Everyday words
Overtook
Start with Genesis 31:23, where the Bible uses the word overtook in a real sentence: “He took his relatives with him, and pursued him seven days’ journey. He overtook him in the mountain of…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 31:23
“He took his relatives with him, and pursued him seven days’ journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.”
2. Genesis 44:6
“He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.”
3. Exodus 14:9
“The Egyptians pursued them. All the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal Zephon.”
4. Judges 18:22
“When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house gathered together and overtook the children of Dan.”
5. 1 Samuel 31:2
“The Philistines overtook Saul and on his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.”
6. 1 Samuel 31:3
“The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.”
7. 2 Kings 25:5
“But the Chaldean army pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.”
8. 1 Chronicles 10:3
“The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers.”
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Practice Genesis 31:23
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hetookhisrelativeswithhim,andpursuedhimdays’journey.HehimintheofGilead.