Genesis 47:28 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְחִ֤י	vay.Chi	and he lived	H2421 →
יַעֲקֹב֙	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ	be.'E.retz	in [the] land of	H776 →
מִצְרַ֔יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
שְׁבַ֥ע	she.Va'	seven-	H7651 →
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה	'es.Reh	teen	H6240 →
שָׁנָ֑ה	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
וַיְהִ֤י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
יְמֵֽי־	ye.mei-	[the] days of	H3117 →
יַעֲקֹב֙	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
שְׁנֵ֣י	she.Nei	[the] years of	H8141 →
חַיָּ֔יו	chai.Yav	life his	H2416 →
שֶׁ֣בַע	She.va'	seven	H7651 →
שָׁנִ֔ים	sha.Nim	years	H8141 →
וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים	ve.'ar.ba.'Im	and forty	H705 →
וּמְאַ֖ת	u.me.'At	and one hundred	H3967 →
שָׁנָֽה׃	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →

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
Psalms 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
leads to
- Ephesians 5:16–17
  redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- Psalms 39:4
  “Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
- John 9:4
  While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
- Deuteronomy 32:29
  If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
- Proverbs 4:7
  Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
Through
Psalms 90:10
The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
leads to
- James 4:14
  You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
- Psalms 78:39
  He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
- 2 Samuel 19:35
  I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men…

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.

Job 42:16After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.Genesis 35:28And Isaac lived 180 years.Psalms 90:10The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.Genesis 47:9“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”1 Timothy 5:4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.2 Samuel 19:32Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.Genesis 37:2This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.Genesis 47:8–9“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.Psalms 119:84How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?Genesis 50:26So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.Jeremiah 28:3Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon.Exodus 6:16These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.Psalms 105:23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.

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