Everyday words
Seems
Start with Genesis 19:8, where the Bible uses the word seems in a real sentence: “See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 19:8
“See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you. Only don’t do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof.””
2. Leviticus 14:35
“then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.’”
3. Joshua 9:25
“Now, behold, we are in your hand. Do to us as it seems good and right to you to do.””
4. Joshua 24:15
“If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.””
5. Judges 10:15
“The children of Israel said to Yahweh, “We have sinned! Do you to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us, please, today.””
6. Judges 19:24
“Behold, here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. I will bring them out now. Humble them, and do with them what seems good to you; but to this man don’t do any such folly.””
7. 1 Samuel 1:23
“Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may Yahweh establish his word.” So the woman waited and nursed her son, until she weaned him.”
8. 1 Samuel 3:18
“Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. He said, “It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him.””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 19:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Seenow,Itwovirgindaughters.Pleaseletmebringthemouttoyou,andyoumaydotowhatseemsgoodtoyou.Onlydon’tdoanythingtomen,becausetheyhavecomeundertheshadowofmyroof.”