Genesis 49:12 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 49:12

His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.

BSB

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ASV

His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.

KJV

His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
חַכְלִילִ֥י	chakh.li.Li	dark of	H2447 →
עֵינַ֖יִם	'ei.Na.yim	eyes	H5869 →
מִיָּ֑יִן	mi.Ya.yin	more than wine	H3196 →
וּלְבֶן־	u.le.ven-	and white of	H3836 →
שִׁנַּ֖יִם	shi.Na.yim	teeth	H8127 →
מֵחָלָֽב׃ פ	me.cha.Lav	more than milk	H2461 →

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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 23:29
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
leads to
- Ephesians 5:18
  Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- 1 Samuel 25:36–37
  When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
- Luke 12:45–46
  But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
- Proverbs 23:21
  For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
- Isaiah 5:11
  Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

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