Everyday words
Waters
Start with Genesis 1:2, where the Bible uses the word waters in a real sentence: “The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 1:2
“The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.”
2. Genesis 1:6
“God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.””
3. Genesis 1:7
“God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.”
4. Genesis 1:9
“God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.”
5. Genesis 1:10
“God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.”
6. Genesis 1:20
“God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.””
7. Genesis 1:21
“God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.”
8. Genesis 1:22
“God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 1:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Theearthwasformlessandempty.DarknesswasonthesurfaceofthedeepandGod’swasovertheofthewaters.