Objects
rod in Genesis 30
ROD
This thing shows up in Genesis 30:37: “Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Genesis 30:37
“Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.”
What kids can learn
When you hear rod in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 30:37 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 30:37
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Jacobtooktohimselfrodsoffreshpoplar,almond,tree,peeledwhitestreaksinthem,andmadethewhichwasintherods.