Everyday words
Staff
Start with Genesis 32:10, where the Bible uses the word staff in a real sentence: “I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 32:10
“I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.”
2. Genesis 38:18
“He said, “What pledge will I give you?” She said, “Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.”
3. Genesis 38:25
“When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “By the man, whose these are, I am with child.” She also said, “Please discern whose are these—the signet, and the cords, and the staff.””
4. Genesis 49:10
“The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.”
5. Exodus 12:11
“This is how you shall eat it: with your belt on your waist, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is Yahweh’s Passover.”
6. Exodus 21:19
“if he rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is thoroughly healed.”
7. Leviticus 26:26
“When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight. You shall eat, and not be satisfied.”
8. Numbers 13:23
“They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.”
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Practice Genesis 32:10
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Iamnotworthyoftheleastofallthelovingkindnesses,andofallthetruth,whichyouhaveshowntoservant;forwithmystaffIoverthisJordan;andnowIhavebecometwocompanies.