Genesis 26:25 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּ֧בֶן	vai.Yi.ven	and he built	H1129 →
שָׁ֣ם	sham	there	H8033 →
מִזְבֵּ֗חַ	miz.Be.ach	an altar	H4196 →
וַיִּקְרָא֙	vai.yik.Ra'	and he called	H7121 →
בְּשֵׁ֣ם	be.Shem	on [the] name of	H8034 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיֶּט־	vai.yet-	and he pitched	H5186 →
שָׁ֖ם	sham	there	H8033 →
אָהֳל֑וֹ	'o.ho.Lo	tent his	H168 →
וַיִּכְרוּ־	vai.yikh.ru-	and they dug	H3738 →
שָׁ֥ם	sham	there	H8033 →
עַבְדֵי־	'av.dei-	[the] servants of	H5650 →
יִצְחָ֖ק	yitz.Chak	Isaac	H3327 →
בְּאֵֽר׃	be.'Er	a well	H875 →

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 13:18
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
leads to
- Genesis 12:7–8
  Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 8:20
  Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 35:27
  Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
- Genesis 14:13
  Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by…
- Genesis 18:1
  Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.
Through
Psalms 116:17
I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
leads to
- Psalms 50:14
  Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
- Leviticus 7:12
  If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed…
Through
Genesis 13:4
to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
leads to
- Jeremiah 29:12
  Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

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 4:26And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.Psalms 116:17I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.Genesis 13:18So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.Genesis 12:7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.Genesis 12:7–8Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.Genesis 13:4to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.Genesis 33:20There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.Genesis 8:20Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.Genesis 35:1Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”Genesis 22:9When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.Exodus 17:15And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.Genesis 26:32On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.Exodus 18:12Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.Genesis 21:33And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

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