Genesis 39:17 BSB — MannaFest

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14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר	va.te.da.Ber	and she spoke	H1696 →
אֵלָ֔יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
כַּדְּבָרִ֥ים	ka.de.va.Rim	according to the words	H1697 →
הָאֵ֖לֶּה	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →
לֵאמֹ֑ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
בָּֽא־	ba'-	he came	H935 →
אֵלַ֞י	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
הָעֶ֧בֶד	ha.'E.ved	the servant	H5650 →
הָֽעִבְרִ֛י	ha.'iv.Ri	the Hebrew	H5680 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	whom	H834 →
הֵבֵ֥אתָ	he.Ve.ta	you brought	H935 →
לָּ֖נוּ	La.nu	to <the> us
לְצַ֥חֶק	le.Tza.chek	to mock	H6711 →
בִּֽי׃	Bi	<in> <the> me

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
Exodus 20:16
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
leads to
- Proverbs 19:5
  A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 19:18
  “Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
- Psalms 15:3
  who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
- Exodus 23:1
  “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
- Deuteronomy 19:15–21
  A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or…
Through
Exodus 23:1
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
leads to
- Psalms 101:5
  Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
- Deuteronomy 19:16–21
  If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,
Through
Psalms 55:3
at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 16:7–8
  And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!

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.

Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.Psalms 55:3at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.1 Kings 21:9–13In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.Genesis 39:14she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.Proverbs 19:9A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.1 Kings 18:17When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”Proverbs 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.Psalms 37:14The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.Matthew 26:65At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.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.Psalms 120:2–4Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

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