Everyday words
Fellow
Start with Genesis 19:9, where the Bible uses the word fellow in a real sentence: “They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 19:9
“They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!” They pressed hard on the man Lot, and came near to break the door.”
2. Exodus 2:13
“He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, “Why do you strike your fellow?””
3. Judges 7:14
“His fellow answered, “This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel. God has delivered Midian into his hand, with all the army.””
4. Judges 7:22
“They blew the three hundred trumpets, and Yahweh set every man’s sword against his fellow, and against all the army; and the army fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.”
5. 1 Samuel 21:15
“Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Should this fellow come into my house?””
6. 1 Samuel 25:17
“Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.””
7. 1 Samuel 25:21
“Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.”
8. 1 Samuel 25:25
“Please don’t let my lord pay attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men, whom you sent.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 19:9
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Theysaid,“Standback!”Thentheysaid,“Thisonefellowcameintoliveasaforeigner,andheappointshimselfaNowwillweworsewithyou,thanwiththem!”TheyhardonthemanLot,andcameneartobreakthedoor.