Everyday words
Bethel
Start with Genesis 12:8, where the Bible uses the word bethel in a real sentence: “He left from there to go to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 12:8
“He left from there to go to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh and called on Yahweh’s name.”
2. Genesis 13:3
“He went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,”
3. Genesis 28:19
“He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.”
4. Genesis 31:13
“I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’””
5. Genesis 35:1
“God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.””
6. Genesis 35:3
“Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.””
7. Genesis 35:6
“So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.”
8. Genesis 35:8
“Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.”
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Practice Genesis 12:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
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