Everyday words
Teraphim
Start with Genesis 31:19, where the Bible uses the word teraphim in a real sentence: “Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 31:19
“Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.”
2. Genesis 31:34
“Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt around all the tent, but didn’t find them.”
3. Genesis 31:35
“She said to her father, “Don’t let my lord be angry that I can’t rise up before you; for I’m having my period.” He searched, but didn’t find the teraphim.”
4. Judges 17:5
“The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.”
5. Judges 18:14
“Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, “Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a carved image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you have to do.””
6. Judges 18:17
“The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.”
7. Judges 18:18
“When these went into Micah’s house, and took the engraved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?””
8. Judges 18:20
“The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went with the people.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 31:19
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
NowLabanhadtoshearhissheep:andstoletheteraphimwereherfather’s.