Everyday words
Theirs
Start with Genesis 15:13, where the Bible uses the word theirs in a real sentence: “He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs,…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 15:13
“He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.”
2. Genesis 43:34
“He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were merry with him.”
3. Leviticus 18:10
““‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter, or of your daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness: for theirs is your own nakedness.”
4. Numbers 8:11
“and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Yahweh.”
5. 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!””
6. Joshua 21:10
“and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.”
7. 1 Chronicles 6:54
“Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),”
8. 2 Chronicles 18:12
“The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, “Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Let your word therefore, please be like one of theirs, and speak good.””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 15:13
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
HetoAbram,“Knowforsurethatyouroffspringwillliveasforeignersinalandthatisnottheirs,andwillservethem.Theyafflictfourhundredyears.