Everyday words
Stood
Start with Genesis 18:2, where the Bible uses the word stood in a real sentence: “He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 18:2
“He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,”
2. Genesis 18:8
“He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.”
3. Genesis 18:22
“The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.”
4. Genesis 19:27
“Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.”
5. Genesis 28:13
“Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your offspring.”
6. Genesis 37:7
“for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.””
7. Genesis 41:1
“At the end of two full years, Pharaoh dreamed: and behold, he stood by the river.”
8. Genesis 41:3
“Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river.”
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Practice Genesis 18:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Heuphiseyesandlooked,andsawthatmenstoodoppositehim.hesawthem,herantomeetthemfromthetentdoor,andbowedhimselftotheearth,