Everyday words
Weary
Start with Genesis 27:46, where the Bible uses the word weary in a real sentence: “Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 27:46
“Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?””
2. Deuteronomy 25:18
“how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.”
3. Judges 8:15
“He came to the men of Succoth, and said, “See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’””
4. 2 Samuel 16:14
“The king, and all the people who were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there.”
5. 2 Samuel 17:2
“I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,”
6. 2 Samuel 17:29
“honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.””
7. 2 Samuel 23:10
“He arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand froze to the sword; and Yahweh worked a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take plunder.”
8. Job 3:17
“There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.”
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Practice Genesis 27:46
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
RebekahsaidtoIsaac,“IamwearyofmybecauseofthedaughtersofHeth.IfJacobtakesawifeofthedaughtersofHeth,suchasthese,ofthedaughtersoftheland,goodmylifedome?”