Genesis 23:17 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֣קָם׀	vai.Ya.kom	and it was confirmed	H6965 →
שְׂדֵ֣ה	se.Deh	[the] field of	H7704 →
עֶפְר֗וֹן	ef.Ron	Ephron	H6085 →
אֲשֶׁר֙	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בַּמַּכְפֵּלָ֔ה	ba.makh.pe.Lah	[was] in <the> Machpelah	H4375 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
לִפְנֵ֣י	lif.Nei	[was] <to> before	H6440 →
מַמְרֵ֑א	mam.Re'	Mamre	H4471 →
הַשָּׂדֶה֙	ha.sa.Deh	the field	H7704 →
וְהַמְּעָרָ֣ה	ve.ha.me.'a.Rah	and the cave	H4631 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
בּ֔וֹ	bo	[was] in <the> it
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and every	H3605 →
הָעֵץ֙	ha.'Etz	<the> tree	H6086 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה	ba.sa.Deh	[was] in the field	H7704 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	[was] in all	H3605 →
גְּבֻל֖וֹ	ge.vu.Lo	border its	H1366 →
סָבִֽיב׃	sa.Viv	round about	H5439 →

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
Genesis 25:9
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
leads to
- Genesis 50:13
  They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 35:29
  Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
- Genesis 49:29–30
  Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
- Genesis 21:9–10
  But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
Through
Acts 7:16
Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
leads to
- Joshua 24:32
  And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father,…
- Genesis 23:16
  Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
- Exodus 13:19
  Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry…
Through
Genesis 50:13
They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
leads to
- Genesis 23:16–18
  Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

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 25:9His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.Genesis 50:13They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.Genesis 23:20So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.Genesis 49:29–32Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.Acts 7:16Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.Jeremiah 32:7–14Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’Psalms 112:5It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.Ephesians 5:15Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,Ruth 4:7–10Now in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel.Colossians 4:5Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.Job 38:20so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?Leviticus 2:12You may bring them to the LORD as an offering of firstfruits, but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma.

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