Genesis 30:4

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.

• וַתִּתֶּן־and she gave

  vatiten-H5414 →2011 times

• ל֛וֹto <the> him

  lo

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• בִּלְהָ֥הBilhah

  bilhahH1090 →11 times

• שִׁפְחָתָ֖הּmaidservant her

  shifchatahH8198 →63 times

• לְאִשָּׁ֑הto a wife

  leishahH802 →781 times

• וַיָּבֹ֥אand he went

  vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times

• אֵלֶ֖יהָinto her

  ʾeleihaH413 →5510 times

• יַעֲקֹֽב׃Jacob

  yaakoH3290 →350 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 25:6

  But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

  it leads to

  • Genesis 21:14

    Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of…

  • Judges 6:3

    Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,

• Through

  Genesis 35:22

  While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

  it leads to

  • 1 Chronicles 5:1

    These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So…

• Through

  Genesis 21:10

  and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”

  it leads to

  • John 8:35

    A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever.

  • Galatians 4:22–31

    For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

  • 1 John 2:19

    They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of…

  • Genesis 36:6–7

    Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and…

• Through

  Genesis 25:1

  Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,

  it leads to

  • 1 Chronicles 1:32–33

    The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.