Objects
gate in Genesis 23
GAYT
This thing shows up in Genesis 23:10: “Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth,…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Genesis 23:10
“Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,”
What kids can learn
When you hear gate in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 23:10 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 23:10
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
NowEphronwassittinginthemiddleofthechildrenoftheHittiteAbrahaminthehearingofthechildrenofHeth,evenofallwhowentinatthegateofhiscity,saying,