Places
Egypt in Genesis 26
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This place shows up in Genesis 26:2: “Yahweh appeared to him, and said, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Genesis 26:2
“Yahweh appeared to him, and said, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.”
What kids can learn
When you hear egypt in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 26:2 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 26:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Yahwehtohim,andsaid,“Don’tgodownLiveinthelandIwilltellyouabout.