The Garden
A garden, a tree, a woman and a serpent: the story of the first choice, told in short sentences. Read Genesis 2 and 3 in English, a few words at a time.
The words in this story
8 words you will really use: they appear in the Story and in the exercises, and come back in Review in the following Units.
tree
noun
eat
verb
woman
noun
know
verb
evil
noun
fruit
noun
afraid
adjective
leave
verb
Original verse
The verse that closes the Unit, in the text of the World English Bible. After three lessons, this is how you read it, with no retelling.
Genesis 3:9 · WEB
The LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”
What a Unit looks like
First the whole Story, retold in simple English with sentence-by-sentence audio. Then three short lessons, each with a slice of the story, a Tip and exercises. At the end, the Original verse and the Celebration.
- História · 15 frases, tradução ao toque, 3 checagens sem XP
- 3 lições · um trecho, uma Dica e exercícios em cada uma
- Versículo original · o texto da Bíblia sem reconto · próxima história
Questions about this story
Which Bible passage is this lesson based on?
Genesis 2:15 to 3:24, in the World English Bible.
How many new English words will I learn?
8 new words, all taken from the story.
What happens in this story?
A man and a woman live in a garden. They eat the fruit of the tree they were told not to touch, and then they have to leave.
Will I read the real Bible verse?
Yes: at the end you read Genesis 3:9 in the Bible, word for word.
More stories in the Course
More stories from the Old Testament Course, in canonical order.
