Everyday words
Beersheba
Start with Genesis 21:14, where the Bible uses the word beersheba in a real sentence: “Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 21:14
“Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.”
2. Genesis 21:31
“Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.”
3. Genesis 21:32
“So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.”
4. Genesis 21:33
“Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.”
5. Genesis 22:19
“So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.”
6. Genesis 26:23
“He went up from there to Beersheba.”
7. Genesis 26:33
“He called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.”
8. Genesis 28:10
“Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.”
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Practice Genesis 21:14
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
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