Law
What should a child notice in Genesis 3?
Genesis 3 opens with these words: “Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You…” The line to keep is Genesis 3:1: “Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any…” Carry the word “serpent” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Genesis 3:1: “Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’”” What happens first in Genesis 3?
Genesis 3:1
“Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’””
Genesis 3:3
“but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it. You shall not touch it, lest you die.’””
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Practice Genesis 3:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
NowtheserpentwasmoresubtlethananyofthefieldwhichGodhadmade.Hesaidtothe“HasGodreallysaid,‘Youshallnoteatofanytreeofthegarden?’”