Places
Canaan in Genesis 16
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This place shows up in Genesis 16:3: “Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Genesis 16:3
“Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.”
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 16:3 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 16:3
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Sarai,Abram’swife,theEgyptian,herservant,afterAbramhadlivedtenyearsinthelandofCanaan,andgavehertoAbramhertobehiswife.