Everyday words
Better
Start with Genesis 29:19, where the Bible uses the word better in a real sentence: “Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.”” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 29:19
“Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.””
2. Exodus 14:12
“Isn’t this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?’ For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.””
3. Numbers 14:3
“Why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?””
4. Judges 8:2
“He said to them, “What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn’t the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?”
5. Judges 9:2
““Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.””
6. Judges 11:25
“Now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?”
7. Judges 18:19
“They said to him, “Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?””
8. Ruth 4:15
“He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 29:19
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Laban“ItisbetterIgivehertoyou,thatIshouldgivehertoanotherman.Staywithme.”