Everyday words
Possess
Start with Genesis 22:17, where the Bible uses the word possess in a real sentence: “that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 22:17
“that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.”
2. Genesis 24:60
“They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your offspring possess the gate of those who hate them.””
3. Leviticus 20:24
“But I have said to you, “You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am Yahweh your God, who has separated you from the peoples.”
4. Numbers 13:30
“Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it!””
5. Numbers 14:24
“But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land into which he went. His offspring shall possess it.”
6. Numbers 27:11
“If his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it. This shall be a statute and ordinance for the children of Israel, as Yahweh commanded Moses.’””
7. Numbers 33:53
“You shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for I have given the land to you to possess it.”
8. Numbers 36:8
“Every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may each possess the inheritance of his fathers.”
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Practice Genesis 22:17
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
thatIwillyougreatly,andIwillmultiplyyouroffspringgreatlylikethestarsoftheheavens,andthesandwhichisontheseashore.Youroffspringwillpossesstheofhisenemies.