Everyday words
Lords
Start with Genesis 19:2, where the Bible uses the word lords in a real sentence: “and he said, “See now, my lords, please come into your servant’s house, stay all night, wash your feet, and…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 19:2
“and he said, “See now, my lords, please come into your servant’s house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can rise up early, and go on your way.” They said, “No, but we will stay in the street all night.””
2. Numbers 21:28
“for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.”
3. Deuteronomy 10:17
“For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons, nor takes reward.”
4. Joshua 13:3
“from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to the border of Ekron northward, which is counted as Canaanite; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim,”
5. Judges 3:3
“the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.”
6. Judges 16:5
“The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, “Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.””
7. Judges 16:8
“Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.”
8. Judges 16:18
“When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up this once, for he has told me all his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hand.”
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Practice Genesis 19:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
andhesaid,“Seenow,mylords,pleasecomeintoyourservant’shouse,stayallwashyourandyoucanupearly,andgoonyourway.”Theysaid,“No,butwewillstayinthestreetallnight.”