Everyday words
Wages
Start with Genesis 29:15, where the Bible uses the word wages in a real sentence: “Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 29:15
“Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?””
2. Genesis 30:28
“He said, “Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.””
3. Genesis 31:7
“Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn’t allow him to hurt me.”
4. Genesis 31:8
“If he said this, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled. If he said this, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore streaked.”
5. Genesis 31:41
“These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.”
6. Exodus 2:9
“Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” The woman took the child, and nursed it.”
7. Leviticus 19:13
““‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.”
8. Deuteronomy 23:18
“You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 29:15
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
saidtoJacob,“Becauseyouaremybrother,shouldyouservemefornothing?me,whatwillyourwagesbe?”