Jacob the Deceiver (Genesis 25-33)

Question 1

What did God tell Rebekah?

Answer 1

That her twins would lead two nations - and the secondborn would be greater (usually the first born is greater)

Question 2

How were Esau and Jacob different?

Answer 2

Esau (first born) was very hairy and grew up to be a skillful hunter. Jacob was smooth skinned and liked working around home. Father Isaac loved Esau best and Mother Rebekah loved Jacob best.

Question 3

What did Esau ask Jacob for?

Answer 3

Food

Question 4

How did Jacob respond to Esau’s request for food?

Answer 4

“Sell me your birthright” (right to head the family when their father died)

Question 5

Other than selling his birthright to Jacob, what mistake did Esau make?

Answer 5

He married two wives from the Hittites, a people who didn’t care about God

Question 6

When Isaac grew old and requested fresh meat, what did he tell Esau?

Answer 6

That he will bless him (the special blessing from father to firstborn)

Question 7

What happened after Isaac told Esau he’d bless him and Esau left?

Answer 7

Rebekah overheard Isaac’s promise to Esau and she came up with a plan to have Jacob put on Esau’s clothes and put hairy animal skins on his hands and neck

Question 8

What did Rebekah and Jacob plan to do to Isaac?

Answer 8

To deceive him, as his vision was very bad

Question 9

When Jacob brought food to Isaac in disguise, what did Isaac say?

Answer 9

“You sound like Jacob, but your hands feel like Esau”

Question 10

What did Isaac do after eating the food that Jacob (in disguise) had brought him?

Answer 10

He blessed him

Question 11

What happened after Esau came back to Isaac with the food Isaac had requested?

Answer 11

Isaac realized he had been fooled by Jacob and Esau decided to kill Jacob

Question 12

What did Rebekah do after she overheard Esau’s threats to kill Jacob?

Answer 12

She told Jacob to go to his uncle’s house until Esau forgets what Jacob has done. Isaac agreed that jacob should seek a wife from Rebekah’s family.

Question 13

What did God tell Jacob as he was going away to his uncle’s?

Answer 13

That He is the God of his fathers Abraham and Isaac and that He is with Jacob. He said He will give him this land and that Jacob’s family and all the families of the earth shall be blessed

Question 14

What happened after God spoke to Jacob in the dream?

Answer 14

Jacob woke up afraid

Question 15

What was the name of Jacob’s uncle and his female cousin?

Answer 15

Laban and Rachel

Question 16

What did Jacob do so that he could marry his cousin Rachel?

Answer 16

He served his uncle Laban for seven years

Question 17

How did Laban cheat Jacob?

Answer 17

On what was supposed to be Jacob and Rachel’s wedding night, Laban brought his oldest daughter, Leah (because the oldest daughter must be married first)

Question 18

What did Laban say after he told Jacob that the oldest daughter must be married first?

Answer 18

To marry Rachel also and then serve him seven more years

Question 19

Where was Jacob before he came to Laban?

Answer 19

Canaan

Question 20

Jacob had eleven sons and what happened as years passed by?

Answer 20

He wanted to return to Canaan but was afraid of Esau and his threat. God told him to return so Jacob gathered his family and flocks to set out for Canaan.

Question 21

What happened when Jacob finally returned to Canaan?

Answer 21

Esau came to meet him with 400 men, but didn’t hurt him. He ran to meet Jacob and gave him a big hug. Jacob and Esau were friends again, and Jacob was safely home.

Question 22

What was Esau’s state when he sold his birthright to Jacob?

Answer 22

He was so hungry and desperate that he didn’t value the birthright as much as the immediate food

Question 23

What did God promise Jacob in his dream on the way to Laban?

Answer 23

That Jacob would have a big family, and they’d live in a land that God would give them. God said He’d always be with Jacob and take care of him

Question 24

What happens to Jacob on the way back to Canaan?

Answer 24

He has a mysterious and intense wrestling match with a divine being (angel or manifestation of God). God renames Jacob as Israel, which means “he struggles with God” or “God prevails”

Question 25

Where did Jacob dream of the ladder going to heaven?

Answer 25

In Bethel

Question 26

Jacob the Deceiver - Order of Events

Answer 26

1. Isaac and Rebekah gonna have twins
2. God tells Rebekah 2nd born will be greater
3. Esau 1 hairy Jacob 2 smooth
4. Esau hungry, Jacob asks for birthright
5. Esau marries 2 Hittite women
6. Old Isaac asks for meat, Esau leaves and Jacob disguises
7. Wrong one blessed, Esau angry
8. Jacob leaves for Laban’s place
9. Jacob’s ladder dream on the way
10. Jacob serves Laban 7yr for Rachel
11. Laban cheats Jacob, 7 more years
12. Jacob misses Canaan and God tells him to return
13. Esau waits w/ 400, hugs Jacob