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Genesis 35 Crossword & Word Search: Jacob builds an altar at Bethel

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Jacob builds an altar at Bethel: Genesis 35 word search and memory verse worksheet
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Teaching Jacob builds an altar at Bethel

It's always good to come back to God and remember His faithfulness - through the happy times and the sad ones.

  • God called Jacob to come back to Bethel and remember. Is there a special place or time that helps YOU remember God?
  • Jacob had everyone get rid of their little idols first. What things sometimes try to take God's place in our hearts?
  • This chapter had both a happy birth and sad goodbyes. How can God be with us in both the happy and the sad times?

Word Search

Words hide across, down, and diagonally — forwards and backwards.

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  • RETURN
  • JACOB
  • BETHEL
  • ISRAEL
  • RACHEL
  • BENJAMIN
  • ISAAC
  • ESAU
  • BACK
  • REMEMBER
  • PLACE
  • ALTAR
  • WORSHIP
  • GOOD

Crossword

Use the lesson vocabulary and clues to complete the puzzle.

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Across

  1. As they traveled on, Jacob's beloved ___ had a baby boy - but it was very hard, and ___ died
  2. Later, Jacob's old father ___ died too, very old and full of years, and Jacob and Esau buried him together, as brothers
  3. Jacob named the baby ___
  4. At ___, Jacob built an altar, and God met him again

Down

  1. To come back to where you belong
  2. Later, Jacob's old father Isaac died too, very old and full of years, and Jacob and ___ buried him together, as brothers
  3. ___ named the baby Benjamin
  4. The name of God's people

True or False

Read the chapter and circle the right answer.

  1. So Jacob gathered his whole family and went back to Bethel.
  2. Along the way, he had not everyone get rid of the little idols and good-luck charms some of them had been carrying.
  3. At Bethel, Jacob built an altar, and God met him again.
  4. It was not good to come back to the place where God had first found him, and to remember all that God had done.

Memory Verse

Fill in the missing words.

God has with me I've gone.

Genesis 35:3 · NIrV

About this Genesis 35 activity sheet

This free printable worksheet reviews Genesis 35 through four short activities: a word search using lesson vocabulary, a crossword based on the children’s guide, four true/false statements to talk through, and a memory-verse fill-in from Genesis 35:3. The final page is a complete answer key for the adult in the room.

The sheet is written for roughly ages 6–12. Read the chapter aloud first, or work through the Genesis 35 kids study guide together, then hand out the sheet as a review. You can also read Genesis 35 before you start.

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“God has been with me everywhere I've gone.”
Genesis 35:3 · NIrV

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