Objects
oil in Genesis 49
OYL
This thing shows up in Genesis 49:4: “Boiling over like water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Genesis 49:4
“Boiling over like water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.”
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 49:4 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 49:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Boilingoverlikeyoushallnotexcel;becauseyouwentuptoyourbed,thendefiledit.Heuptomycouch.