Everyday words
Peoples
Start with Genesis 17:16, where the Bible uses the word peoples in a real sentence: “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…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. 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.””
2. Genesis 25:23
“Yahweh said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.””
3. Genesis 27:29
“Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.””
4. Genesis 28:3
“May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,”
5. Genesis 48:4
“and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’”
6. Genesis 49:10
“The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.”
7. Exodus 15:14
“The peoples have heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.”
8. Exodus 19:5
“Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;”
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Practice Genesis 17:16
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Iblessher,andmoreoverIwillgiveyouasonbyher.Yes,Iwillher,andshebeamotherofnations.Kingsofpeopleswillcomefromher.”