Everyday words
Spent
Start with Genesis 21:15, where the Bible uses the word spent in a real sentence: “The water in the bottle was spent, and she put the child under one of the shrubs.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 21:15
“The water in the bottle was spent, and she put the child under one of the shrubs.”
2. Genesis 47:15
“When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, “Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For our money fails.””
3. Genesis 47:18
“When that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord how our money is all spent, and the herds of livestock are my lord’s. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands.”
4. Leviticus 26:20
“Your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won’t yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit.”
5. Judges 19:11
“When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, “Please come and let us enter into this city of the Jebusites, and stay in it.””
6. 1 Samuel 9:7
“Then Saul said to his servant, “But, behold, if we go, what should we bring the man? For the bread is spent in our sacks, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?””
7. 1 Kings 6:38
“In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts, and according to all its specifications. So he spent seven years building it.”
8. Job 7:6
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.”
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Practice Genesis 21:15
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
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