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gate in Genesis 34
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This thing shows up in Genesis 34:20: “Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Genesis 34:20
“Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their 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 34:20 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 34:20
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hamorandhisson,cametotheoftheircity,andwiththemenoftheircity,saying,