Today's Readings are Genesis 27 - 28 and Job 20. Questions: 1. a. Before Isaac died what did he want Esau to do for him? b. What did Rebekah want for Jacob? c. How did Rebekah accomplish this? 2. What was Isaac's blessing for Jacob? 3. What was Isaac's blessing for Esau? 4. What did Esau resolve to do to Jacob after Isaac's death? 5. a. Where did Rebekah send Jacob? b. What was her reason to Isaac for sending Jacob away? 6. a. When Jacob left where did Esau go to find a wife? b. Why did he go there? 7. a. What did Jacob dream on the way to Haran? b. What was he promised in his dream? c. What did Jacob call the place? d. What does it mean? 9. According to Zophar, what is the destiny or fate of the wicked man?
1. a. Harvest game to prepare and receive the blessing b. The blessing to fall on Jacob c. Deception 2. Genesis 27:28"May God give to you of the dew of he heavens And of the fertility of the earth abundance of grain and wine." 29* "Let peoples serve you, and nations pay to you homage; Be master of your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you, and blessed be those who bless you." 3. Genesis 27:39* Finally Isaac spoke again and said to him: "Ah, far from the fertile earth shall be your dwelling; far from the dew of the heavens above! 40* "By your sword you shall live, and your brother you shall serve; but when you become restive, you shall throw off his yoke from your neck." 4. Genesis 27:41* Esau bore Jacob a grudge because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, "When the time of mourning for my father comes, I will kill my brother Jacob." 5. a. Paddan-aram, to Laban b. A wife 6. a. Ishmael b. To marry Mahalath, sister of Nebaioth, daughter of Ishmael who is the son of Abraham. 7. a. Genesis 28:12 *+ Then he had a dream: A stairway rested on the ground, with its top reaching to the heavens; and God's messengers were going up and down on it. b. Genesis 28:13* And there was the Lord standing beside him and saying: "I, the Lord, am the God of your forefather Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you are lying I will give to you and your descendants. 14* These shall be as plentiful as the dust of the earth, and through them you shall spread out east and west, north and south. In you and your descendants all the nations of the earth shall find blessing. 15* Know that I am with you; I will protect you wherever you go, and bring you back to this land. I will never leave you until I have done what I promised you." c. Bethel
Today's readings are Genesis 29 - 30 and Job 21. Questions: 1. a. How was Rachal related to Jacob? b. What was Rachal's work? 2. What did Jacob ask from Laban as payment for his work? 3. Whom did Laban give to Jacob in marriage? 4. a. When did Jacob marry Rachal? b. How much longer did Jacob serve Laban? 5. Name Leah's first 4 sons and the meaning of their names. 6. a. Name Bilhah's sons and the meaning of their names. b. Name Zilpah's sons and the meaning of their names. 7. a. What did Rachal want from Leah's son, Reuben? b. Why did she want these from Leah? c. What was the proposed trade between Rachal and Leah? 8. Name Leah's last sons and the meaning of their names: 9. a. What was Leah's daughter's name? b. What does it mean? 10. a. What was Rachal's son's name? b. What does it mean? c. When was he born? 11. Why did Laban want Jacob to stay? 12. What did Jacob want as wages this time? 13. a. What did Jacob use to help the livestock 'conceive' ? b. Where did he place them? c. How did the livestock look? 14. What is Job's opinion of the life of the wicked? 15. When does Job want to see the wicked punished for their deeds? 16. What point does Job try to convey to his friends when he says that the punishment of the wicked is reserved for the day of wrath?
Most unlikely, did you like watching them? Do you have a favorite? I like "In the heart of the wood" by Joey and Rory.
Again, making no sense.....just stop trying so hard. It's like you are on the playground, jumping up and down while waving both hands in the air and screaming, "pick me!, pick me!....I'm good!" Really it is, a lot of us are thinking it, I'm probably the only one that's a big enough jerk to just say it. But seriously, just chill....don't be that guy.
5. Genesis 29:32*+Leah conceived and bore a son, an she named him Reuben; for she said, "It means, The Lord saw my misery; now my husband will love me." 33.+She conceived again and bore a son, and said, "It means, The Lord heard that I was unloved, and therefore he has given me this one also"; so she named him Simeon. 34.+Again she conceived and bore a son, and she said, "Now at last my husband will become attached to me, since I have now borne him three sons"; that is why she named him Levi. 35.*+Once more she conceived and bore a son, and she said, "This time I will give grateful praise to the Lord"; therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing children. 9. a. Dinah 10. a. Joseph Note: There will be no further musical intermissions as ordered by the Chief of Staff.
Today's Reading is Genesis 31 - 32 and Job 22. Questions are: 1. Who told Jacob to leave Laban's household? 2. a. What did Rachal take from Laban's house? b. Where did she put it? c. Why did Laban not look there? 3. How long had Jacob stayed with Laban? 4. What would be the age of Jacob's oldest child at this time? 5. Why did Jacob divide his possessions and people in two companies? 6. Why did Jacob send gifts to Esau? 7. a. With whom did Jacob think he had wrestled? b. What did Jacob want this man to do for him? c. What happened to Jacob's hip? 8. What did the man mean of Jacob when he said, "You have struggled with man and God and prevailed"? 9. What does Eliphaz accuses Job of claiming of himself? 10. What accusations does Eliphaz make of Job? 11. What point does Eliphaz make about God's ability to see the deeds of the wicked? 12. Why do the wicked still receive good from God? 13. What will happen to Job if he turns back to God? * I will be traveling this weekend and will not be able to post readings. We will pick it up again next week. Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend.*
