Everyday words
Listen
Start with Genesis 4:23, where the Bible uses the word listen in a real sentence: “Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 4:23
“Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.”
2. Genesis 21:12
“God said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your servant. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For your offspring will be named through Isaac.”
3. Genesis 23:15
““My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead.””
4. Genesis 34:17
“But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone.””
5. Genesis 39:10
“As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn’t listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.”
6. Genesis 42:21
“They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.””
7. Genesis 42:22
“Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.””
8. Genesis 49:2
“Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 4:23
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Lamechsaidtohiswives,andhearmyvoice.Youwivesoflistentomyspeech,forIhaveslainamanforwoundingme,ayoungmanforbruisingme.