Genesis 18:22 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּפְנ֤וּ	vai.yif.Nu	and they turned away	H6437 →
מִשָּׁם֙	mi.Sham	from there	H8033 →
הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים	ha.'a.na.Shim	the men	H582 →
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ	vai.ye.le.Khu	and they went	H1980 →
סְדֹ֑מָה	se.Do.mah	Sodom towards	H5467 →
וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם	ve.'Av.ra.Ham	and Abraham	H85 →
עוֹדֶ֥נּוּ	o.De.nu	still [was] he	H5750 →
עֹמֵ֖ד	'o.Med	standing	H5975 →
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.

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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
Ezekiel 22:30
I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no…
leads to
- Isaiah 59:16
  He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
- Jeremiah 5:1
  “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I…
- Psalms 106:23
  So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
- Genesis 18:23–32
  Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
- Isaiah 63:5
  I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me.
Through
1 Timothy 2:1
First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
leads to
- James 5:16
  Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3
  We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
- Matthew 6:9–10
  So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.

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 19:17As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”Genesis 19:1Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,Genesis 18:2And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.1 Timothy 2:1First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—Acts 7:55But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.Ezekiel 22:30I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.Psalms 106:23So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.Jeremiah 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.Jeremiah 15:1Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.Genesis 18:1–2Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.Genesis 18:33When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.Genesis 18:16When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.Deuteronomy 5:5At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:Ezekiel 10:1And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.

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