Everyday words
Haven
Start with Genesis 27:36, where the Bible uses the word haven in a real sentence: “He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 27:36
“He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing.” He said, “Haven’t you reserved a blessing for me?””
2. Genesis 31:38
““These twenty years I have been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and I haven’t eaten the rams of your flocks.”
3. Genesis 38:22
“He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’””
4. Genesis 38:23
“Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.””
5. Genesis 44:28
“and the one went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces”; and I haven’t seen him since.”
6. Genesis 49:13
““Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.”
7. Exodus 5:14
“The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, “Why haven’t you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?””
8. Exodus 6:12
“Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, “Behold, the children of Israel haven’t listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 27:36
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hesaid,“Isn’therightlynamedJacob?ForhehassupplantedmetwoHetookawaymybirthright.See,nowhehastakenawaymyblessing.”He“Haven’tyoureservedablessingforme?”