Everyday words
Request
Start with Genesis 19:21, where the Bible uses the word request in a real sentence: “He said to him, “Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 19:21
“He said to him, “Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.”
2. Judges 8:24
“Gideon said to them, “I do have a request, that you would each give me the earrings of his plunder.” (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)”
3. 1 Samuel 25:35
“So David received from her hand that which she had brought him. Then he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. Behold, I have listened to your voice, and have granted your request.””
4. 2 Samuel 14:15
“Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid. Your servant said, ‘I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.’”
5. 2 Samuel 14:22
“Joab fell to the ground on his face, showed respect, and blessed the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.””
6. 2 Samuel 19:38
“The king answered, “Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you. Whatever you request of me, that I will do for you.””
7. 1 Kings 3:10
“This request pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.”
8. Ezra 7:6
“this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to Yahweh his God’s hand on him.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 19:21
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hesaidtohim,“Behold,Ihavegrantedrequestconcerningthisthingalso,thatIwillnotoverthrowtheofwhichyouhave