People
Joseph in Genesis 37
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This person shows up in Genesis 37:2: “This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Genesis 37:2
“This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.”
What kids can learn
When you hear joseph in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 37:2 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 37:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Thisisthehistoryofthegenerationsofbeingseventeenyearsold,wasfeedingtheflockwithhisbrothers.HewasaboywiththeofBilhahandZilpah,hisfather’swives.Josephbroughtanevilreportofthemtotheirfather.