Genesis 49:23 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

5 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיְמָרֲרֻ֖הוּ	vay.ma.ra.Ru.hu	and they showed bitterness to him	H4843 →
וָרֹ֑בּוּ	va.Ro.bu	and they shot	H7232 →
וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֻ֖הוּ	vai.yis.te.Mu.hu	and they bear a grudge him	H7852 →
בַּעֲלֵ֥י	ba.'a.Lei	masters of	H1167 →
חִצִּֽים׃	chi.Tzim	arrows	H2671 →

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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Where the connections lead

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 118:13
I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
leads to
- Psalms 140:4
  Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
- Psalms 86:17
  Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
- Micah 7:8
  Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
- Psalms 18:17–18
  He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
Through
Genesis 37:4
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
leads to
- Genesis 27:41
  Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will…
Through
Genesis 37:28
So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
leads to
- Acts 7:9
  Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
- Psalms 105:17
  He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
Through
Psalms 64:3
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
leads to
- Psalms 57:4
  My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

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 37:24and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.Psalms 118:13I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.Psalms 64:3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,Genesis 37:4When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.Genesis 37:28So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.Genesis 37:18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”Genesis 39:7–20and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.Genesis 42:21Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”1 Samuel 31:3When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.2 Chronicles 35:23There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”Genesis 37:19“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.Genesis 37:5Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.Job 16:13His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.Numbers 21:30But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”Proverbs 26:18Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,

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