Everyday words
Takes
Start with Genesis 27:46, where the Bible uses the word takes in a real sentence: “Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 27:46
“Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?””
2. Genesis 50:3
“Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.”
3. Exodus 15:15
“Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.”
4. Exodus 20:7
““You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.”
5. Exodus 21:10
“If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.”
6. Leviticus 17:13
““‘Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.”
7. Leviticus 20:14
““‘If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.”
8. Leviticus 20:21
““‘If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is an impurity. He has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They shall be childless.”
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Practice Genesis 27:46
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
RebekahsaidtoIsaac,“IamwearyofmybecauseofthedaughtersofHeth.IfJacobtakesawifeofthedaughtersofHeth,suchasthese,ofthedaughtersoftheland,goodmylifedome?”