Everyday words
Inherit
Start with Genesis 15:2, where the Bible uses the word inherit in a real sentence: “Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 15:2
“Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?””
2. Genesis 15:7
“He said to Abram, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.””
3. Genesis 15:8
“He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?””
4. Genesis 28:4
“and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your offspring with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham.””
5. Exodus 23:30
“Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.”
6. Leviticus 20:24
“But I have said to you, “You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am Yahweh your God, who has separated you from the peoples.”
7. Numbers 26:55
“Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.”
8. Numbers 32:19
“For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 15:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Abramsaid,“LordYahweh,whatyoume,sinceIgochildless,andhewhowillinheritmyisEliezerofDamascus?”