Everyday words
Borne
Start with Genesis 21:7, where the Bible uses the word borne in a real sentence: “She said, “Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 21:7
“She said, “Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.””
2. Genesis 21:9
“Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.”
3. Genesis 22:20
“After these things, Abraham was told, “Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:”
4. Genesis 29:34
“She conceived again, and bore a son. Said, “Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.”
5. Genesis 30:20
“Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons.” She named him Zebulun.”
6. Genesis 30:25
“When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.”
7. Genesis 31:43
“Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do today to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?”
8. Deuteronomy 21:15
“If a man has two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son is hers who was hated;”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 21:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Shesaid,“WhohavetothatSarahwouldnursechildren?ForIhavebornehimasoninhisoldage.”