Genesis 1:31 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֤רְא	vai.Yar'	and he saw	H7200 →
אֱלֹהִים֙	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
עָשָׂ֔ה	'a.Sah	he had made	H6213 →
וְהִנֵּה־	ve.hi.neh-	and there!	H2009 →
ט֖וֹב	Tov	[it was] good	H2896 →
מְאֹ֑ד	me.'Od	very	H3966 →
וַֽיְהִי־	vay.hi-	and there was	H1961 →
עֶ֥רֶב	'E.rev	evening	H6153 →
וַֽיְהִי־	vay.hi-	and there was	H1961 →
בֹ֖קֶר	Vo.ker	morning	H1242 →
י֥וֹם	Yom	[the] day	H3117 →
הַשִּׁשִּֽׁי׃ פ	ha.shi.Shi	<the> sixth	H8345 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 20:11
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath…
leads to
- Genesis 1:1–2
  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Exodus 31:17
  It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 2:2–3
  And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
Through
1 Timothy 4:4
For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
leads to
- Romans 14:20
  Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
- 1 Corinthians 10:25
  Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
- Romans 14:14
  I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
Through
Psalms 104:24
How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
leads to
- Jeremiah 10:12
  The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- Psalms 40:5
  Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Timothy 4:4For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,Psalms 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.Zephaniah 3:17The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”Genesis 2:18The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”Psalms 19:1–2The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.Exodus 20:11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.Psalms 104:31May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.Lamentations 3:38Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?Exodus 31:17It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”Genesis 1:4And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.Genesis 2:2And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.Job 38:7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?Hebrews 4:3Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.Mark 7:37The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”Genesis 1:23And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.Genesis 1:8God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.Genesis 1:5God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

TrailCreation to New Creation"Very good" sets the baseline every later stop measures loss and restoration against.

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