People and promise
Child
Start with Genesis 4:25, where the Bible uses the word child in a real sentence: “Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, saying, “for God has given me another…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 4:25
“Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, saying, “for God has given me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.””
2. Genesis 11:30
“Sarai was barren. She had no child.”
3. Genesis 16:11
“Yahweh’s angel said to her, “Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction.”
4. Genesis 17:17
“Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?””
5. Genesis 18:13
“Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?’”
6. Genesis 19:36
“Thus both of Lot’s daughters were with child by their father.”
7. Genesis 21:8
“The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.”
8. Genesis 21:13
“I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 4:25
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Adamknewhiswifeagain.Shegavebirthtoason,andnamedhimSeth,“forGodhasgivenmeanotherchildofAbel,forCainhim.”