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gate in Genesis 38
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This thing shows up in Genesis 38:14: “She took off her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim,…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Genesis 38:14
“She took off her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn’t given to him as a wife.”
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 38:14 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 38:14
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Shetookoffherthegarmentsofherwidowhood,andcoveredherselfwithherveil,andherself,andsatinthegateofEnaim,whichisbythewaytoTimnah;forshesawwasgrownup,andshewasn’tgiventohimasawife.