Everyday words
Brother
Start with Genesis 4:2, where the Bible uses the word brother in a real sentence: “Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 4:2
“Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.”
2. Genesis 4:8
“Cain said to Abel, his brother, “Let’s go into the field.” While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.”
3. Genesis 4:9
“Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?””
4. Genesis 4:10
“Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.”
5. Genesis 4:11
“Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.”
6. Genesis 4:21
“His brother’s name was Jubal, who was the father of all who handle the harp and pipe.”
7. Genesis 9:5
“I will surely require your life’s blood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.”
8. Genesis 10:21
“Children were also born to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 4:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
shebirth,toCain’sbrotherAbel.Abelwasaofsheep,butCainwasatilleroftheground.