Genesis 38:29 BSB — MannaFest

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14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֣י׀	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
כְּמֵשִׁ֣יב	ke.me.Shiv	when [he was] withdrawing	H7725 →
יָד֗וֹ	ya.Do	hand his	H3027 →
וְהִנֵּה֙	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
יָצָ֣א	ya.Tza'	he came out	H3318 →
אָחִ֔יו	'a.Chiv	brother his	H251 →
וַתֹּ֕אמֶר	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
מַה־	mah-	how!	H4100 →
פָּרַ֖צְתָּ	pa.Ratz.ta	you have made a breach	H6555 →
עָלֶ֣יךָ	'a.Lei.kha	on yourself	H5921 →
פָּ֑רֶץ	Pa.retz	a breach	H6556 →
וַיִּקְרָ֥א	vai.yik.Ra'	and someone called	H7121 →
שְׁמ֖וֹ	she.Mo	name his	H8034 →
פָּֽרֶץ׃	Pa.retz	Perez	H6557 →

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
Matthew 1:3
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
leads to
- Genesis 46:12
  The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 38:29–30
  But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
- Genesis 38:24–27
  About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
- 1 Chronicles 4:1
  The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
Through
1 Chronicles 2:4
Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
leads to
- Matthew 1:3
  Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
- Genesis 38:13–30
  When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
Through
Numbers 26:20
These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
leads to
- Nehemiah 11:4
  while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Nehemiah 11:24
  Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.

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.

1 Chronicles 2:4Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.Matthew 1:3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.Numbers 26:20These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.Genesis 46:12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.Nehemiah 11:6The descendants of Perez who settled in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of valor.Ruth 4:12And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”1 Chronicles 4:1The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.Nehemiah 11:4while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez;1 Chronicles 9:4Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.Luke 3:33the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,1 Chronicles 27:3He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month.

The same person
Matthew 1:3
Tamar bears Perez (H6557) to Judah - first of the four women; the Judah->Perez->David trunk enters through a scandal.
Matt 1:3; Gen 38:29; TIPNR

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