Everyday words
Voice
Start with Genesis 3:8, where the Bible uses the word voice in a real sentence: “They heard Yahweh God’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 3:8
“They heard Yahweh God’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.”
2. Genesis 3:10
“The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.””
3. Genesis 3:17
“To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and ate from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life.”
4. Genesis 4:10
“Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.”
5. Genesis 4:23
“Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.”
6. Genesis 16:2
“Sarai said to Abram, “See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my servant. It may be that I will obtain children by her.” Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.”
7. Genesis 21:12
“God said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your servant. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For your offspring will be named through Isaac.”
8. Genesis 21:16
“She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 3:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
TheyheardYahwehGod’svoicewalkinginthegardeninthecooloftheday,andthemanandhiswifehidfromtheofGodamongthetreesofthegarden.