Animals
camel in Genesis 32
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This creature shows up in Genesis 32:7: “Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels,…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Genesis 32:7
“Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;”
What kids can learn
When you hear camel in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 32:7 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 32:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Jacobwasgreatlyafraidandwasdistressed.Hethepeoplewhowithhim,andtheflocks,andtheherds,andthecamels,intotwocompanies;