Everyday words
Evening
Start with Genesis 1:5, where the Bible uses the word evening in a real sentence: “God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 1:5
“God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.”
2. Genesis 1:8
“God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.”
3. Genesis 1:13
“There was evening and there was morning, a third day.”
4. Genesis 1:19
“There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.”
5. Genesis 1:23
“There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.”
6. Genesis 1:31
“God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.”
7. Genesis 8:11
“The dove came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.”
8. Genesis 19:1
“The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,”
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Practice Genesis 1:5
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Godcalledthelight“day”,andthedarknesshecalled“night”.wasandtherewasmorning,theday.