Genesis 34:20 BSB — MannaFest

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12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּבֹ֥א	vai.ya.Vo'	and he went	H935 →
חֲמ֛וֹר	cha.Mor	Hamor	H2544 →
וּשְׁכֶ֥ם	u.she.Khem	and Shechem	H7927 →
בְּנ֖וֹ	be.No	son his	H1121 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
שַׁ֣עַר	Sha.'ar	[the] gate of	H8179 →
עִירָ֑ם	'i.Ram	city their	H5892 →
וַֽיְדַבְּר֛וּ	vay.da.be.Ru	and they spoke	H1696 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אַנְשֵׁ֥י	'an.Shei	[the] men of	H582 →
עִירָ֖ם	'i.Ram	city their	H5892 →
לֵאמֹֽר׃	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →

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 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
leads to
- Genesis 15:5
  And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
- Genesis 24:60
  And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
- Jeremiah 33:22
  As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister…
- Genesis 26:4
  I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
- Psalms 2:8–9
  Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
Through
Zechariah 8:16
These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
leads to
- Ephesians 4:25
  Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- Zechariah 7:9
  “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
- Psalms 15:2
  He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,

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.

Ruth 4:1Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.Zechariah 8:16These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.Deuteronomy 17:5you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.Genesis 23:10Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,Amos 5:12For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.Job 29:7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,2 Samuel 15:2He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”Proverbs 31:23Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.Amos 5:15Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”Amos 5:10There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.Genesis 23:18to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

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