Genesis 21:4 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֤מָל	vai.Ya.mol	and he circumcised	H4135 →
אַבְרָהָם֙	'av.ra.Ham	Abraham	H85 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יִצְחָ֣ק	yitz.Chak	Isaac	H3327 →
בְּנ֔וֹ	be.No	son his	H1121 →
בֶּן־	ben-	a son of	H1121 →
שְׁמֹנַ֖ת	she.mo.Nat	eight	H8083 →
יָמִ֑ים	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
צִוָּ֥ה	tzi.Vah	he had commanded	H6680 →
אֹת֖וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →
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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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
Luke 2:21
When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.
leads to
- Genesis 17:12
  Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 12:3
  And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 1:31
  Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
- Luke 1:59
  On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
- Matthew 1:21
  She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
Through
Exodus 12:48
If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be…
leads to
- Numbers 9:14
  If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute…
- Colossians 3:11
  Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
Through
Luke 1:59
On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
leads to
- Philippians 3:5
  circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

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.

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.Luke 18:16But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.Genesis 17:12Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.Luke 2:21When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.Exodus 12:48If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.John 7:22–23But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)Luke 1:59On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.Deuteronomy 12:32See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.Leviticus 12:3And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.Genesis 17:10–12This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.Matthew 19:14But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

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