Everyday words
Sarai
Start with Genesis 11:29, where the Bible uses the word sarai in a real sentence: “Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah,…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 11:29
“Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.”
2. Genesis 11:30
“Sarai was barren. She had no child.”
3. Genesis 11:31
“Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.”
4. Genesis 12:5
“Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they went to go into the land of Canaan. They entered into the land of Canaan.”
5. Genesis 12:11
“When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.”
6. Genesis 12:17
“Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.”
7. Genesis 16:1
“Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.”
8. Genesis 16:2
“Sarai said to Abram, “See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my servant. It may be that I will obtain children by her.” Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 11:29
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
AbramandNahorwives.TheofAbram’swifewasSarai,andthenameofNahor’swifewasMilcah,thedaughterofHaranwhowasthefatherofIscah.