Everyday words
Stones
Start with Genesis 28:11, where the Bible uses the word stones in a real sentence: “He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 28:11
“He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.”
2. Genesis 31:46
“Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap.”
3. Exodus 20:25
“If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.”
4. Exodus 25:7
“onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.”
5. Exodus 28:9
“You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:”
6. Exodus 28:11
“With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: you shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.”
7. Exodus 28:12
“You shall put the two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for a memorial.”
8. Exodus 28:17
“You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 28:11
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hecametoaplace,andstayedallnight,becausethesunhadset.Hetookoneofthestonesoftheplace,andputithishead,andlaydowninthatplacetosleep.