God reminds Job of the unique animals he has created in this chapter. God questions Job about various animals' traits and behaviors, including mountain goats, deer, donkeys, oxen, ostriches, horses, eagles, and hawks. God highlights each animal's distinct characteristics and abilities, showing Job that God endowed each creature with its own skills and nature. The chapter aims to impress upon Job God's immense power and wisdom in creating such a diverse natural world.

1. Job 39
God creates unique and wondrous animals
Classifying

2. Before you watch and read
• God is talking to Job in this chapter
• God is reminding Job and us how
wonderful and amazing are the creatures
he created

3. 1 "Do you know when the
mountain goats give birth?
Do you watch when the doe
bears her fawn?

4. 2 Do you count the months till
they bear?
Do you know the time they give
birth?
3 They crouch down and bring
forth their young; their labor pains
are ended.

5. 4 Their young thrive and grow strong
in the wilds; they leave and do not
return.

6. Goats and deer are mammals
What are the characteristics of mammals?
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hair or fur
middle ear bones
warm blooded
produce milk to feed their babies

7. 5 Who let the wild donkey go free?
Who untied his ropes?
6 I gave him the wasteland as his
home, the salt flats as his habitat.

8. 7 He laughs at the commotion in the
town; he does not hear a driver's
shout.
8 He ranges the hills for his pasture
and searches for any green thing.

9. 9 "Will the wild ox consent to serve you?
Will he stay by your manger at night?
10 Can you hold him to the furrow with a
harness? Will he till the valleys behind
you?

10. 11 Will you rely on him for his great strength?
Will you leave your heavy work to him?
12 Can you trust him to bring in your grain
and gather it to your threshing floor?

11. Donkeys and Oxen are
mammals
They can be tamed or domesticated
• Donkeys are related to horses and ponies
• Oxen are related to cows and water buffalo
How are they alike? Not alike?
Complete a Venn Diagram to show what you
know.

12. Stork
or
oxen
Ostrich
or
donkey
Compare and contrast

13. 13 "The wings of the ostrich flap
joyfully, but they cannot compare
with the pinions and feathers of the
stork.

14. 14 She lays her
eggs on the ground
and lets them
warm in the sand,
15 unmindful that
a foot may crush
them,
that some wild
animal may
trample them

15.
16 She treats her young
harshly, as if they were not
hers; she cares not that her
labor was in vain,
17 for God did not endow
her with wisdom or give her
a share of good sense.

16.
18 Yet when she
spreads her
feathers to run,
she laughs at
horse and rider.

17. What characteristics do birds
share?
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Feathers
Wings
laying eggs
being warm-blooded.

18. How are Ostriches different than
most birds?
Ostriches do not fly like most birds
Ostriches are fast runners
Ostriches get most of their water from the plants they
eat.
Ostriches grow to be bigger than people!

19. 19 "Do you give the
horse his strength
or clothe his neck
with a flowing mane?
20 Do you make him
leap like a locust,
striking terror
with his proud
snorting?

20. 21 He paws fiercely, rejoicing in his
strength, and charges into the fray.
22 He laughs at fear, afraid of nothing;
he does not shy away from the sword.
23 The quiver rattles against his side,
along with the flashing spear and lance.

21. 24 In frenzied excitement he eats up
the ground; he cannot stand still
when the trumpet sounds.
25 At the blast of the trumpet he
snorts, 'Aha!' He catches the scent of
battle from afar, the shout of
commanders and the battle cry.

22. 26 "Does the
hawk take flight by
your wisdom
and spread his
wings toward the
south?

23. 27 Does the eagle soar at your
command and build his nest on high?
28 He dwells on a cliff and stays there
at night; a rocky crag is his stronghold.

24. Eagles & Hawks are raptors
• Raptors are known as birds of prey. They
catch prey for their meals.
• The word “raptor” is from the Latin word
“rapere” which mean to seize or grab.
• Raptors have a hooked beak, strong feet with
sharp claws called talons, keen eyesight
• They eat meat making them carnivores
• Falcons & owls are also raptors

25.
29 From there he seeks out his food;
his eyes detect it from afar.
30 His young ones feast on blood,
and where the slain are, there is he."

26. Review
1. What classification of animal did God make
with feathers, warm blood and the ability to
make eggs?
2. What classification of animal did God make
with fur or hair, middle ear bones, warm
blood and the ability to make milk for their
babies?
3. What is the scientific name for birds of prey?

27. Answers
1. Birds
2. Mammals
3. Raptors

28. Review games
• Genetics Hangman
www.quia.com/hm/518874.html
• Animal classification with pictures
www.quia.com/jg/2068273.html
• Classification Cloze
www.quia.com/cz/254985.html
LS 4 Organism needs cloze
http://www.quia.com/cz/254984.html

29. More games online
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classification of Savannah animals