Genesis 3:7 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתִּפָּקַ֙חְנָה֙	va.ti.pa.Kach.nah	and they were opened	H6491 →
עֵינֵ֣י	'ei.Nei	[the] eyes of	H5869 →
שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם	she.nei.Hem	both of them	H8147 →
וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ	vai.Ye.de.'U	and they knew	H3045 →
כִּ֥י	ki	that	H3588 →
עֵֽירֻמִּ֖ם	'ei.ru.Mim	[were] naked	H5903 →
הֵ֑ם	Hem	they	H1992 →
וַֽיִּתְפְּרוּ֙	vai.yit.pe.Ru	and they sewed together	H8609 →
עֲלֵ֣ה	'a.Leh	leafage of	H5929 →
תְאֵנָ֔ה	te.'e.Nah	a fig tree	H8384 →
וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ	vai.ya.'a.Su	and they made	H6213 →
לָהֶ֖ם	la.Hem	for <the> themselves
חֲגֹרֹֽת׃	cha.go.Rot	loin coverings	H2290 →

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 3:5
“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
leads to
- Ezekiel 28:2
  “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of…
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4
  He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
- 2 Corinthians 11:13–15
  For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4
  The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
- Genesis 2:17
  but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
Through
Genesis 2:25
And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
leads to
- Genesis 3:10–11
  “I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
- Romans 10:11
  It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Jeremiah 17:13
  O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of…

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 2:25And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.Isaiah 59:6Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.Revelation 3:17You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.Genesis 3:5“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”Genesis 3:21And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.Job 9:29–31Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?Genesis 3:10“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”Genesis 3:10–11“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”Isaiah 28:20Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.Ezekiel 16:36This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,2 Chronicles 28:19For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.Judges 3:2if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:1 Kings 13:21and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,2 Kings 6:20When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.Deuteronomy 28:34You will be driven mad by the sights you see.Luke 16:23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.1 Corinthians 12:23and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,

Scripture answering Scripture
Genesis 3:21
Self-made fig-leaves (v.7) -> 'the LORD God made coats of skin, and clothed them' (v.21). Human covering replaced by God-provided covering. Textual and safe.
Gen 3; the text's own contrast

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