Everyday words
Hebron
Start with Genesis 13:18, where the Bible uses the word hebron in a real sentence: “Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 13:18
“Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.”
2. Genesis 23:2
“Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.”
3. Genesis 23:19
“After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.”
4. Genesis 35:27
“Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.”
5. Genesis 37:14
“He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.”
6. Exodus 6:18
“The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.”
7. Numbers 3:19
“The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.”
8. Numbers 13:22
“They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)”
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Practice Genesis 13:18
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Abrammovedhistent,andandbytheoaksofwhichareinHebron,andbuiltanaltartheretoYahweh.