Genesis 21:2 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתַּהַר֩	va.ta.Har	and she conceived	H2029 →
וַתֵּ֨לֶד	va.Te.led	and she bore	H3205 →
שָׂרָ֧ה	sa.Rah	Sarah	H8283 →
לְאַבְרָהָ֛ם	le.'av.ra.Ham	to Abraham	H85 →
בֵּ֖ן	ben	a son	H1121 →
לִזְקֻנָ֑יו	liz.ku.Nav	of old age<s> his	H2208 →
לַמּוֹעֵ֕ד	la.mo.'Ed	to the appointed time	H4150 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
דִּבֶּ֥ר	di.Ber	he had spoken	H1696 →
אֹת֖וֹ	'o.To	with <the> him	H854 →
אֱלֹהִֽים׃	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →

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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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
Hebrews 11:11
By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
leads to
- Genesis 21:1–2
  Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 10:23
  Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
- Romans 4:20–21
  Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
- Genesis 18:11–14
  And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
- Luke 1:36
  Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
Through
Genesis 18:10
Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the…
leads to
- Genesis 17:21
  But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
- Romans 9:8–9
  So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
Through
Galatians 4:22
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
leads to
- Genesis 16:15
  And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.

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.

Galatians 4:22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.Hebrews 11:11By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.Luke 1:24–25After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,Genesis 17:21But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”Genesis 18:10Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.Acts 7:8Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.Genesis 17:19But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.Genesis 18:14Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”Luke 1:36Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.2 Kings 4:16–17And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”Romans 9:9For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”

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