Places
Bethlehem in Genesis 48
BETH-leh-hem
This place shows up in Genesis 48:7: “As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to come to…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Genesis 48:7
“As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).””
What kids can learn
When you hear bethlehem in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 48:7 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 48:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Asforme,whenIcamePaddan,RacheldiedbymeinthelandofCanaanontheway,whentherewasstillsomedistancetocometoEphrath,andIburiedherthereonthewayto(alsoBethlehem).”