Everyday words
Reserved
Start with Genesis 27:36, where the Bible uses the word reserved in a real sentence: “He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 27:36
“He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing.” He said, “Haven’t you reserved a blessing for me?””
2. Deuteronomy 33:21
“He provided the first part for himself, for the lawgiver’s portion reserved was reserved for him. He came with the heads of the people. He executed the righteousness of Yahweh, His ordinances with Israel.””
3. 2 Samuel 8:4
“David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen. David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.”
4. 1 Kings 19:18
“Yet I reserved seven thousand in Israel, all the knees of which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.””
5. 1 Chronicles 18:4
“David took from him one thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them enough for one hundred chariots.”
6. Job 21:30
“that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led out to the day of wrath?”
7. Job 38:23
“which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?”
8. Romans 11:4
“But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 27:36
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hesaid,“Isn’therightlynamedJacob?ForhehassupplantedmetwoHetookawaymybirthright.See,nowhehastakenawaymyblessing.”He“Haven’tyoureservedablessingforme?”