Everyday words
Killed
Start with Genesis 4:8, where the Bible uses the word killed in a real sentence: “Cain said to Abel, his brother, “Let’s go into the field.” While they were in the field, Cain rose up…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 4:8
“Cain said to Abel, his brother, “Let’s go into the field.” While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.”
2. Genesis 4:25
“Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, saying, “for God has given me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.””
3. Genesis 34:25
“On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.”
4. Genesis 34:26
“They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.”
5. Genesis 37:31
“They took Joseph’s coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood.”
6. Genesis 38:7
“Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight. Yahweh killed him.”
7. Genesis 38:10
“The thing which he did was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and he killed him also.”
8. Genesis 49:6
“My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.”
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Practice Genesis 4:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
CainsaidtoAbel,hisbrother,“Let’sgointotheWhiletheywereinthefield,roseupAbel,hisbrother,andkilledhim.