Everyday words
Including
Start with Genesis 2:9, where the Bible uses the word including in a real sentence: “Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food,…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 2:9
“Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”
2. Genesis 7:21
“All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.”
3. Genesis 7:23
“Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship.”
4. Genesis 8:17
“Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.””
5. Genesis 31:18
“and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.”
6. Joshua 2:1
“Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.”
7. Joshua 10:7
“So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and the whole army with him, including all the mighty men of valor.”
8. 1 Samuel 14:3
“including Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. The people didn’t know that Jonathan was gone.”
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Practice Genesis 2:9
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
OutofthegroundYahwehGodmadeeverytothatispleasanttothesight,andgoodforfood,includingtheoflifeinthemiddleofthegardenandthetreeoftheknowledgeofgoodandevil.