Genesis 32:6 BSB — MannaFest

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17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙	vai.ya.Shu.vu	and they returned	H7725 →
הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים	ha.mal.'a.Khim	the messengers	H4397 →
אֶֽל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יַעֲקֹ֖ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
לֵאמֹ֑ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
בָּ֤אנוּ	Ba.nu	we went	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אָחִ֙יךָ֙	'a.Chi.kha	brother your	H251 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
עֵשָׂ֔ו	'e.Sav	Esau	H6215 →
וְגַם֙	ve.Gam	and also	H1571 →
הֹלֵ֣ךְ	ho.Lekh	[he is] coming	H1980 →
לִקְרָֽאתְךָ֔	lik.ra.te.Cha	to meet you	H7122 →
וְאַרְבַּע־	ve.'ar.ba'-	and four	H702 →
מֵא֥וֹת	me.'ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
אִ֖ישׁ	'ish	man	H376 →
עִמּֽוֹ׃	i.Mo	[are] with him	H5973 →

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
Amos 5:19
It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a…
leads to
- Isaiah 24:17–18
  Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
- Jeremiah 15:2–3
  If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword;…
- Acts 28:4
  When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to…
- Jeremiah 48:43–44
  Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
Through
Genesis 33:1
Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
leads to
- Genesis 32:6–7
  When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
Through
Genesis 32:8
He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
leads to
- Genesis 33:1–3
  Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
- Matthew 10:16
  Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Through
Genesis 32:11
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
leads to
- Psalms 59:1–2
  Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.

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 33:1Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.Genesis 27:40–41You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”Genesis 32:8He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”Genesis 32:11Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.Amos 5:19It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.Genesis 25:23and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”Genesis 27:40You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”Genesis 27:41Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”Genesis 32:12But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”Numbers 20:20But Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand.

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