Animals
moth in Genesis 32
MAWTH
This creature shows up in Genesis 32:11: “Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers with the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Genesis 32:11
“Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers with the children.”
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 32:11 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 32:11
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
mefromthehandofmybrother,fromthehandofEsau:forIfearhim,hecomeandstrikeme,andthemotherswiththechildren.