People and promise
Children
Start with Genesis 3:16, where the Bible uses the word children in a real sentence: “To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 3:16
“To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.””
2. Genesis 6:4
“The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.”
3. Genesis 10:21
“Children were also born to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth.”
4. Genesis 11:5
“Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.”
5. Genesis 15:3
“Abram said, “Behold, to me you have given no children: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.””
6. Genesis 16:1
“Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.”
7. Genesis 16:2
“Sarai said to Abram, “See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my servant. It may be that I will obtain children by her.” Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.”
8. Genesis 18:19
“For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.””
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Practice Genesis 3:16
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Tothewomanhesaid,“Iwillgreatlymultiplyyourpaininchildbirth.Inpainyouwillbearchildren.willbeforhusband,andhewillruleoveryou.”