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MODULE SEVEN

ISAACJACOB AND ESAU

Bible Topics
Last days of Abraham
Isaacs marriage
Birth of Jacob and Esau

People to Know Places to Know Terms to Know
Eliezer
Rebekkah
Jacob
Esau
Laban
Nahor Birthright
Blood revenge

Study Questions
Answer the following questions (based on the reading), save it and then submit it to the
professor.

1. Who is Eliezer?
2. Remember the discussion about the location of Ur (Module 5). Does the location
of the city of Nahor, as given by Davis, influence the location of Ur? Explain your
answer.
3. Why was Eliezers journey successful?
4. Whose decision was it for Rebekkah to go with Eliezer?
5. How old was Isaac at Abrahams death? Ishmael?
6. What does the mentioning of Ishmael and his sons tell us about God?
7. The elder shall serve the younger tells us what about God?
8. Explain in detail the patriarchal custom of the birthright.
9. How did Esau feel about his birthright (Heb 12:15-17)?
10. What practical lesson can parents learn from the story of Jacob and Esau?
11. When a famine hit the land, what did Isaac do? Be thorough.
12. What do the weaknesses of Biblical characters tell us about the Bible?
13. Give another practical lesson to be learned from the story of Jacobs deception of
Isaac.
14. Which of the interpretations of Isaacs promise to Esau makes the most sense to
you?
15. Did Rebekkah ever see Jacob again? Explain your answer.
16. Discuss the uniqueness of the patriarchs monotheism.
JACOB

Bible Topics
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Jacob flees from Esau
Jacobs family
Jacobs return to the land

People to Know Places to Know Terms to Know
Rachel
Leah
Bilhah
Zilpah
Sons of Jacob
Dinah
Bethel
Shechem
Week
Teraphim
Mahanaim
Israel
Peniel

Study Questions
Answer the following questions (based on the reading), save it and then submit it to the
professor.

17. Describe Jacobs vision and its meaning.
18. Bethel means ________________.
19. Did Laban adopt Jacob? Explain your answer.
20. List the children of Jacob and the meaning of their names.
21. Are these the only children Jacob had? Explain.
22. What are the possible causes for Labans attitude change toward Jacob?
23. Define teraphim?
24. Who did Jacob wrestle with?
25. What is the meaning of Israel?
26. Peniel means ______________
27. Describe the events at Bethel when Jacob returned there.
28. Why does Moses include the descendants of Esau in chapter 36?