Gen. 27:1 – 33:20
(There is no lesson for week ending 03/07/10)
27:1-40: A Lost Blessing
Ø Was it necessary for Rebekah to scheme and plot in order for Jacob to get Isaac's blessing?
Ø Is there any practical application from this passage concerning parental favoritism?
Ø What does this passage teach about the ramifications of sin?
Ø Was God's plan and will thwarted by the scheming of man?
Ø Application for today?
27:41-28:9: Jacob Flees
Ø What did Rebekah's deceit gain her?
Ø Why did Isaac not want Jacob to marry a Canaanite woman? Is there application for us today? (See 2 Cor. 6:14)
Ø What was Esau's response to his father's wish that Jacob not marry a Canaanite woman? Application for today?
28:10-22: Jacob's Ladder
Ø What was the significance of Jacob's dream?
Ø What response of Jacob indicated that he understood the significance of his encounter with God?
Ø What response of Jacob indicated that he didn't understand the significance of his encounter with God?
29:1-14: Jacob Meets His Extended Family
Ø Notice that when God is leading everything seems to fall into place.
ü Jacob came upon a well with flocks and shepherds when they should have been in the fields.
ü The shepherds knew Jacob's mother's family.
ü Rachel "happened" to come to the well early that day also.
Ø Where these situations coincidences?
Ø How can we differentiate between God's intervention and coincidence?
29:15-30: Two Wives
Ø Are there any parallels between Laban's deceit with Jacob and the way Jacob treated Esau?
Ø Read Galatians 6:7-8, do you think that fits in this situation?
Ø How does God use situations like the one in which Jacob found himself to teach and train one for future ministry/service?
29:31-30:24: Feuding Wives
Ø Was polygamy part of God's plan for building a great nation from Abraham's seed?
Ø Is it possible for God to use the situations in which man gets himself which are contrary to God's perfect will?
Ø Did God choose Jacob to father the twelve tribes of
Ø Why does God choose anyone?
30:25-43: God Blesses Jacob
Ø Had Laban been financially blessed by God through Jacob?
Ø Before sending Jacob back to the Promised Land, God gave him great wealth from his father-in-laws flocks. This exchange of wealth will be repeated when God used Moses to lead His people out of
Ø What was God trying to teach Jacob? Application for us?
Chap. 31: Heading Back to the Promised Land
Ø As he had fled from his brother Esau some 20 years earlier, Jacob now has to flee for his life again.
Ø The sin of deceit that was prevalent in Jacob and in Laban is also seen in Rachel. How?
Ø Do our sins/actions influence our family members?
Ø Why was Laban prevented from interfering with the exodus of Jacob's family?
Ø Ultimately, in spite of out sins and humanness, who is in charge?
32:1-21: Preparing for a
Ø It has been 20 years since Jacob fled from his brother Esau.
Ø Was Jacob confident that Esau would welcome him with open arms?
Ø What is refreshing about the way Jacob prepared to meet his brother?
Ø What is really troubling about the way Jacob arranged to meet Esau?
32:22-32: Jacob Wrestles with God
Ø What were the circumstances that led up to this encounter?
Ø Before God can use anyone powerfully what must that person do? Application?
Ø After Jacob submitted to God why did God change his name to
Chap. 33: Brothers Reunited
Ø Was it because of the way Jacob arranged the meeting with Esau that caused Esau to greet his brother with welcome arms?
Ø Why was the animosity of Esau turned into reconciliation?
Ø What was God demonstrating to His chosen people?
Ø How does that apply to us today?
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