Everyday words
Portion
Start with Genesis 14:24, where the Bible uses the word portion in a real sentence: “I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 14:24
“I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion.””
2. Genesis 31:14
“Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?”
3. Genesis 43:34
“He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were merry with him.”
4. Genesis 47:22
“Only he didn’t buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. That is why they didn’t sell their land.”
5. Genesis 48:22
“Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.””
6. Exodus 16:4
“Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.”
7. Exodus 29:26
““You shall take the breast of Aaron’s ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh: and it shall be your portion.”
8. Exodus 29:28
“and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel; for it is a wave offering: and it shall be a wave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their wave offering to Yahweh.”
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Practice Genesis 14:24
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Iwillacceptnothingfromyouexceptthatwhichthemeneaten,andtheportionofthemenwhowentwithme:Aner,Eshcol,andMamre.Letthemtaketheir