Genesis 30:9 BSB — MannaFest

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13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֵּ֣רֶא	va.Te.re'	and she saw	H7200 →
לֵאָ֔ה	le.'Ah	Leah	H3812 →
כִּ֥י	ki	that	H3588 →
עָמְדָ֖ה	'a.me.Dah	she had stopped	H5975 →
מִלֶּ֑דֶת	mi.Le.det	from bearing children	H3205 →
וַתִּקַּח֙	va.ti.Kach	and she took	H3947 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
זִלְפָּ֣ה	zil.Pah	Zilpah	H2153 →
שִׁפְחָתָ֔הּ	shif.cha.Tah	maidservant her	H8198 →
וַתִּתֵּ֥ן	va.ti.Ten	and she gave	H5414 →
אֹתָ֛הּ	'o.Tah	<obj.> her	H853 →
לְיַעֲקֹ֖ב	le.ya.'a.Ko	to Jacob	H3290 →
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃	le.'i.Shah	to a wife	H802 →

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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 29:35
And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
leads to
- Matthew 1:2
  Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
- Genesis 49:8–12
  Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
- 1 Chronicles 5:2
  And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.
- Deuteronomy 33:7
  And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his…
- Genesis 35:26
  And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
Through
Genesis 16:3
So 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.
leads to
- Genesis 12:4–5
  So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
- Genesis 16:5
  Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me…
Through
Genesis 30:4
So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
leads to
- 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:

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 30:4So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,Genesis 29:35And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.Genesis 30:17And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.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.Genesis 30:3Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”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 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.

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