Everyday words
Nurse
Start with Genesis 21:7, where the Bible uses the word nurse in a real sentence: “She said, “Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 21:7
“She said, “Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.””
2. Genesis 24:59
“They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham’s servant, and his men.”
3. Genesis 35:8
“Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.”
4. Exodus 2:7
“Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?””
5. Exodus 2:9
“Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” The woman took the child, and nursed it.”
6. Numbers 11:12
“Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them out, that you should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you swore to their fathers?’”
7. Ruth 4:16
“Naomi took the child, and laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to it.”
8. 2 Samuel 4:4
“Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news came about Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse picked him up and fled. As she hurried to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.”
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Practice Genesis 21:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Shesaid,“WhohavetothatSarahwouldnursechildren?ForIhavebornehimasoninhisoldage.”