Genesis 21:4

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיָּ֤מָלand he circumcised

  vaiyamolH4135 →37 times

• אַבְרָהָם֙Abraham

  ʾavrahamH85 →175 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• יִצְחָ֣קIsaac

  yitzchakH3327 →108 times

• בְּנ֔וֹson his

  benoH1121 →4930 times

• בֶּן־a son of

  ben-H1121 →4930 times

• שְׁמֹנַ֖תeight

  shemonatH8083 →109 times

• יָמִ֑יםdays

  yamimH3117 →2304 times

• כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רjust as

  kaasherH834 →5497 times

• צִוָּ֥הhe had commanded

  tzivahH6680 →494 times

• אֹת֖וֹ<obj.> him

  ʾotoH853 →10935 times

• אֱלֹהִֽים׃God

  ʾelohimH430 →2601 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Luke 2:21

  When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.

  it leads to

  • Genesis 17:12

    Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Leviticus 12:3

    And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Luke 1:31

    Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.

  • Luke 1:59

    On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.

  • Matthew 1:21

    She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”

• Through

  Exodus 12:48

  If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be…

  it leads to

  • Numbers 9:14

    If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute…

  • Colossians 3:11

    Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

• Through

  Luke 1:59

  On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.

  it leads to

  • Philippians 3:5

    circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;