Animals
moth in Genesis 29
MAWTH
This creature shows up in Genesis 29:10: “When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother, Jacob went near, and…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Genesis 29:10
“When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother, Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.”
What kids can learn
When you hear moth in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 29:10 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 29:10
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
WhenJacobsawthedaughterofhismother’sbrother,andthesheepofLaban,hismother’sbrother,Jacobwentnear,andthestonefromthewell’smouth,andwateredtheflockofLabanhismother’sbrother.