Places
Berea in Genesis 43
buh-REE-uh
This place shows up in Genesis 43:14: “May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Genesis 43:14
“May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.””
What kids can learn
When you hear berea in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 43:14 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 43:14
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
MayGodAlmightygiveyoumercybeforetheman,thathemayreleasetoyouotherandBenjamin.IfIamofmychildren,Iambereaved.”