Everyday words
Departed
Start with Genesis 12:4, where the Bible uses the word departed in a real sentence: “So Abram went, as Yahweh had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 12:4
“So Abram went, as Yahweh had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.”
2. Genesis 14:12
“They took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.”
3. Genesis 21:14
“Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.”
4. Genesis 24:10
“The servant took ten camels, of his master’s camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master’s with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.”
5. Genesis 26:17
“Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.”
6. Genesis 26:31
“They rose up some time in the morning, and swore an oath to one another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.”
7. Genesis 31:55
“Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. Laban departed and returned to his place.”
8. Genesis 42:26
“They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 12:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
SoAbramwent,ashadhim.Lotwentwithhim.wasseventy-fiveyearsoldwhenhedepartedfromHaran.