Genesis 37:3 - How much did Jacob love his daughters?

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Jacob, aka Israel, is famous for having sons. Like, really famous. So famous that Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote a song about it, although he also wrote a whole musical about cats, so Jacob probably shouldn’t let it go to his head.

The most famous of Jacob’s famous sons is Joseph, and this is how he is introduced: “Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children…” Genesis 37:3a, NRSVUE.

Just how dysfunctional was this family, anyway?

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Free Verse Art Coloring Page: 1 John 4:20b

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colored verse art: If you don't love your sibling, whom you have seen, how can you love God, whom you have not seen? 1 John 4:20b

Colored with colored pencils, in shades of red, because of course.

Back when I did introduced The Chart with the series about 1 John 4:20, Erin surprised me with verse art.

Now we are sharing it with everyone, because we can. You, too, can color in your very own version of Erin’s very own verse art using my very own translation of this verse!

Download Verse Art (PDF)

This coloring page is free for personal and (non-profit) congregational use, as long as you give us credit.