Genesis 21:32 BSB — MannaFest

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13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּכְרְת֥וּ	vai.yikh.re.Tu	and they made	H3772 →
בְרִ֖ית	ve.Rit	a covenant	H1285 →
בִּבְאֵ֣ר	biv.'Er	at Beer	H884 →
שָׁ֑בַע	Sha.va'	Sheba	H884 →
וַיָּ֣קָם	vai.Ya.kom	and he arose	H6965 →
אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ	'a.vi.Me.lekh	Abimelech	H40 →
וּפִיכֹל֙	u.fi.Khol	and Phicol	H6369 →
שַׂר־	sar-	[the] commander of	H8269 →
צְבָא֔וֹ	tze.va.'O	army his	H6635 →
וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ	vai.ya.Shu.vu	and they returned	H7725 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֶ֥רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] land of	H776 →
פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃	pe.lish.Tim	[the] Philistines	H6430 →

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
Exodus 13:17
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might…
leads to
- Exodus 14:11–12
  They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
- Nehemiah 9:17
  They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a…
- Numbers 14:1–4
  Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.
- Luke 14:27–32
  And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
Through
Genesis 31:53
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
leads to
- Genesis 31:42
  If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen…
Through
Judges 13:1
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 12:9
  But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of…
- Romans 2:6
  God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
Through
Genesis 26:14
He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
leads to
- Genesis 37:11
  And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

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.

1 Kings 5:12And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.Genesis 21:27So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.Genesis 26:14He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.Genesis 31:53May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.Judges 13:1Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.Exodus 13:17When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”1 Samuel 18:3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.Genesis 10:14the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.Genesis 26:8When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.Genesis 14:13Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.

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