Everyday words
Nostrils
Start with Genesis 2:7, where the Bible uses the word nostrils in a real sentence: “Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 2:7
“Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”
2. Genesis 7:22
“All on the dry land, in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.”
3. Exodus 15:8
“With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.”
4. Numbers 11:20
“but a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils, and it is loathsome to you; because you have rejected Yahweh who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, “Why did we come out of Egypt?”’””
5. 2 Samuel 22:9
“Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.”
6. 2 Samuel 22:16
“Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by Yahweh’s rebuke, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.”
7. Job 27:3
“(for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);”
8. Job 41:20
“Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 2:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
YahwehGodformedmanfromtheoftheground,andbreathedhisnostrilstheoflife;andmanbecamealivingsoul.