Week 82 · about 45 minutes
Genesis 33
Genesis 33 · Memory verse Genesis 33:5
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Genesis 33), the matching word search and answer key (Genesis 33 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a paper crown
Hold a paper crown. Read Genesis 33 in about four minutes, stopping at Genesis 33:5: “He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Genesis 33?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Genesis 33 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and the two servants.” 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, “Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.” Genesis 33 opens with these words: “Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah,…” The line to keep is Genesis 33:5: “He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your…” Carry the word “lifted” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Genesis 33:5: “He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Genesis 33? Then try this: Read “He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The…” 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 33. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Genesis 33:5. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Genesis 33 and write Genesis 33:5 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Genesis 33:5
“He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.””
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Genesis 33. Help us remember Genesis 33:5 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.