{"id":6467,"date":"2023-10-18T06:48:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T11:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truthrightlydivided.ca\/?page_id=6467"},"modified":"2023-10-18T07:24:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T12:24:45","slug":"genesis-study-11","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/truthrightlydivided.ca\/wp2\/genesis-study-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesis Study 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bible Class – Study #11 (Ge 28-29) – Notes and Discussion questions<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genesis Study #11: The evacuation of Jacob<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Main passage of study:\u00a0 Ge 28:1 – 29:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related passages:<\/strong>
Pt A: Ge 9:25; 17:1; 24:3; 25:20; 26:3-4; 2Co 6:14
Pt B: Ge 25:13; 26:34; 36:2-3
Pt C: Ge 12:2-3; 13:16; 15:5,12,18; 17:7-8; 20:3; Nu 23:10; Jn 1:51; He 13:5
Pt D: Ge 14:20; 31:13; 35:14; 48:3; Ex 3:6; Lev 27:30; 1Sa 7:16; 1Ki 12:32; Job 9:11; Ps 76:11; 1Ti 3:15
Pt E: Ge 24:13, 29; 33:4; 2Sa 5:1
Pt F: Ru 4:11; Hos 12:12
Pt G: Mt 7:2; He 12:6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outline & Notes<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Jacob\u2019s departure <\/strong>– Ge 28:1-5\n
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    1. The exhortation regarding a wife – Ge 28:1-2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. The expectation of God\u2019s blessing – Ge 28:3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. The expedition from the land – Ge 28:4-5<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Esau\u2019s determination<\/strong> – Ge 28:6-9\n
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      1. His incentivizing observations – Ge 28:6-8<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. His imitated obedience – Ge 28:9<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Jacob\u2019s dream <\/strong>– Ge 28:10-15\n
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        1. The Lord\u2019s providence – Ge 28:10-11<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. The Lord\u2019s projection – Ge 28:12<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. The Lord\u2019s promise – Ge 28:3-15<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        4. God\u2019s dwelling<\/strong> – Gen 28:16-22\n
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          1. The Lord\u2019s presence – Ge 28:16-17<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. Jacob\u2019s pillar – Ge 28:18-19<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          3. Jacob\u2019s pledge – Ge 28:20-22<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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            1. The intersection with Laban\u2019s family<\/strong> – Ge 29:1-14\n
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              1. Jacob arrives at the well – Ge 29:1-3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              2. Jacob ascertains his whereabouts – Ge 29:4-8<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              3. Jacob anticipates a wife – Ge 29:9-12<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              4. Jacob accepts his welcome – Ge 29:13-14<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              5. The selection from Laban\u2019s family<\/strong> – Ge 29:15-21\n
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                1. Jacob arranges his wages – Ge 29:15-19<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                2. Jacob accomplishes his week – Ge 29:20-21<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                3. The misdirection in Laban\u2019s family<\/strong> – Ge 29:22-30\n
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                  1. Laban applies his wiles – Ge 29:22-25<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  2. Laban amends his word – Ge 29:26-27<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  3. Laban adds to Jacob\u2019s work – Ge 29:28-30<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                    Despite receiving instructions for seeking a wife and a further blessing from his father, Jacob leaves the comforts of home behind with what was likely a heavy heart, and fear and uncertainty about what the future might hold.  Little did he know that as he settled in on the hard ground of Luz with a stone for a pillow that he would wake up a changed man!   Of course, this was just the beginning of the transformation that Jacob the deceiver would undergo at the hands of Almighty God.  At Bethel, he would receive the sure promises of the covenant made with his father and grandfather before him and the assurance of a link between heaven and earth and the presence of God to go with him wherever he went.  This would not mean an absence of trial and difficulty, however, as Jacob learns under the disciplining hand of the Sovereign Lord and so, deceit and disguise which Jacob practised is going to be used upon him.  Through the experience, Jacob will end up with four women in his household, from whom the twelve sons would be born that will fulfil the promise of God to make of him a great nation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    Textual notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    \u25cf     Esau\u2019s wives have been a cause for confusion for careful readers of the Scriptures. The end of Ge 26 identifies Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite as two Canaanite wives that Esau took. Our current chapter 28 gives Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael as a 3rd wife. Then Ge 36, which gives the Genealogy of Esau, mentions 3 wives: Adah, daughter of Elon the Hittite, Aholibamah, daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, and Basemath, daughter of Ishmael. Defending Inerrancy provides the reasonable explanation that Esau had 4 wives: 1) Judith – not mentioned in the Genealogy as she bore no children 2) Basemath, daughter of Elon also known as Adah       3) Aholibamah, daughter of Anah 4) Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael also known as Basemath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    \u25cf     Beth-el means \u2018house of God\u2019. We first read of Bethel in Ge 12:8 as one of the places through which Abram first travelled in coming to the land of promise. But there is particular significance here as the LORD first speaks to Jacob directly here. Jacob would rename the place El-Bethel (God of the house of God) in Ge 35:7, emphasising that it is God\u2019s presence that makes Bethel the house of God.  Interesting also is that the former name, Luz, means \u2018separation\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    \u25cf     There is a personal touch at the end of chapter 28 and Jacob\u2019s encounter with God as in his vow, he switches to the pronoun \u2018you\u2019 in speaking to God – \u201cof all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    \u25cf        At the beginning of chapter 29, the text translated \u201cJacob went on his journey<\/em>\u201d is literally \u2018Jacob lifted up his feet<\/em>\u2019, indicating a bounce in his step after the encounter with the living God and the assurance that He would go with him wherever he went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    \u25cf        In conjunction with Jacob\u2019s first sight of Rachel, inside of one verse we have 3 references to Laban as \u201chis mother\u2019s brother\u201d<\/em>.  Perhaps the Spirit is indicating to us here Jacob\u2019s strong emotional connection to the mother he had left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    \u25cf        In Ge 29:17, we read that \u201cLeah\u2019s eyes were delicate<\/em>\u201d.  Commentators have surmised what this might mean and most take it to refer to a physical inferiority to her sister Rachel in possibly a paleness in colour, a lack of sparkle or a squint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    Discussion questions<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    1. What differences can be observed between Isaac\u2019s calling of Esau at the beginning of chapter 27 and his calling of Jacob at the beginning of chapter 28?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    2. What similarities and differences are there between the mission to find Isaac a wife in Ge 24 and the mission here to find Jacob a wife in Ge 28?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    3. What can we see from Esau\u2019s desire and decision to seek a wife from Ishmael\u2019s family?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    4. How do the circumstances of Jacob\u2019s first real encounter with God enhance the picture of the grace of God toward a sinner?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    5. What are some important things to note about the words spoken by the LORD to Jacob in Ge 28:13-15?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    6. The house of God is an important theme that runs through the Scriptures.  What characteristics of a NT local assembly do we see in seed form in Jacob\u2019s experience at Bethel?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    7. What details in the first dozen verses of chapter 29 teach us about God\u2019s sovereignty and God\u2019s timing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    8. What might we surmise about Jacob\u2019s outpouring of emotion in Ge 29:11?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    9. Although God has graciously protected and guided Jacob all the way to Laban\u2019s house, He will also exact discipline upon the man elected by His grace.  How do we see that discipline manifested in this chapter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    10. Jacob\u2019s great disappointment and anger seem to be quite easily appeased by Laban\u2019s response.  What could be some possible reasons for this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    11. How might we interpret Rachel\u2019s role in her Jacob\u2019s deception?  Could she have been aware of her father\u2019s scheme?  What about Leah?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    12. What lessons can we learn about God\u2019s intention for marriage from this episode?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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