Genesis 30:22 BSB — MannaFest

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10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּזְכֹּ֥ר	vai.yiz.Kor	and he remembered	H2142 →
אֱלֹהִ֖ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
רָחֵ֑ל	ra.Chel	Rachel	H7354 →
וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע	vai.yish.Ma'	and he listened	H8085 →
אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙	'e.Lei.ha	to her	H413 →
אֱלֹהִ֔ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח	vai.yif.Tach	and he opened	H6605 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
רַחְמָֽהּ׃	rach.Mah	womb her	H7358 →

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
Psalms 127:3
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
leads to
- Psalms 128:3–4
  Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
- Deuteronomy 28:4
  The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
- 1 Samuel 1:27
  I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,
- Genesis 48:4
  and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
- Isaiah 8:18
  Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
Through
Genesis 25:21
Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
leads to
- Ezra 8:23
  So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.
- 2 Chronicles 33:13
  And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
- Isaiah 58:9
  Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and…

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 29:31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.Psalms 113:9He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!1 Samuel 1:19–20The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.Genesis 25:21Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.Psalms 127:3Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.Genesis 21:1–2Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.Genesis 8:1But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.Genesis 30:2Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”Psalms 105:42For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.1 Samuel 1:19The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.Genesis 29:17Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.1 Samuel 1:11And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.”Genesis 30:17And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.Genesis 16:2So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.Genesis 19:29So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.

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