Everyday words
Destroy
Start with Genesis 6:7, where the Bible uses the word destroy in a real sentence: “Yahweh said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals,…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 6:7
“Yahweh said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I am sorry that I have made them.””
2. Genesis 6:13
“God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them and the earth.”
3. Genesis 6:17
“I, even I, do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.”
4. Genesis 7:4
“In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing that I have made from the surface of the ground.””
5. Genesis 9:11
“I will establish my covenant with you: All flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood. There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.””
6. Genesis 9:15
“I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.”
7. Genesis 18:28
“What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.””
8. Genesis 18:31
“He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 6:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Yahwehsaid,“IwilldestroymanwhomIhavecreatedfromtheoftheground—man,alongwithanimals,creepingthings,andbirdsoftheIamsorrythatImadethem.”