Pardon my ignorance. How do I explain what “countenance” is to my 5 and 7-year-olds? We are studying Genesis and came to Genesis 4:5 and my 7-year-old asked what is “countenance?” What does that mean? How do I explain? Honestly, I don’t know myself.<\/p>\n\t
“Countenance” is the expression on a person’s face: happy, sad, angry, afraid, etc.<\/p>\n
When Cain’s countenance fell, it means he started frowning. The sides of his mouth went down.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Pardon my ignorance. How do I explain what “countenance” is to my 5 and 7-year-olds? We are studying Genesis and came to Genesis 4:5 and my 7-year-old asked what is “countenance?” What does that mean? How do I explain? Honestly, I don’t know myself. Answer: “Countenance” is the expression on a person’s face: happy,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20,1031,1028],"tags":[358,76],"class_list":["post-33243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","category-childhood","category-parenting","tag-bible-class","tag-terminology"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51528,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-does-countenance-mean\/","url_meta":{"origin":33243,"position":0},"title":"What does “countenance” mean?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Genesis 4:4 says, \"and Cain was very angry and his countenance fell.\" Is countenance holiness? 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