Everyday words
Anything
Start with Genesis 14:23, where the Bible uses the word anything in a real sentence: “that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 14:23
“that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’”
2. Genesis 18:14
“Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son.””
3. Genesis 19:8
“See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you. Only don’t do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof.””
4. Genesis 19:22
“Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.”
5. Genesis 22:12
“He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.””
6. Genesis 30:31
“He said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.”
7. Genesis 39:6
“He left all that he had in Joseph’s hand. He didn’t concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was well-built and handsome.”
8. Genesis 39:9
“No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?””
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Practice Genesis 14:23
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Iwillnottakeathreadnorastrapnoranythingthatisyours,lestyoushouldsay,‘Ihavemaderich.’