Everyday words
Messengers
Start with Genesis 32:3, where the Bible uses the word messengers in a real sentence: “Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 32:3
“Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.”
2. Genesis 32:6
“The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau. Not only that, but he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him.””
3. Numbers 20:14
“Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: “Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the travail that has happened to us;”
4. Numbers 21:21
“Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,”
5. Numbers 24:12
“Balaam said to Balak, “Didn’t I also tell your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,”
6. Deuteronomy 2:26
“I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,”
7. Joshua 6:17
“The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.”
8. Joshua 6:25
“But Rahab the prostitute, her father’s household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lives in the middle of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.”
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Practice Genesis 32:3
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
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