Genesis 39:4

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.

• וַיִּמְצָ֨אand he found

  vaiyimtza'H4672 →455 times

• יוֹסֵ֥ףJoseph

  yosefH3130 →213 times

• חֵ֛ןfavor

  chenH2580 →69 times

• בְּעֵינָ֖יוin view his

  beeinavH5869 →887 times

• וַיְשָׁ֣רֶתand he served

  vaysharetH8334 →

• אֹת֑וֹ<obj.> him

  ʾotoH853 →10935 times

• וַיַּפְקִדֵ֙הוּ֙and he appointed him

  vaiyafkidehuH6485 →303 times

• עַל־over

  ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

• בֵּית֔וֹhousehold his

  beitoH1004 →2046 times

• וְכָל־and all

  vekholH3605 →5413 times

• יֶשׁ־[that] there

  yesh-H3426 →140 times

• ל֖וֹ[belonged] to <the> him

  lo

• נָתַ֥ןhe gave

  natanH5414 →2011 times

• בְּיָדֽוֹ׃in hand his

  beyadoH3027 →1618 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

  Acts 20:28

  Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

  it leads to

  • 1 Peter 5:2–3

    Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

  • 1 Timothy 4:16

    Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

  • 1 Peter 1:18–19

    For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

  • Isaiah 40:11

    He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

  • 1 Timothy 3:2

    An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

• Through

  Proverbs 27:18

  Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

  it leads to

  • 1 Corinthians 9:7

    Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

  • 2 Timothy 2:6

    The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

  • Song of Solomon 8:12

    But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.