Everyday words
Surrounded
Start with Genesis 19:4, where the Bible uses the word surrounded in a real sentence: “But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old,…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 19:4
“But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.”
2. Deuteronomy 32:10
“He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.”
3. Judges 16:2
“The Gazites were told, “Samson is here!” They surrounded him, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, “Wait until morning light, then we will kill him.””
4. Judges 20:5
“The men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house by night. They intended to kill me, and they raped my concubine, and she is dead.”
5. Judges 20:43
“They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and trod them down at their resting place, as far as near Gibeah toward the sunrise.”
6. 1 Samuel 23:26
“Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David hurried to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.”
7. 2 Samuel 18:15
“Ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.”
8. 2 Samuel 22:5
“For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 19:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Butbeforelaydown,themenofthecity,themenofSodom,surroundedthehouse,bothyoungandold,allthepeopleevery