Everyday words
Himself
Start with Genesis 8:8, where the Bible uses the word himself in a real sentence: “He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 8:8
“He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,”
2. Genesis 13:11
“So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.”
3. Genesis 14:15
“He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.”
4. Genesis 18:2
“He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,”
5. Genesis 19:1
“The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,”
6. Genesis 19:9
“They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!” They pressed hard on the man Lot, and came near to break the door.”
7. Genesis 22:8
“Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together.”
8. Genesis 23:7
“Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.”
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Practice Genesis 8:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hehimselfsentoutatoseeifthewereabatedthesurfaceoftheground,