Animals
owl in Genesis 2
OWL
This creature shows up in Genesis 2:9: “Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Genesis 2:9
“Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”
What kids can learn
When you hear owl in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 2:9 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 2:9
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
OutofthegroundYahwehGodmadeeverytothatispleasanttothesight,andgoodforfood,includingtheoflifeinthemiddleofthegardenandthetreeoftheknowledgeofgoodandevil.