Everyday words
Spirit
Start with Genesis 1:2, where the Bible uses the word spirit in a real sentence: “The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 1:2
“The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.”
2. Genesis 6:3
“Yahweh said, “My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; so his days will be one hundred twenty years.””
3. Genesis 7:22
“All on the dry land, in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.”
4. Genesis 25:8
“Abraham gave up his spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.”
5. Genesis 25:17
“These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty-seven years. He gave up his spirit and died, and was gathered to his people.”
6. Genesis 35:29
“Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.”
7. Genesis 41:8
“In the morning, his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt’s magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.”
8. Genesis 41:38
“Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?””
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Practice Genesis 1:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Theearthwasformlessandempty.DarknesswasonthesurfaceofthedeepandGod’swasovertheofthewaters.