Everyday words
Above
Start with Genesis 1:7, where the Bible uses the word above in a real sentence: “God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 1:7
“God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.”
2. Genesis 1:20
“God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.””
3. Genesis 3:14
“Yahweh God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. You shall go on your belly and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.”
4. Genesis 7:17
“The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.”
5. Genesis 27:39
“Isaac his father answered him, “Behold, of the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, and of the dew of the sky from above.”
6. Genesis 28:13
“Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your offspring.”
7. Genesis 34:19
“The young man didn’t wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.”
8. Genesis 48:22
“Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 1:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Godmadetheexpanse,anddividedthewaterswereundertheexpansefromthewaterswhichweretheanditwasso.