Everyday words
Unless
Start with Genesis 31:42, where the Bible uses the word unless in a real sentence: “Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 31:42
“Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.””
2. Genesis 32:26
“The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go, unless you bless me.””
3. 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.”
4. Genesis 43:3
“Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’”
5. Genesis 43:5
“but if you’ll not send him, we’ll not go down, for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’””
6. Genesis 44:23
“You said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.’”
7. Genesis 44:26
“We said, ‘We can’t go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man’s face, unless our youngest brother is with us.’”
8. Leviticus 22:6
“the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathes his body in water.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 31:42
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
UnlesstheGodofmyfather,theGodofAbraham,andthefearofhadbeenwithme,surelynowyouwouldhavesentmeawayempty.Godhasseenmyandthelaborofmyhands,andrebukedyounight.”