Genesis 39:12 BSB — MannaFest

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11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתִּתְפְּשֵׂ֧הוּ	va.tit.pe.Se.hu	and she seized him	H8610 →
בְּבִגְד֛וֹ	be.vig.Do	by clothing his	H899 →
לֵאמֹ֖ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
שִׁכְבָ֣ה	shikh.Vah	lie !	H7901 →
עִמִּ֑י	'i.Mi	with me	H5973 →
וַיַּעֲזֹ֤ב	vai.ya.'a.Zo	and he left	H5800 →
בִּגְדוֹ֙	big.Do	clothing his	H899 →
בְּיָדָ֔הּ	be.ya.Dah	in hand her	H3027 →
וַיָּ֖נָס	vai.Ya.nos	and he fled	H5127 →
וַיֵּצֵ֥א	vai.ye.Tze'	and he went out	H3318 →
הַחֽוּצָה׃	ha.Chu.tzah	the outside towards	H2351 →

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.

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2 Timothy 2:22
Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:11
  Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
- 1 Peter 3:11
  He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
- 1 Corinthians 6:18
  Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
- 1 Timothy 6:11
  But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
- Psalms 119:9
  How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
Through
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is…
leads to
- Proverbs 22:14
  The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
Through
Proverbs 5:8
Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
leads to
- Proverbs 7:25
  Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.
- Ephesians 5:11
  Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

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.

2 Timothy 2:22Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.Proverbs 7:13–27She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:Proverbs 6:5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.Proverbs 5:8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.Genesis 39:10Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.Genesis 39:8But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”Mark 14:51–52One young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him,Proverbs 1:15my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.Ezekiel 16:30–31How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute!Proverbs 7:13She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:1 Samuel 15:27As Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.Mark 14:52but he pulled free of the linen cloth and ran away naked.

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Joseph fled from Potiphar's wife
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