Genesis 15:8 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר	vai.yo.Mar	and he said	H559 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י	'a.do.Nai	O Lord	H136 →
יֱהוִ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3069 →
בַּמָּ֥ה	ba.Mah	<in> how?	H4100 →
אֵדַ֖ע	'e.Da'	will I know	H3045 →
כִּ֥י	ki	that	H3588 →
אִֽירָשֶֽׁנָּה׃	'I.ra.She.nah	I will take possession of it	H3423 →

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

H3423ʾirashenahI will take possession of it231×

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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
Psalms 86:17
Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
leads to
- Judges 6:17
  Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 41:10–11
  But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
- Psalms 71:20–21
  Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
- Psalms 71:9–13
  Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
- Micah 7:8–10
  Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
Through
Isaiah 7:11
“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
leads to
- 2 Kings 19:29
  And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 37:30
  And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third…
- Isaiah 38:7–8
  This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:

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.

Luke 1:18“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”Luke 1:34“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”Isaiah 7:11“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”2 Kings 20:8Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”Psalms 86:17Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.Judges 6:36–40Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,Judges 6:17–24Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.Genesis 24:14Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”1 Samuel 14:9–10If they say, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stay where we are and will not go up to them.Genesis 24:2–4So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,Genesis 24:13–14Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.Exodus 3:12“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”

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