Everyday words
Greater
Start with Genesis 1:16, where the Bible uses the word greater in a real sentence: “God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 1:16
“God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.”
2. Genesis 4:13
“Cain said to Yahweh, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.”
3. Genesis 39:9
“No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?””
4. Genesis 41:40
“You shall be over my house, and according to your word will all my people be ruled. Only in the throne I will be greater than you.””
5. Genesis 48:19
“His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.””
6. Exodus 18:11
“Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them.””
7. Numbers 14:12
“I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.””
8. Deuteronomy 1:28
“Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our heart melt, saying, ‘The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to the sky. Moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there!’””
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Practice Genesis 1:16
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Godmadethetwogreatlights:thelighttoruletheday,andthelighttothenight.Healsomadethestars.