Genesis 16:1 BSB — MannaFest

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11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְשָׂרַי֙	ve.sa.Rai	and Sarai	H8297 →
אֵ֣שֶׁת	'E.shet	[the] wife of	H802 →
אַבְרָ֔ם	'av.Ram	Abram	H87 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יָלְדָ֖ה	Yal.dah	she had borne children	H3205 →
ל֑וֹ	lo	to <the> him
וְלָ֛הּ	ve.Lah	and [belonged] to <the> her
שִׁפְחָ֥ה	shif.Chah	a maidservant	H8198 →
מִצְרִ֖ית	mitz.Rit	Egyptian	H4713 →
וּשְׁמָ֥הּ	u.she.Mah	and name her	H8034 →
הָגָֽר׃	ha.Gar	[was] Hagar	H1904 →

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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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 21:12
But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
leads to
- Hebrews 11:18
  even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
- Romans 9:7–8
  Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
- Genesis 17:19
  But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after…
Through
Genesis 12:16
He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
leads to
- Genesis 20:14
  So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.
Through
Galatians 4:24
These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
leads to
- Genesis 21:9–13
  But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
- Genesis 16:8
  “Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.
- Genesis 25:12
  This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
- Hebrews 10:15–18
  The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:

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.

Galatians 4:24These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.Genesis 12:16He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.Genesis 21:9–10But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,Genesis 15:2–3But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”Genesis 21:12But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.Genesis 11:30But Sarai was barren; she had no children.Judges 13:2Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.Genesis 21:21And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.Luke 1:36Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.Genesis 25:21Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.Luke 1:7But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.Genesis 21:9But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,Genesis 29:24And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.1 Samuel 1:5But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.Genesis 16:8“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.Genesis 29:31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.Genesis 20:1Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,

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