Everyday words
Mother
Start with Genesis 2:24, where the Bible uses the word mother in a real sentence: “Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 2:24
“Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.”
2. Genesis 3:20
“The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.”
3. Genesis 17:16
“I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.””
4. Genesis 20:12
“Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.”
5. Genesis 21:21
“He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.”
6. Genesis 24:28
“The young lady ran, and told her mother’s house about these words.”
7. Genesis 24:53
“The servant brought out jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and her mother.”
8. Genesis 24:55
“Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go.””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 2:24
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Thereforeamanwillhisandhismother,andwilljoinwithhiswife,andwillbeoneflesh.