Everyday words
Happen
Start with Genesis 12:12, where the Bible uses the word happen in a real sentence: “It will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 12:12
“It will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will save you alive.”
2. Genesis 24:43
“behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes out to draw, to whom I will say, “Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,””
3. Genesis 27:40
“By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck.””
4. Genesis 42:4
“But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.””
5. Genesis 44:31
“it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol.”
6. Genesis 46:33
“It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’”
7. Genesis 47:24
“It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.””
8. Genesis 49:1
“Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.”
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Practice Genesis 12:12
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Ithappen,whentheEgyptiansseeyou,thattheywillsay,‘Thisishiswife.’willkillme,buttheywillyoualive.