Genesis 48:17

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.

• וַיַּ֣רְאand he saw

  vaiyar'H7200 →1300 times

• יוֹסֵ֗ףJoseph

  yosefH3130 →213 times

• כִּי־that

  ki-H3588 →4482 times

• יָשִׁ֨יתhe will put

  yashitH7896 →83 times

• אָבִ֧יוfather his

  ʾavivH1 →1212 times

• יַד־[the] hand of

  yad-H3027 →1618 times

• יְמִינ֛וֹright his

  yeminoH3225 →140 times

• עַל־on

  ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

• רֹ֥אשׁ[the] head of

  roshH7218 →599 times

• אֶפְרַ֖יִםEphraim

  ʾefrayimH669 →180 times

• וַיֵּ֣רַעand it was displeasing

  vaiyera'H7489 →107 times

• בְּעֵינָ֑יוin view his

  beeinavH5869 →887 times

• וַיִּתְמֹ֣ךְand he grasped

  vaiyitmokhH8551 →

• יַד־[the] hand of

  yad-H3027 →1618 times

• אָבִ֗יוfather his

  ʾavivH1 →1212 times

• לְהָסִ֥ירto remove

  lehasirH5493 →299 times

• אֹתָ֛הּ<obj.> it

  ʾotahH853 →10935 times

• מֵעַ֥לfrom on

  mealH5921 →5755 times

• רֹאשׁ־[the] head of

  rosh-H7218 →599 times

• אֶפְרַ֖יִםEphraim

  ʾefrayimH669 →180 times

• עַל־on

  ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

• רֹ֥אשׁ[the] head of

  roshH7218 →599 times

• מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃Manasseh

  menashehH4519 →146 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

  Numbers 11:1

  Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed…

  it leads to

  • Numbers 21:5

    and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”

  • 2 Kings 1:12

    Again Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed…

  • Numbers 16:35

    And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

  • Exodus 16:9

    Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole congregation of Israel, ‘Come before the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.’”

  • 1 Corinthians 10:10

    And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.

• Through

  Genesis 28:8

  And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,

  it leads to

  • Genesis 24:3

    and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites…

  • Genesis 26:34–35

    When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

• Through

  Genesis 48:14

  But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.

  it leads to

  • Genesis 41:51

    Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”