Week 102 · about 45 minutes
Exodus 6
Exodus 6 · Memory verse Exodus 6:3
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Exodus 6), the matching word search and answer key (Exodus 6 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a paper crown
Hold a paper crown. Read Exodus 6 in about four minutes, stopping at Exodus 6:3: “and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Exodus 6?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Exodus 6 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Yahweh said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land.”” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.
Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.” Exodus 6 opens with these words: “Yahweh said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he…” The line to keep is Exodus 6:3: “and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.” Carry the word “appeared” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Exodus 6:3: “and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Exodus 6? Then try this: Read “and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.
Group game
Walk the room as if you are moving through Exodus 6. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Exodus 6:3. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Exodus 6 and write Exodus 6:3 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Exodus 6:3
“and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Exodus 6. Help us remember Exodus 6:3 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.