Everyday words
Saying
Start with Genesis 1:22, where the Bible uses the word saying in a real sentence: “God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 1:22
“God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.””
2. Genesis 2:16
“Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;”
3. Genesis 3:17
“To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and ate from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life.”
4. Genesis 4:25
“Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, saying, “for God has given me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.””
5. Genesis 5:29
“He named him Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, caused by the ground which Yahweh has cursed.””
6. Genesis 9:8
“God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,”
7. Genesis 15:1
“After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.””
8. Genesis 15:4
“Behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body will be your heir.””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 1:22
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
God“Befruitful,andmultiply,andfillthewatersintheseas,andletbirdsmultiplyontheearth.”