Places
Beersheba in Genesis 21
beer-SHEE-buh
This place shows up in Genesis 21:14: “Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Genesis 21:14
“Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.”
What kids can learn
When you hear beersheba in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 21:14 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 21:14
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
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