Genesis 2:4 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֵ֣לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
תוֹלְד֧וֹת	tol.Dot	[are] [the] accounts of	H8435 →
הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם	ha.sha.Ma.yim	the heavens	H8064 →
וְהָאָ֖רֶץ	ve.ha.'A.retz	and the earth	H776 →
בְּהִבָּֽרְאָ֑ם	be.hi.ba.re.'Am	when were created they	H1254 →
בְּי֗וֹם	be.Yom	on [the] day	H3117 →
עֲשׂ֛וֹת	a.Sot	made	H6213 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהִ֖ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
אֶ֥רֶץ	'E.retz	earth	H776 →
וְשָׁמָֽיִם׃	ve.sha.Ma.yim	and heaven	H8064 →

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 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
leads to
- John 1:1–3
  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- Hebrews 11:3
  By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
- Isaiah 45:18
  For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be…
- Revelation 4:11
  “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
- Hebrews 1:10
  And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Through
Revelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
leads to
- Isaiah 44:6
  Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- Revelation 22:13
  I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

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 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.Genesis 6:9This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.Revelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.Exodus 15:3The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.Genesis 36:1This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom).Genesis 1:31And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.Genesis 1:4And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.2 Kings 19:15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.Genesis 2:1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.Job 38:28Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?Genesis 36:9This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.Genesis 10:1This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.Genesis 25:19This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,Genesis 25:12This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.Genesis 1:28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”Genesis 11:10This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.1 Kings 18:39When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”

First time in Scripture
Strong's H3068
YHWH first occurs Gen 2:4 (narrator), joined to Elohim; revealed as covenant name at Exod 3:14/6:3.
verse_words DB-verified

TrailNames of GodThe Creator steps closer: Jehovah, the personal covenant name, enters the record here first.

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