Genesis 30:4 BSB — MannaFest

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9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתִּתֶּן־	va.ti.ten-	and she gave	H5414 →
ל֛וֹ	lo	to <the> him
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בִּלְהָ֥ה	bil.Hah	Bilhah	H1090 →
שִׁפְחָתָ֖הּ	shif.cha.Tah	maidservant her	H8198 →
לְאִשָּׁ֑ה	le.'i.Shah	to a wife	H802 →
וַיָּבֹ֥א	vai.ya.Vo'	and he went	H935 →
אֵלֶ֖יהָ	'e.Lei.ha	into her	H413 →
יַעֲקֹֽב׃	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →

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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 25:6
But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
leads to
- Genesis 21:14
  Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of…
- Judges 6:3
  Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
Through
Genesis 35:22
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 5:1
  These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So…
Through
Genesis 21:10
and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”
leads to
- John 8:35
  A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
- Galatians 4:22–31
  For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
- 1 John 2:19
  They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of…
- Genesis 36:6–7
  Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and…
Through
Genesis 25:1
Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 1:32–33
  The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

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 30:9When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.Genesis 35:22While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:Genesis 22:24Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.Genesis 25:6But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.Genesis 25:1Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,Genesis 21:10and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”2 Samuel 12:11This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.Genesis 16:3–4So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.Genesis 33:2He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.Genesis 37:2This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.Genesis 16:3So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.

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