🍞 Genesis 38

Genesis 38 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “He turned to her by the way, and said, “Please come, let me come in to you,” for he didn’t know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”” Genesis 38 opens with these words: “At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.” The line to keep is Genesis 38:1: “At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.” Carry the word “time” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Genesis 38:1: “At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Genesis 38? Then try this: Read “At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.