Everyday words
Dream
Start with Genesis 20:3, where the Bible uses the word dream in a real sentence: “But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 20:3
“But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man’s wife.””
2. Genesis 20:6
“God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn’t allow you to touch her.”
3. Genesis 31:10
“During mating season, I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.”
4. Genesis 31:11
“The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’”
5. Genesis 31:24
“God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.””
6. Genesis 37:5
“Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.”
7. Genesis 37:6
“He said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:”
8. Genesis 37:9
“He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.””
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Practice Genesis 20:3
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ButGodcametoAbimelechinadreamofthenight,andtohim,“Behold,youareadeadman,becauseofthewhomyouhavetaken.Forsheisaman’s