Everyday words
Expanse
Start with Genesis 1:6, where the Bible uses the word expanse in a real sentence: “God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 1:6
“God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.””
2. Genesis 1:7
“God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.”
3. Genesis 1:8
“God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.”
4. Genesis 1:14
“God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;”
5. Genesis 1:15
“and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth”; and it was so.”
6. Genesis 1:17
“God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,”
7. Genesis 1:20
“God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.””
8. Psalms 19:1
“The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 1:6
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
God“Letbeanexpanseinthemiddleoftheandletitdividethewatersfromthewaters.”