Places
Jordan in Genesis 13
JOR-dun
This place shows up in Genesis 13:10: “Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Genesis 13:10
“Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.”
What kids can learn
When you hear jordan in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 13:10 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 13:10
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Lotlifteduphiseyes,andsawalltheplainoftheJordan,thatitwaseverywhere,beforeYahwehdestroyedSodomandGomorrah,likethegardenofYahweh,thelandofasyougotoZoar.