Everyday words
Pressed
Start with Genesis 19:9, where the Bible uses the word pressed in a real sentence: “They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 19:9
“They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!” They pressed hard on the man Lot, and came near to break the door.”
2. Genesis 40:11
“Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.””
3. Judges 6:38
“It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.”
4. Judges 14:17
“She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted; and on the seventh day, he told her, because she pressed him severely; and she told the riddle to the children of her people.”
5. Judges 16:16
“When she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, his soul was troubled to death.”
6. 2 Samuel 13:25
“The king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you.” He pressed him; however he would not go, but blessed him.”
7. 2 Samuel 13:27
“But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.”
8. Esther 8:14
“So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 19:9
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Theysaid,“Standback!”Thentheysaid,“Thisonefellowcameintoliveasaforeigner,andheappointshimselfaNowwillweworsewithyou,thanwiththem!”TheyhardonthemanLot,andcameneartobreakthedoor.