Everyday words
Tents
Start with Genesis 4:20, where the Bible uses the word tents in a real sentence: “Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 4:20
“Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.”
2. Genesis 9:27
“May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.””
3. Genesis 13:5
“Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, herds, and tents.”
4. Genesis 25:27
“The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.”
5. Leviticus 23:34
““Speak to the children of Israel, and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tents for seven days to Yahweh.”
6. Numbers 1:52
“The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions.”
7. Numbers 16:26
“He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!””
8. Numbers 16:27
“So they went away from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.”
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Practice Genesis 4:20
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Adahgavetowhowasthefatherofthosewhodwellintentsandlivestock.