Places
Damascus in Genesis 15
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This place shows up in Genesis 15:2: “Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Genesis 15:2
“Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer 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 15:2 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 15:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Abramsaid,“LordYahweh,whatyoume,sinceIgochildless,andhewhowillinheritmyisEliezerofDamascus?”