Everyday words
Abraham
Start with Genesis 17:5, where the Bible uses the word abraham in a real sentence: “Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 17:5
“Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.”
2. Genesis 17:9
“God said to Abraham, “As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations.”
3. Genesis 17:15
“God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.”
4. Genesis 17:17
“Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?””
5. Genesis 17:18
“Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!””
6. Genesis 17:22
“When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.”
7. Genesis 17:23
“Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.”
8. Genesis 17:24
“Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 17:5
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
YournomorebecalledbutyournamewillbeAbraham;forIhavemadeyouthefatherofamultitudeofnations.