Everyday words
Ruled
Start with Genesis 24:2, where the Bible uses the word ruled in a real sentence: “Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 24:2
“Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh.”
2. Genesis 41:40
“You shall be over my house, and according to your word will all my people be ruled. Only in the throne I will be greater than you.””
3. Joshua 12:2
“Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;”
4. Joshua 12:5
“and ruled in Mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.”
5. Judges 14:4
“But his father and his mother didn’t know that it was of Yahweh; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines ruled over Israel.”
6. 1 Kings 4:21
“Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.”
7. 1 Kings 5:16
“besides Solomon’s chief officers who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who ruled over the people who labored in the work.”
8. 1 Kings 9:23
“These were the five hundred fifty chief officers who were over Solomon’s work, who ruled over the people who labored in the work.”
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Practice Genesis 24:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Abrahamsaidtohisservant,theofhishouse,whoruledallthathehad,“Pleaseputyourhandundermy