241 →
וַיִּתֵּ֖ן	vai.yi.Ten	and he gave [them]	H5414 →
לַאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ	la.'a.vi.Me.lekh	to Abimelech	H40 →
וַיִּכְרְת֥וּ	vai.yikh.re.Tu	and they made	H3772 →
שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם	she.nei.Hem	[the] two of them	H8147 →
בְּרִֽית׃	be.Rit	a covenant	H1285 →

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

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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
Galatians 3:15
Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
leads to
- Hebrews 9:17
  because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.
- Romans 6:19
  I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now…
Through
Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
leads to
- Proverbs 19:6
  Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
Through
Genesis 31:44
Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 20:14–17
  And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,
- Joshua 24:25–27
  On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
- Genesis 21:22–32
  At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
- Genesis 31:52
  This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm…
- Genesis 15:18
  On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

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.

Isaiah 32:8But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.Genesis 31:44Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”Genesis 26:28–31“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you Proverbs 21:14A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.Galatians 3:15Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.Proverbs 18:24A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.Proverbs 18:16A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.Romans 1:31They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.Genesis 14:22–23But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,1 Samuel 18:3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.Ezekiel 17:13He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,Proverbs 17:8A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.Genesis 21:32After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.Judges 14:3But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”

Featured studies on this passage

Walks through Genesis 21

The Binding of Isaac (Genesis 22), MannaFest

Open the study →

Walks through Genesis 21

Hagar: Genesis 16 and 21 · MannaFest

Open the study →

Walks through Genesis 21

Hagar and Sarah: the Allegory, MannaFest

Open the study →

Walks through Genesis 21

The Hall of Faith

Hebrews 11 walks the whole Old Testament as one procession — witness by witness, each name a deed, all of them running toward Jesus.

Open the study →

Walks through Genesis 21

Names of God

God reveals himself by name. Each name given in a specific historical moment, in response to a specific situation. Twenty-eight names along a revelation timeline — from Elohim at creation to YHWH-Shammah at the restored city — closing with Jesus' "I AM."

Open the study →

Walks through Genesis 21

Sarah: Mother of Nations · MannaFest

Open the study →

Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

Original language & word study

The walk

Where the connections lead

Featured studies on this passage

About Genesis

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Genesis

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Genesis