Genesis 42:4 BSB — MannaFest

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14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
בִּנְיָמִין֙	bin.ya.Min	Benjamin	H1144 →
אֲחִ֣י	'a.Chi	[the] brother of	H251 →
יוֹסֵ֔ף	yo.Sef	Joseph	H3130 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
שָׁלַ֥ח	sha.Lach	he sent	H7971 →
יַעֲקֹ֖ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
אֶת־	'et-	with	H854 →
אֶחָ֑יו	'e.Chav	brothers his	H251 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
אָמַ֔ר	'a.Mar	he said	H559 →
פֶּן־	pen-	lest	H6435 →
יִקְרָאֶ֖נּוּ	yik.ra.'E.nu	it should happen to him	H7122 →
אָסֽוֹן׃	'a.Son	harm	H611 →

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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Genesis 11:4
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:28
  Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw…
- John 5:44
  How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
- Luke 1:51
  He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
- Daniel 4:30
  the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Deuteronomy 9:1
  Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
Through
Genesis 42:38
But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring…
leads to
- Genesis 37:35
  All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
- Genesis 37:33
  His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
- Genesis 42:13
  But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”

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.

Genesis 42:38But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”Genesis 11:4“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”Genesis 44:20–22And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’Genesis 35:16–19Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.Genesis 33:1–2Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.Genesis 43:29When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”Genesis 43:14May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”Genesis 3:22Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”Genesis 44:27–34And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.Genesis 35:18And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

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