Everyday words
Tested
Start with Genesis 22:1, where the Bible uses the word tested in a real sentence: “After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 22:1
“After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.””
2. Genesis 42:15
“By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.”
3. Genesis 42:16
“Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.””
4. Exodus 15:25
“Then he cried to Yahweh. Yahweh showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them;”
5. Exodus 17:7
“He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us, or not?””
6. 1 Samuel 17:39
“David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, “I can’t go with these; for I have not tested them.” Then David took them off.”
7. 2 Samuel 22:31
“As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.”
8. Psalms 66:10
“For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 22:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Afterthings,Godtestedandsaidtohim,“Abraham!”Hesaid,Iam.”