Everyday words
Mighty
Start with Genesis 6:4, where the Bible uses the word mighty in a real sentence: “The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 6:4
“The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.”
2. Genesis 10:8
“Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.”
3. Genesis 10:9
“He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh”.”
4. Genesis 18:18
“since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?”
5. Genesis 30:8
“Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.”
6. Genesis 49:24
“But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),”
7. Exodus 1:7
“The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.”
8. Exodus 1:20
“God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 6:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
TheNephilimwereintheearthinthosedays,andalsoafterthat,God’ssonsintomen’sdaughtersandhadchildrenthem.Thosewerethemightymenwhowereofold,menofrenown.