Everyday words
Anger
Start with Genesis 27:45, where the Bible uses the word anger in a real sentence: “until your brother’s anger turn away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send,…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 27:45
“until your brother’s anger turn away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?””
2. Genesis 30:2
“Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?””
3. Genesis 44:18
“Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.”
4. Genesis 49:6
“My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.”
5. Genesis 49:7
“Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.”
6. Exodus 4:14
“Yahweh’s anger burned against Moses, and he said, “What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.”
7. Exodus 11:8
“All these servants of yours will come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, “Get out, with all the people who follow you”; and after that I will go out.’” He went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.”
8. Exodus 32:19
“As soon as he came near to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. Then Moses’ anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.”
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Practice Genesis 27:45
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
untilyourbrother’sangerturnawayfromyou,andheforgetswhatyouhavedonetohim.ThenIsend,andgetyoufromthere.WhyIbebereavedofyouinoneday?”