Everyday words
Dwell
Start with Genesis 4:20, where the Bible uses the word dwell in a real sentence: “Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 4:20
“Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.”
2. Genesis 9:27
“May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.””
3. Genesis 20:15
“Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you.””
4. Genesis 34:10
“You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it.””
5. Genesis 34:16
“then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.”
6. Genesis 34:23
“Won’t their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us.””
7. Genesis 36:7
“For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn’t bear them because of their livestock.”
8. Genesis 45:10
“You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your children’s children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 4:20
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Adahgavetowhowasthefatherofthosewhodwellintentsandlivestock.