Objects
bread in Genesis 37
BRED
This thing shows up in Genesis 37:25: “They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Genesis 37:25
“They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.”
What kids can learn
When you hear bread in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 37:25 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 37:25
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Theysatdowntoeatbread,andtheylifteduptheireyesandlooked,andsawacaravanofwasfromGilead,withtheircamelsspicesandbalmandmyrrh,goingtocarryitdowntoEgypt.