Genesis 18:33 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
כִּלָּ֔ה	ki.Lah	he had finished	H3615 →
לְדַבֵּ֖ר	le.da.Ber	to speak	H1696 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אַבְרָהָ֑ם	'av.ra.Ham	Abraham	H85 →
וְאַבְרָהָ֖ם	ve.'av.ra.Ham	and Abraham	H85 →
שָׁ֥ב	shav	he returned	H7725 →
לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃	lim.ko.Mo	to place his	H4725 →

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 32:26
Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
leads to
- Hosea 12:4
  Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—
- Psalms 115:12–13
  The LORD is mindful of us; He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron;
- 2 Corinthians 12:8–9
  Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
- 1 Chronicles 4:10
  And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will…
- Psalms 67:1
  May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah
Through
Genesis 18:22
And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.
leads to
- Genesis 19:1
  Now 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,
- 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…
Through
Genesis 31:55
Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.
leads to
- Genesis 31:28
  But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.

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.

John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.Genesis 32:26Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”Genesis 18:22And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.Genesis 35:13Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.Exodus 33:9As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.Genesis 17:22When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.Genesis 30:25Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.Numbers 11:17And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.Exodus 25:22And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.John 1:10He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.1 Kings 10:2She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. So she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.Genesis 31:55Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return 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.Exodus 18:23If you follow this advice and God so directs you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people can go home in peace.”

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