Everyday words
Friend
Start with Genesis 26:26, where the Bible uses the word friend in a real sentence: “Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 26:26
“Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.”
2. Genesis 38:12
“After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.”
3. Genesis 38:20
“Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he didn’t find her.”
4. Exodus 33:11
“Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn’t depart from the Tent.”
5. Deuteronomy 13:6
“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods,” which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;”
6. Judges 14:20
“But Samson’s wife was given to his companion who had been his friend.”
7. Ruth 4:1
“Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. He said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He came over, and sat down.”
8. 2 Samuel 13:3
“But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.”
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Practice Genesis 26:26
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThenAbimelechwenttohimfromGerar,andhisfriend,andthecaptainofhis