Places
Damascus in Genesis 14
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This place shows up in Genesis 14:15: “He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Genesis 14:15
“He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.”
What kids can learn
When you hear damascus in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 14:15 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 14:15
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hedividedhimselfagainstthembyheandhisservants,andstruckthem,andpursuedthemtoHobah,isontheleftofDamascus.