Genesis 23:18 BSB — MannaFest

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9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם	le.'av.ra.Ham	to Abraham	H85 →
לְמִקְנָ֖ה	le.mik.Nah	to a possession	H4736 →
לְעֵינֵ֣י	le.'ei.Nei	to [the] eyes of	H5869 →
בְנֵי־	ve.nei-	[the] people of	H1121 →
חֵ֑ת	Chet	Heth	H2845 →
בְּכֹ֖ל	be.Khol	for all	H3605 →
בָּאֵ֥י	ba.'Ei	[those who were] entering	H935 →
שַֽׁעַר־	sha.'ar-	<of> [the] gate of	H8179 →
עִירֽוֹ׃	i.Ro	city his	H5892 →

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
Ruth 4:1
Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 25:7
  But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name…
- Ruth 3:12
  Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I.
Through
Genesis 34:20
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
leads to
- Ruth 4:1
  Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went…
- 2 Samuel 15:2
  He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask,…
Through
Jeremiah 32:12
and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews…
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:59
  This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year…
- Jeremiah 32:16
  After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:
- Jeremiah 36:26
  Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD…
- Jeremiah 36:4–5
  So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.

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 23:10Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,Ruth 4:1Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.Genesis 34:20So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:Jeremiah 32:12and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.Genesis 23:11“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”Genesis 34:24All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.Ruth 4:4I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.

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