Objects
tent in Genesis 12
TENT
This thing shows up in Genesis 12:8: “He left from there to go to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Genesis 12:8
“He left from there to go to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh and called on Yahweh’s name.”
What kids can learn
When you hear tent in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 12:8 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 12:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
HeleftfromtheretogotothemountainontheeastofandpitchedhishavingBethelonthewest,andAiontheeast.TherehebuiltanaltartoYahwehandcalledonYahweh’s