Animals
sheep in Genesis 29
SHEEP
This creature shows up in Genesis 29:2: “He looked, and behold, a well in the field, and, behold, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Genesis 29:2
“He looked, and behold, a well in the field, and, behold, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well’s mouth was large.”
What kids can learn
When you hear sheep in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 29:2 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 29:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Helooked,andbehold,awellintheand,behold,threeflocksofsheeplyingtherebyit.Foroutofthatwellwateredtheflocks.Thestoneonthewell’swaslarge.