Everyday words
Border
Start with Genesis 10:19, where the Bible uses the word border in a real sentence: “The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon—as you go toward Gerar—to Gaza—as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah,…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 10:19
“The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon—as you go toward Gerar—to Gaza—as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim—to Lasha.”
2. Genesis 47:21
“As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end of it.”
3. Genesis 49:13
““Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.”
4. Exodus 19:12
“You shall set bounds to the people all around, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.”
5. Exodus 23:31
“I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.”
6. Exodus 37:12
“He made a border of a hand width around it, and made a golden molding on its border around it.”
7. Exodus 37:14
“The rings were close by the border, the places for the poles to carry the table.”
8. Numbers 15:38
““Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them that they should make themselves fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue:”
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Practice Genesis 10:19
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
TheborderoftheCanaaniteswasfromyougotowardGerar—toGaza—asyougotowardAdmah,andZeboiim—toLasha.