Everyday words
Delight
Start with Genesis 3:6, where the Bible uses the word delight in a real sentence: “When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 3:6
“When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.”
2. Genesis 34:19
“The young man didn’t wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.”
3. Leviticus 26:31
“I will lay your cities waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation. I will not take delight in the sweet fragrance of your offerings.”
4. Deuteronomy 10:15
“Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their offspring after them, even you above all peoples, as it is today.”
5. Deuteronomy 21:14
“It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she desires; but you shall not sell her at all for money. You shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her.”
6. 1 Samuel 15:22
“Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.”
7. 1 Samuel 18:22
“Saul commanded his servants, “Talk with David secretly, and say, ‘Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore be the king’s son-in-law.’””
8. 2 Samuel 15:26
“but if he says, ‘I have no delight in you;’ behold, here am I. Let him do to me as seems good to him.””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 3:6
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Whenthewomansawthetreewasgoodforfood,andthatitwasadelighttotheeyes,andthatthetreewastobetomakeonewise,shetooksomeofitsandate;andshegavesometoherhusbandwithher,andheateit,too.