Week 59 · about 45 minutes
Genesis 8
Genesis 8 · Memory verse Genesis 8:1
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Genesis 8), the matching word search and answer key (Genesis 8 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a key
Hold a key. Read Genesis 8 in about four minutes, stopping at Genesis 8:1: “God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Genesis 8?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Genesis 8 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.” 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, “He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return to him anymore.” Genesis 8 opens with these words: “God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth.…” The line to keep is Genesis 8:1: “God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.” Carry the word “remembered” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Genesis 8:1: “God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Genesis 8? Then try this: Read “God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a…” 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 Genesis 8. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Genesis 8:1. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Genesis 8 and write Genesis 8:1 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Genesis 8:1
“God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Genesis 8. Help us remember Genesis 8:1 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.