Everyday words
Reuben
Start with Genesis 29:32, where the Bible uses the word reuben in a real sentence: “Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, “Because Yahweh has looked at my…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 29:32
“Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, “Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction; for now my husband will love me.””
2. Genesis 30:14
“Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.””
3. Genesis 35:22
“While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.”
4. Genesis 35:23
“The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.”
5. Genesis 37:21
“Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.””
6. Genesis 37:22
“Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.”
7. Genesis 37:29
“Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.”
8. Genesis 42:22
“Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 29:32
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
conceived,andason,andshenamedhimReuben.Forshesaid,“BecauseYahwehhasatmyaffliction;fornowmyhusbandwillloveme.”