Everyday words
Yourselves
Start with Genesis 18:4, where the Bible uses the word yourselves in a real sentence: “Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 18:4
“Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.”
2. Genesis 34:9
“Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.”
3. Genesis 35:2
“Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.”
4. Genesis 45:5
“Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.”
5. Genesis 45:20
“Also, don’t concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.””
6. Genesis 49:1
“Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.”
7. Genesis 49:2
“Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.”
8. Exodus 5:11
“Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.’””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 18:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Nowletawaterbefetched,washyourfeet,andrestthetree.