Everyday words
Bread
Start with Genesis 3:19, where the Bible uses the word bread in a real sentence: “By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken.…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 3:19
“By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.””
2. Genesis 14:18
“Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.”
3. Genesis 18:5
“I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant.” They said, “Very well, do as you have said.””
4. Genesis 19:3
“He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.”
5. Genesis 21:14
“Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.”
6. Genesis 25:34
“Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.”
7. Genesis 27:17
“She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.”
8. Genesis 28:20
“Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 3:19
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Bytheofyourfacewillyoueatbreaduntilyoutotheforoutofityouweretaken.Foryouaredust,andtodustyoushallreturn.”