Adding Before Entry widget area in Genesis

functions.php

//* Register before-entry widget area
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'before-entry',
	'name'        => __( 'Before Entry', 'your-theme-slug' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the before entry section.', 'your-theme-slug' ),
) );

//* Hooks before-entry widget area to single posts
add_action( 'genesis_entry_content', 'sk_after_entry_widget', 9 );
function sk_after_entry_widget() {

	if ( ! is_singular('post' ) )
		return;

	genesis_widget_area( 'before-entry', array(
		'before' => '<div class="before-entry widget-area"><div class="wrap">',
		'after'  => '</div></div>',
    ) );

}

style.css

.before-entry {
	margin-bottom: 2.6rem;
}