Objects
altar in Genesis 35
ALL-ter
This thing shows up in Genesis 35:1: “God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Genesis 35:1
“God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.””
What kids can learn
When you hear altar in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 35:1 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 35:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
GodsaidtoJacob,“Arise,gouptoBethel,andliveMakethereanaltartoGod,whoappearedtoyouwhenyoufledthefaceofyourbrother.”