Genesis 44:31 BSB — MannaFest

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14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָיָ֗ה	ve.ha.Yah	and it will be	H1961 →
כִּרְאוֹת֛וֹ	kir.'o.To	when sees he	H7200 →
כִּי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
אֵ֥ין	'ein	there not	H369 →
הַנַּ֖עַר	ha.Na.'ar	[is] the young man	H5288 →
וָמֵ֑ת	va.Met	and he will die	H4191 →
וְהוֹרִ֨ידוּ	ve.ho.Ri.du	and they will bring down	H3381 →
עֲבָדֶ֜יךָ	'a.va.Dei.kha	servants your	H5650 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שֵׂיבַ֨ת	sei.Vat	[the] gray hair of	H7872 →
עַבְדְּךָ֥	'av.de.Kha	servant your	H5650 →
אָבִ֛ינוּ	'a.Vi.nu	father our	H1 →
בְּיָג֖וֹן	be.ya.Gon	in sorrow	H3015 →
שְׁאֹֽלָה׃	she.'O.lah	Sheol towards	H7585 →

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
1 Thessalonians 4:13
Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
leads to
- Daniel 12:2
  And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:15
  By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:10
  He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
- 2 Peter 3:4
  “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:18–19
  Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
Through
Genesis 44:29
Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’
leads to
- 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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 43:14
  May 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.”
Through
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.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 12:17
  The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with 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.

Genesis 44:29Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’Genesis 37:35All 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.1 Kings 2:9Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”1 Thessalonians 4:13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.1 Samuel 4:17–18The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”Genesis 37:26–27Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?2 Corinthians 7:10Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.1 Samuel 22:22Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s house.Ecclesiastes 12:5when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.Genesis 44:30So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,

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