Everyday words
Water
Start with Genesis 2:10, where the Bible uses the word water in a real sentence: “A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became the source of four…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 2:10
“A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became the source of four rivers.”
2. Genesis 16:7
“Yahweh’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.”
3. Genesis 18:4
“Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.”
4. Genesis 21:14
“Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.”
5. Genesis 21:15
“The water in the bottle was spent, and she put the child under one of the shrubs.”
6. Genesis 21:19
“God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.”
7. Genesis 21:25
“Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.”
8. Genesis 24:11
“He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.”
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Practice Genesis 2:10
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
AriverwentoutofEdentothegarden;anditwasparted,andbecamethesourceoffourrivers.