Everyday words
Therefore
Start with Genesis 2:24, where the Bible uses the word therefore in a real sentence: “Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 2:24
“Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.”
2. Genesis 3:23
“Therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.”
3. Genesis 4:15
“Yahweh said to him, “Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, so that anyone finding him would not strike him.”
4. Genesis 10:9
“He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh”.”
5. Genesis 11:9
“Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.”
6. Genesis 12:19
“Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way.””
7. Genesis 16:14
“Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.”
8. Genesis 19:22
“Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.”
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Practice Genesis 2:24
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Thereforeamanwillhisandhismother,andwilljoinwithhiswife,andwillbeoneflesh.