Everyday words
Besides
Start with Genesis 20:12, where the Bible uses the word besides in a real sentence: “Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 20:12
“Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.”
2. Genesis 26:1
“There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.”
3. Genesis 28:9
“Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.”
4. Genesis 31:50
“If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you.””
5. Genesis 46:26
“All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six.”
6. Exodus 12:37
“The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.”
7. Leviticus 9:17
“He presented the meal offering, and filled his hand from there, and burned it upon the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning.”
8. Leviticus 23:38
“besides the Sabbaths of Yahweh, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings, which you give to Yahweh.”
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Practice Genesis 20:12
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Besides,sheisindeedmythedaughterofmyfather,butnottheofmymother;andshebecamemy