Places
Goshen in Genesis 50
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This place shows up in Genesis 50:8: “All the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left in the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Genesis 50:8
“All the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.”
What kids can learn
When you hear goshen in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 50:8 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 50:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
AllthehouseofJoseph,hisbrothers,andhisfather’sOnlylittleones,flocks,andtheirherds,theyleftinthelandofGoshen.