Objects
staff in Genesis 49
STAF
This thing shows up in Genesis 49:10: “The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Genesis 49:10
“The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.”
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 49:10 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 49:10
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThescepterwillnotdepartfromJudah,northeruler’sstafffromhisfeet,untilhetowhomitTohimwilltheobedienceofthepeoplesbe.