Genesis 43:2 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֗י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר	ka.'a.Sher	just when	H834 →
כִּלּוּ֙	ki.Lu	they finished	H3615 →
לֶאֱכֹ֣ל	le.'e.Khol	to eat	H398 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַשֶּׁ֔בֶר	ha.She.ver	the grain	H7668 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
הֵבִ֖יאוּ	he.Vi.'u	they had brought	H935 →
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם	mi.mitz.Ra.yim	from Egypt	H4714 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֲלֵיהֶם֙	'a.lei.Hem	to them	H413 →
אֲבִיהֶ֔ם	'a.vi.Hem	father their	H1 →
שֻׁ֖בוּ	Shu.vu	go back	H7725 →
שִׁבְרוּ־	shiv.ru-	buy	H7666 →
לָ֥נוּ	La.nu	for us
מְעַט־	me.'at-	a little of	H4592 →
אֹֽכֶל׃	'O.khel	food	H400 →

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
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
leads to
- Proverbs 11:2
  When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
- Isaiah 2:11–12
  The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
- Proverbs 18:12
  Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
- Obadiah 1:3–4
  The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
Through
1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
leads to
- Galatians 6:10
  Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
- 2 Corinthians 12:14
  See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save…
- Luke 11:11–13
  What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
Through
Proverbs 15:16
Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
leads to
- Proverbs 16:8
  Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.

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 44:25Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’1 Timothy 6:6–8Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.Proverbs 15:16Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.Genesis 42:1–2When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”1 Timothy 5:8If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.Genesis 43:4If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.Genesis 43:20“Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.Proverbs 31:16She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.Genesis 42:2“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”Genesis 44:1Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.Acts 7:12When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.

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