Genesis 24:17 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֥רָץ	vai.Ya.rotz	and he ran	H7323 →
הָעֶ֖בֶד	ha.'E.ved	the servant	H5650 →
לִקְרָאתָ֑הּ	lik.ra.Tah	to meet her	H7122 →
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הַגְמִיאִ֥ינִי	hag.mi.'I.ni	give to drink me	H1572 →
נָ֛א	na'	please	H4994 →
מְעַט־	me.'at-	a little of	H4592 →
מַ֖יִם	Ma.yim	water	H4325 →
מִכַּדֵּֽךְ׃	mi.ka.Dekh	from jar your	H3537 →

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
John 4:7
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
leads to
- Matthew 10:42
  And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
- 1 Kings 17:10
  So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in…
- John 19:28
  After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
Through
Isaiah 21:14
Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
leads to
- Job 6:19
  The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
- Genesis 25:15
  Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
- Proverbs 25:21
  If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
- Romans 12:20
  On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
Through
1 Kings 17:10
So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in…
leads to
- John 4:7
  When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

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.

John 4:7When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”Isaiah 21:14Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.Genesis 26:1–35Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.1 Kings 17:10So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”Isaiah 35:6–7Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.John 4:9“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)Isaiah 49:10They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.Isaiah 41:17–18The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.Isaiah 30:25And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.

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