Places
Canaan in Genesis 11
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This place shows up in Genesis 11:31: “Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Genesis 11:31
“Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.”
What kids can learn
When you hear canaan in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 11:31 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 11:31
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Terahtookhisson,LotthesonofHaran,hisson’sson,andSaraihisdaughter-in-law,hissonAbram’swife.TheywentfromUroftheChaldees,togothelandofCanaan.TheycametoHaranandlived