Everyday words
Speaking
Start with Genesis 24:15, where the Bible uses the word speaking in a real sentence: “Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 24:15
“Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.”
2. Genesis 24:45
“Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’”
3. Genesis 29:9
“While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.”
4. Exodus 31:18
“He gave to Moses, when he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written with God’s finger.”
5. Exodus 34:29
“When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mountain, Moses didn’t know that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.”
6. Exodus 34:33
“When Moses was done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.”
7. Numbers 7:89
“When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Yahweh, he heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spoke to him.”
8. Numbers 16:31
“As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split apart.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 24:15
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Beforehehadfinishedspeaking,behold,Rebekahcameout,whowasborntoBethuelthesonofthewifeofNahor,Abraham’sbrother,heronhershoulder.