Genesis 18:27 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֥עַן	vai.Ya.'an	and he answered	H6030 →
אַבְרָהָ֖ם	'av.ra.Ham	Abraham	H85 →
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר	vai.yo.Mar	and he said	H559 →
הִנֵּה־	hi.neh-	here!	H2009 →
נָ֤א	na'	please	H4994 →
הוֹאַ֙לְתִּי֙	ho.'Al.ti	I have undertaken	H2974 →
לְדַבֵּ֣ר	le.da.Ber	to speak	H1696 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֲדֹנָ֔י	'a.do.Nai	[the] Lord	H136 →
וְאָנֹכִ֖י	ve.'a.no.Khi	and I	H595 →
עָפָ֥ר	'a.Far	[am] dust	H6083 →
וָאֵֽפֶר׃	va.'E.fer	and ash[es]	H665 →

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
Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
leads to
- Ephesians 2:10
  For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- Psalms 119:73
  Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
- Jeremiah 18:2–6
  “Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will reveal My message to you.”
- Psalms 138:8
  The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever— do not abandon the works of Your hands.
- Psalms 100:3
  Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Through
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 12:7
  before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Through
Isaiah 6:5
Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD…
leads to
- Luke 5:8–9
  When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
- James 3:6–10
  The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on…

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.

Ecclesiastes 5:2Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”Luke 5:8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.Jeremiah 30:21Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.1 Corinthians 15:47–48The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.Job 30:19He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.Genesis 18:30–32Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”Psalms 144:3O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?Psalms 8:4what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.Genesis 2:7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.Job 4:19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:Job 42:6–8Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”Ezra 9:6and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

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