Everyday words
Along
Start with Genesis 6:7, where the Bible uses the word along in a real sentence: “Yahweh said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals,…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 6:7
“Yahweh said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I am sorry that I have made them.””
2. Genesis 9:2
“The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand.”
3. Genesis 42:38
“He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.””
4. Exodus 2:5
“Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her servant to get it.”
5. Leviticus 2:16
“The priest shall burn as its memorial, part of its bruised grain, and part of its oil, along with all its frankincense: it is an offering made by fire to Yahweh.”
6. Numbers 13:29
“Amalek dwells in the land of the South. The Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill country. The Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along the side of the Jordan.””
7. Numbers 34:3
“then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward.”
8. Numbers 34:4
“Your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and it shall pass southward of Kadesh Barnea; and it shall go from there to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon.”
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Practice Genesis 6:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Yahwehsaid,“IwilldestroymanwhomIhavecreatedfromtheoftheground—man,alongwithanimals,creepingthings,andbirdsoftheIamsorrythatImadethem.”