Objects
net in Genesis 17
NET
This thing shows up in Genesis 17:1: “When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Genesis 17:1
“When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.”
What kids can learn
When you hear net in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 17:1 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 17:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
WhenAbramwasninety-nineyearsold,YahwehtoAbramandsaidtohim,“IamGodbeforeme,andbeblameless.