Genesis 11:16 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיְחִי־	vay.chi-	and he lived	H2421 →
עֵ֕בֶר	'E.ver	Eber	H5677 →
אַרְבַּ֥ע	'ar.Ba'	four	H702 →
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים	u.she.lo.Shim	and thirty	H7970 →
שָׁנָ֑ה	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
וַיּ֖וֹלֶד	vai.Yo.led	and he fathered	H3205 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
פָּֽלֶג׃	Pa.leg	Peleg	H6389 →

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 10:25
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 1:19
  Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
- Genesis 10:32
  All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.
- Deuteronomy 32:8
  When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
- Acts 17:26
  From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
- Luke 3:35–36
  the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
Through
Numbers 24:24
Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
leads to
- Genesis 10:4
  And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
Through
Genesis 10:21
And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
leads to
- Numbers 24:24
  Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Chronicles 1:19
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
leads to
- Genesis 10:21
  And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.

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.

Genesis 10:25Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.Genesis 10:21And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.Numbers 24:24Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”Luke 3:35the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,1 Chronicles 1:19Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

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