Genesis 21:31 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עַל־	'al-	there-	H5921 →
כֵּ֗ן	Ken	-fore	H3651 →
קָרָ֛א	ka.Ra'	he called	H7121 →
לַמָּק֥וֹם	la.ma.Kom	<to> the place	H4725 →
הַה֖וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
בְּאֵ֣ר	be.'Er	Beer	H884 →
שָׁ֑בַע	Sha.va'	Sheba	H884 →
כִּ֛י	ki	for	H3588 →
שָׁ֥ם	sham	there	H8033 →
נִשְׁבְּע֖וּ	nish.be.'U	they swore an oath	H7650 →
שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃	she.nei.Hem	[the] two of them	H8147 →

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
1 Kings 4:25
Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
leads to
- Micah 4:4
  And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.
- Zechariah 3:10
  On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”
Through
2 Samuel 17:11
Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
leads to
- Genesis 22:17
  I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
Through
Judges 20:1
Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
leads to
- Judges 11:11
  So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
- Judges 21:5
  The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before…
- 2 Samuel 3:10
  to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”
- 1 Samuel 10:17
  After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
Through
Genesis 26:33
So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
leads to
- Genesis 26:28
  “We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you

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 26:33So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.Genesis 46:1So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.1 Kings 19:3And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,Genesis 21:14Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.Genesis 22:19Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.Genesis 16:14Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.Judges 20:1Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.1 Kings 4:25Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.2 Samuel 17:11Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.Genesis 26:23From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,Joshua 15:28Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,Nehemiah 11:27in Hazar-shual; in Beersheba and its villages;2 Kings 23:8Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.Genesis 26:18Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.Joshua 19:2Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,

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