Everyday words
Merchants
Start with Genesis 23:16, where the Bible uses the word merchants in a real sentence: “Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. 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.”
2. Genesis 37:28
“Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.”
3. 1 Kings 10:15
“besides that which the traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of the governors of the country.”
4. 1 Kings 10:28
“The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt. The king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.”
5. 2 Chronicles 1:16
“The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue. The king’s merchants purchased them from Kue.”
6. 2 Chronicles 9:14
“besides that which the traders and merchants brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.”
7. Nehemiah 3:31
“After him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths to the house of the temple servants, and of the merchants, made repairs opposite the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the corner.”
8. Nehemiah 3:32
“Between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.”
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Practice Genesis 23:16
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
AbrahamlistenedtoweighedtoEphronthesilverwhichhehadnamedintheaudienceofthechildrenofHeth,fourhundredshekelsofsilver,accordingtothecurrentmerchants’