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Hosea 12 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Wait for Your God

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolBe Kind and Wait

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenKind and Fair

KIND → picture 2FAIR → picture 4PRAY → picture 1ANGEL → picture 3

Grade 1Turn to God

They chased the wind. → picture 2Jacob wept and asked for help. → picture 4Jacob met the angel. → picture 5A man had unfair scales. → picture 1Wait for God. → picture 3

Order:

1. In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.2. Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him.3. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.4. By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

Grade 2Turn and Wait

  1. What did Israel chase? The wind
  2. What did the seller use? Unfair scales
  3. What did Jacob do? Cried and asked God for help
  4. What should we do? Be kind and fair, and wait for God
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Grade 3Keep Kindness and Justice

  1. What does Ephraim feed on? Wind
  2. What did Jacob do with the angel? He struggled with the angel and wept.
  3. What should they keep? Kindness and justice
  4. What did the merchant have? Dishonest scales
1: In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.2: Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him.3: Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.4: By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
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Grade 4Wait Continually

  1. What did Ephraim chase? The east wind
  2. Who did Jacob struggle with? The angel
  3. Where was Jacob's strength? In crying out to God
  4. What three things should Israel do? Turn to God, keep kindness and justice, and wait for God
  5. How did Yahweh bring Israel out of Egypt? By a prophet

Word bank: 1. God; 2. Jacob; 3. angel; 4. justice; 5. Egypt

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5Kindness, Justice, and Waiting

  1. What did Israel trust instead of the Lord? Treaties with powerful nations
  2. Where did Jacob find God? At Bethel
  3. How must God's people come to Him? With humble cries, not proud schemes
  4. What does the merchant love to do? Defraud
  5. What did Ephraim boast? That no one would find sin in his wealth
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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