Everyday words
Bless
Start with Genesis 12:2, where the Bible uses the word bless in a real sentence: “I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 12:2
“I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.”
2. Genesis 12:3
“I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treates you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.””
3. Genesis 17:16
“I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.””
4. Genesis 22:17
“that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.”
5. Genesis 26:3
“Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.”
6. Genesis 26:24
“Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.””
7. Genesis 27:4
“Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.””
8. Genesis 27:7
“‘Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.’”
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Practice Genesis 12:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Iwillmakeofyouagreatnation.Iblessyouandmakeyournamegreat.Youbea