Everyday words
Return
Start with Genesis 3:19, where the Bible uses the word return in a real sentence: “By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken.…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 3:19
“By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.””
2. Genesis 8:12
“He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return to him anymore.”
3. Genesis 14:17
“The king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).”
4. Genesis 16:9
“Yahweh’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.””
5. Genesis 18:10
“He said, “I will certainly return to you at about this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.”
6. Genesis 18:14
“Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son.””
7. Genesis 31:3
“Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.””
8. Genesis 31:13
“I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 3:19
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Bytheofyourfacewillyoueatbreaduntilyoutotheforoutofityouweretaken.Foryouaredust,andtodustyoushallreturn.”