Everyday words
Forsaken
Start with Genesis 24:27, where the Bible uses the word forsaken in a real sentence: “He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 24:27
“He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me on the way to the house of my master’s relatives.””
2. Deuteronomy 28:20
“Yahweh will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me.”
3. Judges 10:10
“The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, saying, “We have sinned against you, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals.””
4. Judges 10:13
“Yet you have forsaken me, and served other gods. Therefore I will save you no more.”
5. 1 Samuel 8:8
“According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so they also do to you.”
6. 1 Samuel 12:10
“They cried to Yahweh, and said, ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken Yahweh, and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.’”
7. 1 Kings 18:18
“He answered, “I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your father’s house, in that you have forsaken Yahweh’s commandments, and you have followed the Baals.”
8. 1 Kings 19:10
“He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 24:27
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
He“BlessedbeYahweh,theGodofmyAbraham,whohasnotforsakenhislovingkindnessandhistruthtowardmyAsforme,Yahwehhasledmeonthewaytothehouseofmymaster’srelatives.”