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Genesis 2:4

Genesis 2:4

Little Bible — for children and parents · Growth Figures · © Growth Figures. All rights reserved.

This verse marks a new section of the story — zooming in on how God personally created and cared for the earth and the people in it.

Memory phrase: God made the sky and the earth.

Talk about it: Why do you think the Bible tells the creation story more than once?

Prayer: Lord God, thank You that everything has a beginning in You.

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