Genesis 10:9 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֽוּא־	hu'-	he	H1931 →
הָיָ֥ה	ha.Yah	he was	H1961 →
גִבֹּֽר־	gi.bor-	a mighty [man] of	H1368 →
צַ֖יִד	Tza.yid	hunting	H6718 →
לִפְנֵ֣י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
עַל־	'al-	there-	H5921 →
כֵּן֙	ken	-fore	H3651 →
יֵֽאָמַ֔ר	ye.'a.Mar	it is said	H559 →
כְּנִמְרֹ֛ד	ke.nim.Rod	like Nimrod	H5248 →
גִּבּ֥וֹר	gi.Bor	a mighty [man] of	H1368 →
צַ֖יִד	Tza.yid	hunting	H6718 →
לִפְנֵ֥י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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

The walk

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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 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of…
leads to
- Numbers 13:33
  We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”
- Deuteronomy 3:11
  (For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
- 2 Samuel 21:15–22
  Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines; but David became exhausted.
- 1 Samuel 17:4
  Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
- Deuteronomy 2:20–21
  (That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.
Through
Genesis 25:27
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
leads to
- Genesis 21:20
  And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
- Hebrews 11:9
  By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
- Genesis 28:10–11
  Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.

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.

2 Chronicles 28:22In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.Genesis 25:27When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.Genesis 27:30As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.Genesis 6:4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.Genesis 6:11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.Genesis 21:20And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.Genesis 27:3Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.Ezekiel 13:18and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?Jeremiah 16:16But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.Micah 7:2The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”1 Samuel 2:17Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.

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