Everyday words
Possessions
Start with Genesis 12:5, where the Bible uses the word possessions in a real sentence: “Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 12:5
“Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they went to go into the land of Canaan. They entered into the land of Canaan.”
2. Genesis 26:14
“He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.”
3. Genesis 31:18
“and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.”
4. Genesis 34:10
“You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it.””
5. Genesis 34:23
“Won’t their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us.””
6. Genesis 36:6
“Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.”
7. Genesis 47:27
“Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.”
8. Leviticus 25:25
““‘If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.”
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Practice Genesis 12:5
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Abramtookhiswife,Lothisbrother’sson,alltheirpossessionsthattheyhadgathered,andthepeoplewhomtheyhadacquiredinHaran,andtheywenttogothelandofCanaan.TheyintothelandofCanaan.