Genesis 44:13

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַֽיִּקְרְע֖וּand they tore

  vaiyikreuH7167 →63 times

• שִׂמְלֹתָ֑םclothes their

  simlotamH8071 →29 times

• וַֽיַּעֲמֹס֙and he loaded

  vaiyaamosH6006 →

• אִ֣ישׁeach man

  ʾishH376 →1663 times

• עַל־on

  ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

• חֲמֹר֔וֹdonkey his

  chamoroH2543 →96 times

• וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּand they went back

  vaiyashuvuH7725 →1056 times

• הָעִֽירָה׃the city towards

  hairahH5892 →1090 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  2 Samuel 13:19

  And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying bitterly.

  it leads to

  • Joshua 7:6

    Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.

    Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

• Through

  2 Samuel 1:11

  Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

  it leads to

  • Genesis 37:29

    When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Genesis 37:34

    Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • 2 Samuel 13:31

    Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

• Through

  2 Samuel 1:2

  On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 4:12

    That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

  • 2 Samuel 4:10

    when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!

• Through

  Numbers 14:6

  Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes

  it leads to

  • Numbers 13:30

    Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”

  • Numbers 14:30

    Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.