Everyday words
Hebrew
Start with Genesis 14:13, where the Bible uses the word hebrew in a real sentence: “One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. At that time, he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 14:13
“One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. At that time, he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and they were allies of Abram.”
2. Genesis 39:14
“she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, “Behold, he has brought a Hebrew in to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.”
3. Genesis 39:17
“She spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,”
4. 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.”
5. Exodus 1:15
“The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,”
6. Exodus 1:16
“and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.””
7. Exodus 1:19
“The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women aren’t like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes to them.””
8. Exodus 2:7
“Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?””
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Practice Genesis 14:13
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
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