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Genesis 48 Crossword & Word Search: Jacob crosses his hands to bless

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Jacob crosses his hands to bless: Genesis 48 word search and memory verse worksheet
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Teaching Jacob crosses his hands to bless

God has His own surprising ways - and He has been a faithful shepherd every single day of your life.

  • Jacob crossed his hands to bless the younger boy more - God's ways surprised everyone. How are God's ways sometimes different from what we expect?
  • Jacob called God "the Shepherd who has led me all my life." Looking back, how has God taken care of you and your family?
  • Jacob blessed his grandsons with words. What's a blessing - a kind, hopeful thing - you could speak over someone you love?

Word Search

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

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  • SHEPHERD
  • MANASSEH
  • EPHRAIM
  • JACOBS
  • YOUNGER
  • LIFE
  • JOSEPH
  • OLDER
  • BOYS
  • HAND
  • BLESSING
  • RIGHT
  • BOTH
  • YOUR

Crossword

Use the lesson vocabulary and clues to complete the puzzle.

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Across

  1. Both your ___ will be blessed, and both will become great - but the younger one will be greater still."
  2. Jacob was very old now, and nearly blind, and his ___ was almost over
  3. Every good thing, Jacob knew, comes from God - the ___ who guides us our whole lives long
  4. He put his right ___ on the younger boy, Ephraim, and his left on the older

Down

  1. He put his right hand on the ___ boy, Ephraim, and his left on the older
  2. He put his right hand on the younger boy, Ephraim, and his left on the ___
  3. ___ said, trying to move his hands
  4. He put his right hand on the younger boy, ___, and his left on the older

True or False

Read the chapter and circle the right answer.

  1. Jacob was very old now, and nearly blind, and his life was almost over.
  2. It is not true that But then Jacob crossed his arms!
  3. He put his right hand on the younger boy, Ephraim, and his left on the older.
  4. It is not true that Joseph said, trying to move his hands.

Memory Verse

Fill in the missing words.

God has my all my life.

Genesis 48:15 · NIrV

About this Genesis 48 activity sheet

This free printable worksheet reviews Genesis 48 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 48:15. 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 48 kids study guide together, then hand out the sheet as a review. You can also read Genesis 48 before you start.

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