Objects
oil in Genesis 28
OYL
This thing shows up in Genesis 28:18: “Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Genesis 28:18
“Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.”
What kids can learn
When you hear oil in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 28:18 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 28:18
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Jacobroseupinthemorning,andtookthethathehadputhishead,andsetitupforapillar,andpouredoilonitstop.