Genesis 18:8 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקַּ֨ח	vai.yi.Kach	and he brought	H3947 →
חֶמְאָ֜ה	chem.'Ah	curd<s>	H2529 →
וְחָלָ֗ב	ve.cha.Lav	and milk	H2461 →
וּבֶן־	u.ven-	and [the] young one of	H1121 →
הַבָּקָר֙	ha.ba.Kar	the herd	H1241 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
עָשָׂ֔ה	'a.Sah	he had prepared	H6213 →
וַיִּתֵּ֖ן	vai.yi.Ten	and he set [it]	H5414 →
לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם	lif.nei.Hem	<to> before them	H6440 →
וְהֽוּא־	ve.hu'-	and he	H1931 →
עֹמֵ֧ד	'o.Med	[was] standing	H5975 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם	'a.lei.Hem	with them	H5921 →
תַּ֥חַת	Ta.chat	under	H8478 →
הָעֵ֖ץ	ha.'Etz	the tree	H6086 →
וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃	vai.yo.Khe.lu	and they ate	H398 →

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
Galatians 5:13
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:16
  Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
- 1 Corinthians 9:19
  Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
- 1 Corinthians 8:9
  Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
- Romans 15:1–2
  We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
- Galatians 5:14
  The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Through
Acts 10:41
not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.
leads to
- John 14:22
  Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”
- Acts 10:39
  We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,
Through
Luke 24:30
While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.
leads to
- Matthew 14:19
  And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and…

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 19:3But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.Luke 24:30While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.Acts 10:41not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.Luke 24:43and He took it and ate it in front of them.Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.Judges 13:15“Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”Luke 17:8Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’?Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.Judges 5:25He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.Deuteronomy 32:14with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.Nehemiah 12:44And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.Revelation 3:20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.John 12:2So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.

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