Everyday words
Vengeance
Start with Genesis 4:15, where the Bible uses the word vengeance in a real sentence: “Yahweh said to him, “Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” Yahweh…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. 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.”
2. Leviticus 19:18
““‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.”
3. Leviticus 26:25
“I will bring a sword upon you that will execute the vengeance of the covenant. You will be gathered together within your cities, and I will send the pestilence among you. You will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.”
4. Numbers 31:3
“Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh’s vengeance on Midian.”
5. Deuteronomy 32:35
“Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. Their doom rushes at them.””
6. Deuteronomy 32:41
“if I sharpen my glittering sword, my hand grasps it in judgment; I will take vengeance on my adversaries, and will repay those who hate me.”
7. Deuteronomy 32:43
“Rejoice, you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will take vengeance on his adversaries, and will make atonement for his land and for his people.”
8. Judges 11:36
“She said to him, “My father, you have opened your mouth to Yahweh; do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth, because Yahweh has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the children of Ammon.””
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Practice Genesis 4:15
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
tohim,“ThereforewhoeverslaysCain,vengeancewillbetakenonhimsevenfold.”YahwehappointedasignforCain,sothatfindinghimwouldnotstrikehim.