Everyday words
Egyptians
Start with Genesis 12:12, where the Bible uses the word egyptians in a real sentence: “It will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 12:12
“It will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will save you alive.”
2. Genesis 12:14
“When Abram had come into Egypt, Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.”
3. Genesis 41:55
“When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do.””
4. Genesis 41:56
“The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.”
5. Genesis 43:32
“They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians, that ate with him, by themselves, because the Egyptians don’t eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.”
6. Genesis 45:2
“He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.”
7. Genesis 46:34
“that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.””
8. Genesis 47:15
“When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, “Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For our money fails.””
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Practice Genesis 12:12
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Ithappen,whentheEgyptiansseeyou,thattheywillsay,‘Thisishiswife.’willkillme,buttheywillyoualive.