Places
Canaan in Genesis 12
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This place shows up in Genesis 12:5: “Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Genesis 12:5
“Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they went to go into the land of Canaan. They entered into the land of Canaan.”
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 12:5 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 12:5
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Abramtookhiswife,Lothisbrother’sson,alltheirpossessionsthattheyhadgathered,andthepeoplewhomtheyhadacquiredinHaran,andtheywenttogothelandofCanaan.TheyintothelandofCanaan.