Places
Shechem in Genesis 35
SHEE-kem
This place shows up in Genesis 35:4: “They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Genesis 35:4
“They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.”
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 35:4 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 35:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
gavetoJacoballtheforeigngodswhichintheirhands,andtheringswhichwereintheirears;andJacobhidthemundertheoakwasbyShechem.