Places
Shechem in Genesis 12
SHEE-kem
This place shows up in Genesis 12:6: “Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time, Canaanites were in the land.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Genesis 12:6
“Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time, Canaanites were in the land.”
What kids can learn
When you hear shechem in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 12:6 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 12:6
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
throughthetotheplaceofShechem,totheoakofMoreh.Atthattime,Canaaniteswereintheland.