Places
Shechem in Genesis 33
SHEE-kem
This place shows up in Genesis 33:18: “Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Genesis 33:18
“Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city.”
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 33:18 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 33:18
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
JacobcameinpeacetothecityofwhichisinthelandofCanaan,hecamefromPaddanAram;andencampedbeforethe