Everyday words
Gathered
Start with Genesis 1:9, where the Bible uses the word gathered in a real sentence: “God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear”; and…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 1:9
“God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.”
2. Genesis 12:5
“Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they went to go into the land of Canaan. They entered into the land of Canaan.”
3. Genesis 25:8
“Abraham gave up his spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.”
4. Genesis 25:17
“These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty-seven years. He gave up his spirit and died, and was gathered to his people.”
5. Genesis 29:3
“There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again on the well’s mouth in its place.”
6. Genesis 29:8
“They said, “We can’t, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth. Then we water the sheep.””
7. Genesis 29:22
“Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.”
8. Genesis 31:18
“and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.”
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Practice Genesis 1:9
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Godsaid,“Letthetheskybegatheredtogethertooneandletthedrylandappear”;anditwasso.