Genesis 12:18 BSB — MannaFest

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15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקְרָ֤א	vai.yik.Ra'	and he summoned	H7121 →
פַרְעֹה֙	far.'Oh	Pharaoh	H6547 →
לְאַבְרָ֔ם	le.'av.Ram	<to> Abram	H87 →
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
זֹּ֖את	zot	this	H2063 →
עָשִׂ֣יתָ	'a.Si.ta	have you done	H6213 →
לִּ֑י	Li	to <the> me
לָ֚מָּה	La.mah	<to> why?	H4100 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
הִגַּ֣דְתָּ	hi.Gad.ta	did you tell	H5046 →
לִּ֔י	Li	to <the> me
כִּ֥י	ki	that	H3588 →
אִשְׁתְּךָ֖	'ish.te.Kha	[was] wife your	H802 →
הִֽוא׃	hi'	she	H1931 →

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
Proverbs 21:1
The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
leads to
- Proverbs 16:9
  A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
- Ezra 6:22
  For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands…
- Proverbs 20:24
  A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?
- Acts 7:10
  and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.
- Proverbs 16:1
  The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
Through
Genesis 3:13
Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 11:3
  I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
- 1 Timothy 2:14
  And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
- Genesis 4:10–12
  “What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

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 20:9–10Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”Genesis 26:9–11Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”Genesis 20:9Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.1 Samuel 14:43“Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”Genesis 29:25When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”Romans 4:2If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.Genesis 3:13Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”Genesis 31:26Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!Genesis 44:15“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”Exodus 32:21“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”Genesis 4:10“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.Joshua 7:19So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

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