Everyday words
Gilead
Start with Genesis 31:21, where the Bible uses the word gilead in a real sentence: “So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 31:21
“So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.”
2. Genesis 31:23
“He took his relatives with him, and pursued him seven days’ journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.”
3. Genesis 31:25
“Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.”
4. Genesis 37:25
“They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.”
5. Numbers 26:29
“The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.”
6. Numbers 26:30
“These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;”
7. Numbers 27:1
“Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph came near. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.”
8. Numbers 32:1
“Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. When they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for livestock;”
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Practice Genesis 31:21
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Sohefledwithallthathehad.Heup,passedtheandsethisfacetowardthemountainofGilead.