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Old Testament Lesson 10: Abraham 1

To Prepare: Read Abraham 1; print a copy of the activity below for each child participating.

To Teach: Begin with a prayer. Read verse 1 and summarize verse 2 by saying that Abraham was a righteous man, but he was looking for the blessings of the priesthood. Ask the children why they think Abraham might be looking for a new place to live. Read verses 5-7 and explain he was living in a place where people had turned to wickedness and were making human sacrifices.

Read verse 11 and talk about the three righteous girls who were sacrificed because they would not bow down to idols. Then say that Abraham’s father sent him to be sacrificed, also, and show the picture from the scriptures of the altar. Read verses 15-17 about what happened.

If desired, watch the video Deliverance of Abraham. This is not an illustrated story, it’s a dramatic re-enactment and may be a little intense for very young or sensitive children. Use your judgement.

Finish up with the activity sheet. You did it!

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Old Testament Lesson 9: The Tower of Babel

To Prepare: Read Genesis 11; print a copy of the activity below for each child participating. Choose between a dot-to-dot and a coloring page!

To Teach: Read Genesis 11:1-5. Explain that the “slime” used for mortar was like tar or asphalt, and was used to bind things together and to resist water. Why might the people have wanted to build something waterproof? (They might have been worried about another flood.) The people were trying to build a tower to Heaven, and they might have worried that God would try to stop them with a flood.

Read verses 7-9 in chapter 11. Explain what confounding the languages meant and how it stopped the people from building the tower. Remind children of the Jaredites and how the brother of Jared prayed to have the language of his friends and family spared so that they could still understand each other.

End with the activity sheet. (Today was a short lesson.) Great job!

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Old Testament Lesson 8: Noah and the Ark

To Prepare: Read Genesis 6-9; print a copy of the activity below for each child participating.

To Teach: Begin by reminding everyone that the world grew even more wicked after the city of Zion was taken up, and except for a few people, those that were righteous were also taken up to Heaven. God called a prophet, Noah, to warn the people and give them one last chance to repent. Show this picture of Noah preaching to the people. Ask everyone to look at the faces of the people listening to him. Do they believe him? What are they doing?

Read aloud Genesis 6:13-19. Explain that to “pitch it” means to cover the ark with something to make it waterproof. You will also need to explain what a cubit is. A cubit is the measurement from an adult’s elbow to the tip of their fingers. We can estimate that the ark was about 450 feet long (longer than a football field), 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high (more than 4 stories tall). Read or summarize the rest of chapter 6 and tell how there was going to be a flood and Noah would need to prepare food for his family and for the animals which would be on the ark.

Read or summarize Genesis 7:1-5. Point out that Noah brought 7 of some animals and talk about what ‘clean beasts'(animals that they were allowed to eat) were. Talk about why it would be smart to bring extras of animals you would eat. Read Genesis 7:17-24 and talk about how the rain fell for 40 days and 40 nights and covered the whole earth. Explain that even after the rain stopped, the earth was covered in water for a long time. In fact, it took 10 months before they could see the tops of the mountains.

Read Genesis 8:6-12 and tell the story of the birds sent out from the ark to check if the land was dry. Tell how Noah came out from the ark, built an altar, and made a sacrifice in thanks. Read Genesis 9:12-16. What is the covenant God made with Noah? (That he would not destroy the earth with a flood ever again.) What is the token? (Rainbows!)

If desired, watch the scripture story video about Noah and the Ark.

Finish up with the activity sheet. You did it!

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