Genesis 22:23

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.

• וּבְתוּאֵ֖לand Bethuel

  uvetuelH1328 →10 times

• יָלַ֣דhe fathered

  yaladH3205 →496 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• רִבְקָ֑הRebekah

  rivkahH7259 →30 times

• שְׁמֹנָ֥הeight [sons]

  shemonahH8083 →109 times

• אֵ֙לֶּה֙these

  ʾelehH428 →746 times

• יָלְדָ֣הshe bore

  yaldahH3205 →496 times

• מִלְכָּ֔הMilcah

  milkahH4435 →11 times

• לְנָח֖וֹרto Nahor

  lenachorH5152 →18 times

• אֲחִ֥י[the] brother of

  ʾachiH251 →630 times

• אַבְרָהָֽם׃Abraham

  ʾavrahamH85 →175 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

  Genesis 24:60

  And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”

  it leads to

  • Genesis 22:17

    I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

  • Genesis 17:16

    And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”

  • Ruth 4:11–12

    “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel.…

  • Genesis 28:3

    May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.

  • Genesis 1:28

    God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature…

• Through

  Genesis 24:15

  Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.

  it leads to

  • Genesis 11:29

    And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

  • Isaiah 65:24

    Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

  • Genesis 24:45

    And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to…