Everyday words
Garment
Start with Genesis 9:23, where the Bible uses the word garment in a real sentence: “Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 9:23
“Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness.”
2. Genesis 25:25
“The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau.”
3. Genesis 39:12
“She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.”
4. Genesis 39:13
“When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had run outside,”
5. Genesis 39:15
“When he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment by me, and ran outside.””
6. Genesis 39:16
“She laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.”
7. Genesis 39:18
“and as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment by me, and ran outside.””
8. Exodus 22:26
“If you take your neighbor’s garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,”
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Practice Genesis 9:23
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ShemandJaphethagarment,andlaiditonboththeirwentinbackwards,andcoveredthenakednessoftheirfather.Theirfacesbackwards,andtheydidn’tseetheirfather’snakedness.