Everyday words
Seemed
Start with Genesis 19:14, where the Bible uses the word seemed in a real sentence: “Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up! Get…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 19:14
“Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city.” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.”
2. Genesis 29:20
“Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.”
3. 2 Samuel 3:19
“Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.”
4. 2 Samuel 13:2
“Amnon was so troubled that he became sick because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.”
5. Ecclesiastes 9:13
“I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.”
6. Jeremiah 18:4
“When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.”
7. Daniel 4:2
“It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.”
8. Luke 1:3
“it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 19:14
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Lotwentout,andspoketohiswhowerepledgedtomarryhisdaughters,and“Getup!Getoutofthisplace,forYahwehwillthecity.”Butheseemedtohissons-in-lawtobejoking.