Everyday words
Donkey
Start with Genesis 16:12, where the Bible uses the word donkey in a real sentence: “He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 16:12
“He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers.””
2. Genesis 22:3
“Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.”
3. Genesis 22:5
“Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go yonder. We will worship, and come back to you.””
4. Genesis 42:27
“As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.”
5. Genesis 44:13
“Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey, and returned to the city.”
6. Genesis 49:11
“Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine; he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.”
7. Genesis 49:14
““Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.”
8. Exodus 4:20
“Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God’s rod in his hand.”
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Practice Genesis 16:12
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hebelikeawildamongmen.Hishandwillbeagainsteveryman,andeveryman’shandagainsthim.Heliveoppositeallofhisbrothers.”