Genesis 35:16 BSB — MannaFest

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13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּסְעוּ֙	vai.yis.'U	and they set out	H5265 →
מִבֵּ֣ית	mi.Beit	from Beth-	H1008 →
אֵ֔ל	'El	-el	H1008 →
וַֽיְהִי־	vay.hi-	and it was	H1961 →
ע֥וֹד	od	yet	H5750 →
כִּבְרַת־	kiv.rat-	[the] distance of	H3530 →
הָאָ֖רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
לָב֣וֹא	la.Vo'	to go	H935 →
אֶפְרָ֑תָה	'ef.Ra.tah	Ephrathah	H672 →
וַתֵּ֥לֶד	va.Te.led	and she gave birth	H3205 →
רָחֵ֖ל	ra.Chel	Rachel	H7354 →
וַתְּקַ֥שׁ	va.te.Kash	and she had difficulties	H7185 →
בְּלִדְתָּֽהּ׃	be.lid.Tah	when gave birth she	H3205 →

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
Matthew 2:18
“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 31:15
  This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
Through
Micah 5:2
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days…
leads to
- Matthew 2:6
  ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people…
- John 7:42
  Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
- Luke 1:31–33
  Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
- Isaiah 9:6–7
  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of…
Through
Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
leads to
- Titus 2:5
  to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
- Colossians 3:18
  Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 11:3
  But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

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.

Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.Genesis 48:7Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).Genesis 3:16To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”2 Kings 5:19“Go in peace,” said Elisha. But after Naaman had traveled a short distance,Matthew 2:18“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”1 Chronicles 2:19When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur.Matthew 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,Ruth 1:2The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.Genesis 35:19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).Psalms 132:6We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.1 Timothy 2:15Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.1 Kings 11:26Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,Acts 7:8Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

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