Genesis 29:8 BSB — MannaFest

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16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
נוּכַל֒	nu.Khal	we are able	H3201 →
עַ֣ד	'ad	until	H5704 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
יֵאָֽסְפוּ֙	ye.'a.se.Fu	they will be gathered	H622 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָ֣עֲדָרִ֔ים	ha.'a.da.Rim	the flocks	H5739 →
וְגָֽלֲלוּ֙	ve.ga.la.Lu	and people will roll	H1556 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאֶ֔בֶן	ha.'E.ven	the stone	H68 →
מֵעַ֖ל	me.'Al	from over	H5921 →
פִּ֣י	pi	[the] mouth of	H6310 →
הַבְּאֵ֑ר	ha.be.'Er	the well	H875 →
וְהִשְׁקִ֖ינוּ	ve.hish.Ki.nu	and we will water	H8248 →
הַצֹּֽאן׃	ha.Tzon	the sheep	H6629 →

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
Mark 16:3
They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?”
leads to
- Mark 15:46–47
  So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 27:60–66
  and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Genesis 43:32
They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.
leads to
- Genesis 46:34
  you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable…
- Exodus 8:26
  But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable…
Through
Genesis 34:14
“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
leads to
- Matthew 23:1–39
  Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:
- 1 Kings 21:9
  In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
- Genesis 17:11
  You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
- 2 Samuel 15:7
  After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.

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.

Luke 24:2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,Mark 16:3They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?”Genesis 29:3When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.Genesis 43:32They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.Genesis 34:14“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.Genesis 21:25But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,

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