Everyday words
Descended
Start with Genesis 10:14, where the Bible uses the word descended in a real sentence: “Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 10:14
“Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.”
2. Exodus 19:18
“All of Mount Sinai smoked, because Yahweh descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.”
3. Exodus 33:9
“When Moses entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, stood at the door of the Tent, and spoke with Moses.”
4. Exodus 34:5
“Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed Yahweh’s name.”
5. Deuteronomy 9:21
“I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. I threw its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain.”
6. Joshua 2:23
“Then the two men returned, descended from the mountain, crossed the river, and came to Joshua the son of Nun. They told him all that had happened to them.”
7. 1 Chronicles 4:40
“They found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceful; for those who lived there before were descended from Ham.”
8. Proverbs 30:4
“Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you know?”
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Practice Genesis 10:14
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
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