Everyday words
Guard
Start with Genesis 3:24, where the Bible uses the word guard in a real sentence: “So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 3:24
“So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.”
2. Genesis 37:36
“The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.”
3. Genesis 39:1
“Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.”
4. Genesis 40:3
“He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.”
5. Genesis 40:4
“The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days.”
6. Genesis 41:10
“Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, with the chief baker.”
7. Genesis 41:12
“There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. To each man according to his dream he interpreted.”
8. Numbers 10:25
“The standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rear guard of all the camps, set forward according to their armies. Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai was over his army.”
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Practice Genesis 3:24
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Sohedroveouttheman;andheplacedcherubimattheeastoftheofEden,andaswordturnedeveryway,toguardthewaytothetreeoflife.