Genesis 21:8 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּגְדַּ֥ל	vai.yig.Dal	and he grew up	H1431 →
הַיֶּ֖לֶד	hai.Ye.led	the child	H3206 →
וַיִּגָּמַ֑ל	vai.yi.ga.Mal	and he was weaned	H1580 →
וַיַּ֤עַשׂ	vai.Ya.'as	and he prepared	H6213 →
אַבְרָהָם֙	'av.ra.Ham	Abraham	H85 →
מִשְׁתֶּ֣ה	mish.Teh	a feast	H4960 →
גָד֔וֹל	ga.Dol	great	H1419 →
בְּי֖וֹם	be.Yom	on [the] day	H3117 →
הִגָּמֵ֥ל	hi.ga.Mel	was weaned	H1580 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יִצְחָֽק׃	yitz.Chak	Isaac	H3327 →

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
Genesis 26:30
So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
leads to
- Genesis 31:54
  Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 19:3
  But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
Through
1 Samuel 1:22
but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 1:28
  I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.
- 1 Samuel 1:11
  And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then…
- Luke 2:22
  And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
Through
Genesis 19:3
But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
leads to
- Genesis 18:6–8
  So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
- 1 Samuel 28:24
  The woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.
- Judges 6:19
  So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out…

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 Samuel 1:22but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”Hosea 1:8After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son.Genesis 31:54Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.2 Samuel 3:20When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.Genesis 19:3But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.Genesis 26:30So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.Genesis 40:20On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.Psalms 131:2Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.1 Kings 3:15Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.Genesis 29:22So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.Genesis 43:16When Joseph saw Benjamin with his brothers, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall dine with me at noon.”Judges 14:10Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom.Judges 14:12“Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.1 Samuel 25:36When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.Esther 1:3In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.

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