Genesis 38:20 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 38:20

Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.

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ASV

And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.

KJV

And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח	vai.yish.Lach	and he sent	H7971 →
יְהוּדָ֜ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
גְּדִ֣י	ge.Di	[the] kid of	H1423 →
הָֽעִזִּ֗ים	ha.'i.Zim	the goats	H5795 →
בְּיַד֙	be.Yad	by [the] hand of	H3027 →
רֵעֵ֣הוּ	re.'E.hu	friend his	H7453 →
הָֽעֲדֻלָּמִ֔י	ha.'a.du.la.Mi	the Adullamite	H5726 →
לָקַ֥חַת	la.Ka.chat	to take	H3947 →
הָעֵרָב֖וֹן	ha.'e.ra.Von	the pledge	H6162 →
מִיַּ֣ד	mi.Yad	from [the] hand of	H3027 →
הָאִשָּׁ֑ה	ha.'i.Shah	the woman	H802 →
וְלֹ֖א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
מְצָאָֽהּ׃	me.tza.'Ah	he found her	H4672 →

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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
Leviticus 19:17
You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
leads to
- 1 John 2:9
  If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
- Luke 17:3
  Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
- 1 John 2:11
  But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
- Proverbs 26:24–26
  A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
- 1 John 3:12–15
  Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
Through
Luke 23:12
That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.
leads to
- Acts 4:27
  In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
Through
2 Samuel 13:3
Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:9
  Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
Through
Judges 14:20
and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.
leads to
- Judges 15:2
  “I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take…