Everyday words
Hurry
Start with Genesis 19:22, where the Bible uses the word hurry in a real sentence: “Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 19:22
“Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.”
2. Genesis 45:9
“Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says, “God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don’t wait.”
3. Genesis 45:13
“You shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father down here.””
4. Joshua 10:13
“The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn’t this written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the middle of the sky, and didn’t hurry to go down about a whole day.”
5. 1 Samuel 9:12
“They answered them, and said, “He is. Behold, he is before you. Hurry now, for he has come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place.”
6. 1 Samuel 20:38
“Jonathan cried after the boy, “Go fast! Hurry! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.”
7. 1 Samuel 23:27
“But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!””
8. 2 Samuel 15:14
“David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee; or else none of us will escape from Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.””
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Practice Genesis 19:22
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hurry,escapethere,forIdoanythingyougetthere.”ThereforethenameofthecitywasZoar.