Everyday words
Nation
Start with Genesis 12:2, where the Bible uses the word nation in a real sentence: “I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 12:2
“I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.”
2. Genesis 15:14
“I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth,”
3. Genesis 17:20
“As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.”
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 20:4
“Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?”
6. Genesis 21:13
“I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.””
7. Genesis 21:18
“Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation.””
8. Genesis 35:11
“God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 12:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Iwillmakeofyouagreatnation.Iblessyouandmakeyournamegreat.Youbea