Genesis 45:23

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.

• וּלְאָבִ֞יוand to father his

  uleavivH1 →1212 times

• שָׁלַ֤חhe sent

  shalachH7971 →845 times

• כְּזֹאת֙according to this

  kezotH2063 →603 times

• עֲשָׂרָ֣הten

  ʾasarahH6235 →176 times

• חֲמֹרִ֔יםdonkeys

  chamorimH2543 →96 times

• נֹשְׂאִ֖יםcarrying

  noseimH5375 →656 times

• מִטּ֣וּבsome of [the] good thing[s] of

  mituvH2898 →32 times

• מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt

  mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

• וְעֶ֣שֶׂרand ten

  veeserH6235 →176 times

• אֲתֹנֹ֡תfemale donkeys

  ʾatonotH860 →34 times

• נֹֽ֠שְׂאֹתcarrying

  noseotH5375 →656 times

• בָּ֣רgrain

  barH1250 →14 times

• וָלֶ֧חֶםand food

  valechemH3899 →298 times

• וּמָז֛וֹןand food

  umazonH4202 →

• לְאָבִ֖יוfor father his

  leavivH1 →1212 times

• לַדָּֽרֶךְ׃for the journey

  ladarekhH1870 →707 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

  Exodus 16:3

  “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us…

  it leads to

  • Numbers 11:4–5

    Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?

  • Exodus 17:3

    But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”

  • Numbers 20:3–5

    The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!

  • Deuteronomy 28:67

    In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you…

  • Lamentations 4:9

    Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

• Through

  Genesis 43:11

  Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift…

  it leads to

  • Genesis 37:25

    And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to…

  • Jeremiah 8:22

    Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?

• Through

  Genesis 24:10

  Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.

  it leads to

  • Genesis 11:31

    And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan.…