Everyday words
Ishmael
Start with Genesis 16:11, where the Bible uses the word ishmael in a real sentence: “Yahweh’s angel said to her, “Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 16:11
“Yahweh’s angel said to her, “Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction.”
2. Genesis 16:15
“Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.”
3. Genesis 16:16
“Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.”
4. Genesis 17:18
“Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!””
5. Genesis 17:20
“As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.”
6. Genesis 17:23
“Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.”
7. Genesis 17:25
“Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.”
8. Genesis 17:26
“In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 16:11
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Yahweh’stoher,“Behold,youarewithchild,andwillbearason.YoushallcallhisIshmael,becauseYahwehhasheardyouraffliction.