Genesis 37:18 BSB — MannaFest

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9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּרְא֥וּ	vai.yir.'U	and they saw	H7200 →
אֹת֖וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →
מֵרָחֹ֑ק	me.ra.Chok	from a distance	H7350 →
וּבְטֶ֙רֶם֙	u.ve.Te.rem	and just before	H2962 →
יִקְרַ֣ב	yik.Rav	he drew near	H7126 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם	'a.lei.Hem	to them	H413 →
וַיִּֽתְנַכְּל֥וּ	vai.yit.na.ke.Lu	and they dealt deceptively with	H5230 →
אֹת֖וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →
לַהֲמִיתֽוֹ׃	la.ha.mi.To	to kill him	H4191 →

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
Acts 23:12
When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
leads to
- Acts 23:30
  When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.
- Isaiah 8:9–10
  Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- Acts 23:21
  Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they…
- Acts 23:14
  They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.
- Psalms 2:1–3
  Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Through
Mark 14:1
Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.
leads to
- Luke 22:1–2
  Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,
- Exodus 12:6–20
  You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
Through
Psalms 37:12
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
leads to
- Psalms 35:16
  Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at 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.

Acts 23:12When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.Mark 14:1Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.Psalms 37:32Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,Psalms 37:12The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,1 Samuel 19:1Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,John 11:53So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.Psalms 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.Matthew 21:38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’Luke 20:14–15But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’Mark 12:7But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’Matthew 27:1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.Psalms 109:4In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.Psalms 105:25whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.Psalms 94:21They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.Genesis 49:23The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

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