Everyday words
Divide
Start with Genesis 1:6, where the Bible uses the word divide in a real sentence: “God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 1:6
“God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.””
2. Genesis 1:14
“God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;”
3. Genesis 1:18
“and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.”
4. Genesis 15:10
“He brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds.”
5. Genesis 49:7
“Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.”
6. Genesis 49:27
““Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.””
7. Exodus 14:16
“Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go into the middle of the sea on dry ground.”
8. Exodus 15:9
“The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.’”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 1:6
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
God“Letbeanexpanseinthemiddleoftheandletitdividethewatersfromthewaters.”