Animals
sheep in Genesis 38
SHEEP
This creature shows up in Genesis 38:12: “After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah, he and his…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Genesis 38:12
“After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.”
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 38:12 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 38:12
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
manydays,Shua’sdaughter,thewifeofJudah,died.JudahwasandwentuptohissheeptoTimnah,heandhisfriendHirah,theAdullamite.