Everyday words
Bowed
Start with Genesis 18:2, where the Bible uses the word bowed in a real sentence: “He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 18:2
“He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,”
2. Genesis 19:1
“The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,”
3. Genesis 23:7
“Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.”
4. Genesis 23:12
“Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.”
5. Genesis 24:26
“The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.”
6. Genesis 24:48
“I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter for his son.”
7. Genesis 24:52
“When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.”
8. Genesis 33:3
“He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.”
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Practice Genesis 18:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Heuphiseyesandlooked,andsawthatmenstoodoppositehim.hesawthem,herantomeetthemfromthetentdoor,andbowedhimselftotheearth,