Everyday words
Rested
Start with Genesis 2:2, where the Bible uses the word rested in a real sentence: “On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 2:2
“On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.”
2. Genesis 2:3
“God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.”
3. Genesis 8:4
“The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains.”
4. Exodus 10:14
“The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt. They were very grievous. Before them there were no such locusts as they, nor will there ever be again.”
5. Exodus 16:30
“So the people rested on the seventh day.”
6. Exodus 20:11
“for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.”
7. Exodus 31:17
“It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.’””
8. Numbers 10:36
“When it rested, he said, “Return, Yahweh, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.””
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Practice Genesis 2:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
OntheseventhdayGodfinishedhisworkhehadandherestedontheseventhdayallhisworkwhichhehaddone.