Everyday words
Listened
Start with Genesis 3:17, where the Bible uses the word listened in a real sentence: “To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and ate from the tree, about which I…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 3:17
“To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and ate from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life.”
2. Genesis 16:2
“Sarai said to Abram, “See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my servant. It may be that I will obtain children by her.” Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.”
3. Genesis 23:16
“Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants’ standard.”
4. Genesis 30:17
“God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.”
5. Genesis 30:22
“God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.”
6. Genesis 34:24
“All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.”
7. Genesis 37:27
“Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.”
8. Exodus 6:12
“Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, “Behold, the children of Israel haven’t listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?””
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Practice Genesis 3:17
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ToAdamhesaid,“Becauseyouhavetoyourwife’svoice,andatefromthetree,aboutwhichIcommandedyou,saying,‘Younoteatofit,’thegroundisforyoursake.Youwilleatfromitwithmuchlaborallthedaysofyourlife.