Everyday words
Force
Start with Genesis 31:31, where the Bible uses the word force in a real sentence: “Jacob answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I said, ‘Lest you should take your daughters from me by…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 31:31
“Jacob answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I said, ‘Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.’”
2. 1 Samuel 2:16
“If the man said to him, “Let the fat be burned first, and then take as much as your soul desires”; then he would say, “No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force.””
3. 2 Samuel 13:12
“She answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me! For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don’t you do this folly.”
4. Ezra 4:23
“Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force of arms.”
5. Job 28:25
“He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.”
6. Job 30:18
“By great force is my garment disfigured. It binds me about as the collar of my coat.”
7. Job 40:16
“Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.”
8. Amos 2:14
“Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won’t strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;”
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Practice Genesis 31:31
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
JacobLaban,“BecauseIwasafraid,forIsaid,‘Lestyoushouldtakeyourdaughtersmeby