Genesis 9:20 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֥חֶל	vai.Ya.chel	and he began	H2490 →
נֹ֖חַ	No.ach	Noah	H5146 →
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	[the] man of	H376 →
הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה	ha.'a.da.Mah	the ground	H127 →
וַיִּטַּ֖ע	vai.yi.Ta'	and he planted	H5193 →
כָּֽרֶם׃	Ka.rem	a vineyard	H3754 →

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
Proverbs 12:11
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
leads to
- Proverbs 28:19
  The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
- Proverbs 14:23
  There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12
  and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
- Psalms 128:2
  For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
Through
Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
leads to
- Proverbs 13:14
  The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
- Ephesians 4:29
  Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
- Proverbs 10:6
  Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Proverbs 18:4
  The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.

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 3:18–19Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.Deuteronomy 20:6Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.Proverbs 12:11The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.Ecclesiastes 5:9The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.Genesis 4:2Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.Isaiah 28:24–26Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?Deuteronomy 28:30You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.Genesis 5:29And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”Genesis 3:23Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.Genesis 46:32The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’Song of Solomon 1:6Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.1 Corinthians 9:7Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?Proverbs 24:30I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.

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