Objects
staff in Genesis 32
STAF
This thing shows up in Genesis 32:10: “I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Genesis 32:10
“I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.”
What kids can learn
When you hear staff in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 32:10 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 32:10
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Iamnotworthyoftheleastofallthelovingkindnesses,andofallthetruth,whichyouhaveshowntoservant;forwithmystaffIoverthisJordan;andnowIhavebecometwocompanies.