Places
Canaan in Genesis 17
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This place shows up in Genesis 17:8: “I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Genesis 17:8
“I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God.””
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 17:8 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 17:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Iwillgivetoyou,andtoyouroffspringyou,thewhereyouaretraveling,allthelandofforaneverlastingpossession.IwillbetheirGod.”