People and promise
Concerning
Start with Genesis 12:20, where the Bible uses the word concerning in a real sentence: “Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they escorted him away with his wife and all that he had.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 12:20
“Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they escorted him away with his wife and all that he had.”
2. Genesis 19:21
“He said to him, “Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.”
3. Genesis 24:9
“The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.”
4. Genesis 26:32
“The same day, Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.””
5. Genesis 30:33
“So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be considered stolen.””
6. Genesis 42:21
“They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.””
7. Genesis 43:7
“They said, “The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down?’””
8. Genesis 47:26
“Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone didn’t become Pharaoh’s.”
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Practice Genesis 12:20
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
commandedmenhim,andtheyescortedhimwithhiswifeandallthathehad.