Everyday words
Midian
Start with Genesis 25:2, where the Bible uses the word midian in a real sentence: “She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 25:2
“She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.”
2. Genesis 25:4
“The sons of Midian were: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.”
3. Genesis 36:35
“Husham died, and Hadad, the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith.”
4. Exodus 2:15
“Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.”
5. Exodus 2:16
“Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.”
6. Exodus 3:1
“Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb.”
7. Exodus 4:19
“Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.””
8. Exodus 18:1
“Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 25:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ShehimZimran,Jokshan,Medan,Midian,and