Genesis 8:11 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 8:11

And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

BSB

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ASV

and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

KJV

And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתָּבֹ֨א	va.ta.Vo'	and it came	H935 →
אֵלָ֤יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
הַיּוֹנָה֙	hai.yo.Nah	the dove	H3123 →
לְעֵ֣ת	le.'Et	to [the] time of	H6256 →
עֶ֔רֶב	'E.rev	evening	H6153 →
וְהִנֵּ֥ה	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
עֲלֵה־	'a.leh-	a leaf of	H5929 →
זַ֖יִת	Za.yit	olive	H2132 →
טָרָ֣ף	ta.Raf	freshly plucked	H2965 →
בְּפִ֑יהָ	be.Fi.ha	[was] in mouth its	H6310 →
וַיֵּ֣דַע	vai.Ye.da'	and he knew	H3045 →
נֹ֔חַ	No.ach	Noah	H5146 →
כִּי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
קַ֥לּוּ	Ka.lu	they were abated	H7043 →
הַמַּ֖יִם	ha.Ma.yim	the waters	H4325 →
מֵעַ֥ל	me.'Al	from on	H5921 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →

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
Romans 10:15
And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
leads to
- Isaiah 52:7
  How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
- Nahum 1:15
  Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be…
- Ephesians 2:17
  He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
- Matthew 28:18–20
  Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Ephesians 6:15
  and with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace.
Through
Nehemiah 8:15
So they proclaimed this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy…
leads to
- Leviticus 23:40
  On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to…
- Deuteronomy 16:16
  Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast…
- Leviticus 23:4
  These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

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