Animals
sheep in Genesis 4
SHEEP
This creature shows up in Genesis 4:2: “Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Genesis 4:2
“Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.”
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 4:2 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 4:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
shebirth,toCain’sbrotherAbel.Abelwasaofsheep,butCainwasatilleroftheground.