adder in Genesis 49

This creature shows up in Genesis 49:17: “Dan will be a serpent on the trail, an adder in the path, That bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.

Genesis 49:17

“Dan will be a serpent on the trail, an adder in the path, That bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.”

What kids can learn

When you hear adder in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.

Read Genesis 49:17 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.