Genesis 26:1 BSB — MannaFest

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17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֤י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
רָעָב֙	ra.'Av	a famine	H7458 →
בָּאָ֔רֶץ	ba.'A.retz	in the land	H776 →
מִלְּבַד֙	mi.le.Vad	<from> <to> besides	H905 →
הָרָעָ֣ב	ha.ra.'Av	the famine	H7458 →
הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן	ha.ri.Shon	<the> former	H7223 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
הָיָ֖ה	ha.Yah	it was	H1961 →
בִּימֵ֣י	bi.Mei	in [the] days of	H3117 →
אַבְרָהָ֑ם	'av.ra.Ham	Abraham	H85 →
וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
יִצְחָ֛ק	yitz.Chak	Isaac	H3327 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֲבִימֶּ֥לֶךְ	'a.vi.Me.lekh	Abimelech	H40 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־	Me.lekh-	[the] king of	H4428 →
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים	pe.lish.Tim	[the] Philistines	H6430 →
גְּרָֽרָה׃	ge.Ra.rah	Gerar towards	H1642 →

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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 25:11
After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
leads to
- Genesis 22:17
  I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- Genesis 16:14
  Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
- Genesis 17:19
  But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after…
- Genesis 12:2
  I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Genesis 24:62
  Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
Through
Genesis 12:10
Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
leads to
- Genesis 43:1
  Now the famine was still severe in the land.
- Genesis 26:1–3
  Now 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 17:1–18
  Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in…

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.

Ruth 1:1In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.Genesis 12:10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.Genesis 25:11After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.Genesis 21:22–32At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.2 Chronicles 14:13Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder Genesis 20:1Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,Genesis 20:1–2Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,Genesis 42:5So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.2 Kings 8:1Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”Genesis 20:2Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.Genesis 10:19and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.Joshua 13:2This is the land that remains:2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”Psalms 34:1I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.

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