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Genesis 31 · Preschool

Going Home

Name Date

Color the camels and sheep on the long trip home. God said, I will be with you!

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”

Genesis 31:3 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: God was with Jacob on the trip. God is with us when we travel too.

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Genesis 31 · Kindergarten

God Went With Jacob

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

HOME
GOD
WITH
ME
Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

Genesis 31:45 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

CAMEL
SHEEP
STONE
MOUNTAIN

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw your favorite part of today’s story.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Where can you remember God is with you?
  • How can you be honest with your family?

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Genesis 31 · Grade 1

Home Again

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

HOME
DREAM
PEACE
STONES
Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

Genesis 31:45 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

God spoke in a dream
The family rode camels
A pile of stones
They made peace

Put the Story in Order

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters

Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels

God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night

Yahweh said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers

Draw your favorite part of today’s story.

Memory Verse

“Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.”

Genesis 31:45 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Where can you remember God is with you?
  • How can you be honest with your family?
  • How can you trust God when you go somewhere new?

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Genesis 31 · Grade 2

Time to Go Home

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Read the Story

Jacob had worked for Laban for twenty years. Laban was not kind to him anymore. God told Jacob to go back to his home land, and promised to be with him.

Jacob packed up his wives, children, sheep, goats and camels. They left without telling Laban. When Laban found out, he chased after them.

God spoke to Laban in a dream and told him not to hurt Jacob. Laban and Jacob talked. They piled up stones and made a promise to be at peace. Then Laban kissed his grandchildren and went home.

Memory Verse

Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”

Genesis 31:3 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. How many years did Jacob work for Laban?

    StonesTwenty yearsNot to hurt Jacob

  2. What did God tell Jacob?

  3. What did Laban do when he found out Jacob left?

    StonesTwenty yearsHe chased after them

  4. What did God say to Laban in a dream?

    Twenty yearsNot to hurt JacobStones

  5. What did Jacob and Laban pile up?

    He chased after themStonesTwenty years

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

MCCTKYSPDUMACLETKTYKOMJROHDSRBUELNWRGHFTNLEIEIOEKWTSTAWGDEPTAHMUHOYPBEINPEHOMEEHN
  • MOUNTAIN
  • CAMEL
  • SHEEP
  • STONE
  • DREAM
  • HOME
  • WITH
  • GOD

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you work hard even when you are treated unfairly?
  • When do you need to be honest about a problem?

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Genesis 31 · Grade 3

A Covenant of Peace

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Read the Story

Jacob noticed that Laban no longer looked at him kindly. The Lord said, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you. Jacob told Rachel and Leah how God had protected him, even though Laban changed his wages ten times. They agreed to go.

Jacob left secretly while Laban was away shearing sheep. Rachel stole her father's household idols. After three days Laban heard and chased them for seven days. But God came to Laban in a dream and warned him not to say anything good or bad to Jacob, meaning not to harm him. Laban searched for his idols but did not find them, because Rachel had hidden them.

Jacob told Laban how hard he had worked and said that if God had not been with him, Laban would have sent him away empty. They made a covenant, set up a stone pillar and a heap of stones, and ate together. Laban said, Yahweh watch between me and you. In the morning Laban blessed his family and returned home.

Memory Verse

Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”

Genesis 31:3 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. How many times did Laban change Jacob's wages?

  2. What did Rachel steal?

  3. How did God protect Jacob from Laban?

  4. Who did Jacob say had been with him?

  5. What did Jacob and Laban set up to mark their covenant?

Story Order

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you work hard even when you are treated unfairly?
  • When do you need to be honest about a problem?

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Genesis 31 · Grade 4

God Was With Jacob

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Read and Think

After twenty years, God told Jacob it was time to go home. Laban had cheated Jacob many times, but Jacob could now see God's hand. He told his wives that God had not allowed Laban to harm him and that God had given him the flocks.

Jacob still struggled with fear. Instead of saying goodbye openly, he slipped away. Rachel also did wrong by stealing her father's idols. These idols show that Laban's household did not fully worship the true God. They would later need to be put away (Genesis 35:2).

God kept His promise to be with Jacob. He stopped Laban with a warning dream. Jacob said that if the God of his father had not been with him, Laban would have sent him away empty. The two men made peace, and Jacob continued toward the land God had promised.

Show What You Know

  1. What could Jacob see now about the last twenty years?

  2. How did Jacob's fear show?

  3. What do Rachel's stolen idols show?

  4. What did Jacob say about God's role in his success?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

peaceGodwithdreamhome
  1. After twenty years, God told Jacob it was time to go .
  2. He told his wives that had not allowed Laban to harm him and that God had given him the flocks.
  3. Jacob still struggled fear.
  4. He stopped Laban with a warning .
  5. The two men made , and Jacob continued toward the land God had promised.

Think About It

  1. Jacob looked back and saw God's protection. Where can you look back and see God helping you?

  2. Why do you think idols were hard for Rachel to give up? What idols can people hold on to today?

Memory Verse

Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”

Genesis 31:42 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you trust God more than things you can hold?
  • When do you need to set a boundary with someone?

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Genesis 31 · Grade 5

The Fear of Isaac

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Read and Think

Genesis 31 marks the turning point of Jacob's exile. Laban's sons grumble, Laban's face changes, and God speaks: Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you. These words echo the Bethel promise. Jacob explains to Rachel and Leah that God has protected him from Laban's repeated cheating and has transferred the flocks to him, as God revealed in a dream. The sisters, also cheated by their father, agree.

Jacob flees secretly, and Rachel steals the household gods (teraphim). Laban pursues, but God intervenes in a dream: Be careful that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad. Laban's search for his gods is almost comic: they cannot protect themselves and are hidden under a camel's saddle. Scripture mocks idols that must be carried and guarded.

Jacob's speech recounts twenty years of faithful labor through heat by day and frost by night. He concludes, Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. The two men raise a pillar and a heap of witness stones, called Mizpah: Yahweh watch between me and you. This was not a sweet blessing but a boundary marker between two men who did not trust each other. God's protection brings Jacob safely out of Paddan Aram.

Show What You Know

  1. What earlier promise do God's words in verse 3 echo?

  2. How does the search for Laban's gods show the foolishness of idols?

  3. What names for God does Jacob use in verse 42?

  4. What was the real meaning of the Mizpah covenant?

  5. Who truly protected Jacob during his twenty years with Laban?

Think About It

  1. Jacob worked faithfully even for a dishonest boss. How can you work faithfully even when it's hard?

  2. Idols had to be carried and hidden. How is the living God different from anything people trust instead of Him?

Memory Verse

Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”

Genesis 31:42 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you trust God more than things you can hold?
  • When do you need to set a boundary with someone?
  • How can you be faithful when others are unfair?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.