Everyday words
Straw
Start with Genesis 24:25, where the Bible uses the word straw in a real sentence: “She said moreover to him, “We have both straw and feed enough, and room to lodge in.”” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 24:25
“She said moreover to him, “We have both straw and feed enough, and room to lodge in.””
2. Genesis 24:32
“The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.”
3. Exodus 5:7
““You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.”
4. Exodus 5:10
“The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you straw.”
5. Exodus 5:11
“Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.’””
6. Exodus 5:12
“So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.”
7. Exodus 5:13
“The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!””
8. Exodus 5:16
“No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, ‘Make brick!’ and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 24:25
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Shesaidtohim,“Webothstrawandenough,androomtolodgein.”