Everyday words
Distressed
Start with Genesis 32:7, where the Bible uses the word distressed in a real sentence: “Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks,…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 32:7
“Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;”
2. Numbers 22:3
“Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many. Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.”
3. Judges 2:15
“Wherever they went out, Yahweh’s hand was against them for evil, as Yahweh had spoken, and as Yahweh had sworn to them; and they were very distressed.”
4. Judges 10:9
“The children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was very distressed.”
5. 1 Samuel 13:6
“When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in tombs, and in pits.”
6. 1 Samuel 14:24
“The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food until it is evening, and I am avenged of my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food.”
7. 1 Samuel 30:6
“David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.”
8. 1 Samuel 31:3
“The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 32:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Jacobwasgreatlyafraidandwasdistressed.Hethepeoplewhowithhim,andtheflocks,andtheherds,andthecamels,intotwocompanies;