People and promise
Companies
Start with Genesis 32:7, where the Bible uses the word companies in a real sentence: “Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks,…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 32:7
“Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;”
2. Genesis 32:10
“I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.”
3. Judges 7:16
“He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.”
4. Judges 7:20
“The three companies blew the trumpets, broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands with which to blow; and they shouted, “The sword of Yahweh and of Gideon!””
5. Judges 9:34
“Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.”
6. Judges 9:43
“He took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and behold, the people came out of the city. So, he rose up against them, and struck them.”
7. Judges 9:44
“Abimelech and the companies that were with him rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city; and the two companies rushed on all who were in the field, and struck them.”
8. 1 Samuel 11:11
“On the next day, Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the middle of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.”
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Practice Genesis 32:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Jacobwasgreatlyafraidandwasdistressed.Hethepeoplewhowithhim,andtheflocks,andtheherds,andthecamels,intotwocompanies;