Everyday words
Fathers
Start with Genesis 15:15, where the Bible uses the word fathers in a real sentence: “but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 15:15
“but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.”
2. Genesis 31:3
“Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.””
3. 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.””
4. Genesis 47:3
“Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.””
5. Genesis 47:30
“but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place.” He said, “I will do as you have said.””
6. Genesis 48:15
“He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,”
7. Genesis 48:16
“the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.””
8. Genesis 48:21
“Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 15:15
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
butyouwillgotoinpeace.Youwillbeatagoodoldage.