Everyday words
Finish
Start with Genesis 6:16, where the Bible uses the word finish in a real sentence: “You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 6:16
“You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.”
2. 1 Chronicles 27:24
“Joab the son of Zeruiah began to take a census, but didn’t finish; and wrath came on Israel for this. The number wasn’t put into the account in the chronicles of king David.”
3. Ezra 5:3
“At the same time Tattenai, the governor beyond the River came to them, with Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and asked them, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?””
4. Ezra 5:9
“Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?””
5. Nehemiah 4:2
“He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?””
6. Zechariah 4:9
““The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.”
7. Luke 14:29
“Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,”
8. Luke 14:30
“saying, ‘This man began to build, and wasn’t able to finish.’”
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Practice Genesis 6:16
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Youshallmakearoofintheship,andyoushallfinishittoacubitupward.Youshallsettheoftheshipinitsside.Youmakeitwithsecond,andthirdlevels.