Everyday words
Small
Start with Genesis 19:11, where the Bible uses the word small in a real sentence: “They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 19:11
“They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.”
2. Genesis 30:15
“She said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes, also?” Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.””
3. Exodus 9:9
“It shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking out with boils on man and on animal, throughout all the land of Egypt.””
4. Exodus 16:14
“When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.”
5. Exodus 18:22
“Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.”
6. Exodus 18:26
“They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard causes to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.”
7. Exodus 30:36
“and you shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy.”
8. Leviticus 16:12
“He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Yahweh, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:”
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Practice Genesis 19:11
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Theystruckthemenwhowereattheofthehousewithblindness,bothsmallandgreat,soweariedthemselvestofindthedoor.