Everyday words
Substance
Start with Genesis 13:6, where the Bible uses the word substance in a real sentence: “The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together; for their substance was great, so that…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 13:6
“The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together; for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.”
2. Genesis 36:7
“For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn’t bear them because of their livestock.”
3. 2 Chronicles 35:7
“Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and young goats, all of them for the Passover offerings, to all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bulls. These were of the king’s substance.”
4. Job 1:10
“Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.”
5. Job 5:5
“whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.”
6. Job 6:22
“Did I say, ‘Give to me?’ or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance?’”
7. Job 15:29
“He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.”
8. Job 20:18
“That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 13:6
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Thelandwasnotabletobearthattheymightlivetogether;fortheirsubstancewasgreat,sotheycouldnotlive