Genesis 18:3 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר	vai.yo.Mar	and he said	H559 →
אֲדֹנָ֗י	'a.do.Nai	Lord my	H113 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
נָ֨א	na'	please	H4994 →
מָצָ֤אתִי	ma.Tza.ti	I have found	H4672 →
חֵן֙	chen	favor	H2580 →
בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ	be.'ei.Nei.kha	in view your	H5869 →
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
נָ֥א	na'	please	H4994 →
תַעֲבֹ֖ר	ta.'a.Vor	you pass by	H5674 →
מֵעַ֥ל	me.'Al	from with	H5921 →
עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃	'av.De.kha	servant your	H5650 →

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
Genesis 32:5
I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
leads to
- Genesis 33:8
  “What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.
- Genesis 33:15
  “Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
- 2 Samuel 16:4
  So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
- Genesis 47:25
  “You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
- Genesis 30:43
  Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.

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 30:27But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”Judges 6:18Please do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You.” And the LORD said, “I will stay until you return.”Genesis 39:4Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.Genesis 34:11Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.Genesis 47:25“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”Genesis 50:4When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that Genesis 32:5I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”

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