Everyday words
Bought
Start with Genesis 17:12, where the Bible uses the word bought in a real sentence: “He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 17:12
“He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring.”
2. Genesis 17:13
“He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.”
3. Genesis 17:23
“Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.”
4. Genesis 17:27
“All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.”
5. Genesis 33:19
“He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.”
6. Genesis 39:1
“Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.”
7. Genesis 47:14
“Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.”
8. Genesis 47:20
“So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine was severe on them, and the land became Pharaoh’s.”
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Practice Genesis 17:12
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hewhoiseightdaysoldwillbecircumcisedamongyou,everymaleyourgenerations,hewhoisborninthehouse,orboughtmoneyanyforeignerwhoisnotofyouroffspring.