Genesis 1:7 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֣עַשׂ	vai.Ya.'as	and he made	H6213 →
אֱלֹהִים֮	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָרָקִיעַ֒	ha.ra.ki.a'	the firmament	H7549 →
וַיַּבְדֵּ֗ל	vai.yav.Del	and he separated	H914 →
בֵּ֤ין	bein	between	H996 →
הַמַּ֙יִם֙	ha.Ma.yim	the waters	H4325 →
אֲשֶׁר֙	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
מִתַּ֣חַת	mi.Ta.chat	[were] from under	H8478 →
לָרָקִ֔יעַ	la.ra.Ki.a'	to the firmament	H7549 →
וּבֵ֣ין	u.Vein	and between	H996 →
הַמַּ֔יִם	ha.Ma.yim	the waters	H4325 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
מֵעַ֣ל	me.'Al	[were] from <above>	H5921 →
לָרָקִ֑יעַ	la.ra.Ki.a'	<to> the firmament	H7549 →
וַֽיְהִי־	vay.hi-	and it was	H1961 →
כֵֽן׃	Khen	so	H3651 →

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
Genesis 1:9
And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
leads to
- 2 Peter 3:5
  But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
- Jonah 1:9
  “I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
- Jeremiah 5:22
  Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves…
- Psalms 95:5
  The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
- Proverbs 8:28–29
  when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,
Through
Matthew 8:27
The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”
leads to
- Mark 7:37
  The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”
- Matthew 14:33
  Then those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God!”
Through
Psalms 148:4
Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.
leads to
- 1 Kings 8:27
  But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

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.

Proverbs 8:28–29when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,Psalms 148:4Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.Matthew 8:27The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”Job 38:8–11Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,Jonah 2:10And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.Genesis 1:9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.Genesis 1:20And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.Job 26:8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.Exodus 3:16Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.Genesis 1:15And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.Genesis 1:24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.Genesis 1:11Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.Psalms 104:10He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.

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