1. Announcements Exam Policies – posted on Blackboard ** You may start the exam as early as 8:45 if you wish. **You will find the exams distributed on the chairs in the classroom. Once you have chosen a place to sit, you must stay there. **If you need to use a left-handed desk, be sure to arrive in sufficient time to claim one. **If you wish to take the exam in the Academic Support Center, you must make arrangements with the personnel there and then notify me. **If you miss an exam for any reason whatsoever, the make-up exam will be essay format and it will be administered on reading day at the end of the semester. **If there should be a fire drill during an exam, simply turn over your exam, exit as quickly as possible, and do not talk together at all while out of the room.

2. Psalm 40:1-4 I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, And set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.

3. Review Question: Hebrews 11:17-19 indicates that when Abraham was commanded by God to sacrifice his son Isaac, he did so because.. he was afraid of God’s wrath he reasoned that God was able to raise the dead if necessary in order to keep His promise Sarah told him it was the best thing to do he knew the angels would provide a substitute sacrifice

4. And the answer is… he was afraid of God’s wrath he reasoned that God was able to raise the dead if necessary in order to keep His promise Sarah told him it was the best thing to do he knew the angels would provide a substitute sacrifice

5. Patriarchs: Isaac and Jacob Hebrews 11:17-19 Possible parallels between Isaac and Jesus Rembrandt The Angel Prevents the Sacrifice of Isaac

6. Reviewing the Ancient Near East Geography

7. Isaac’s Role: “Hinge” between Abraham and Jacob (Israel) Abraham is father of the covenant people and purchased land (when Sarah died); Jacob (renamed Israel) is father of the twelve tribes Major events in Isaac’s life: –Being bound on the altar –Marriage to Rebekah –The promise renewed –Participation in the events of his sons’ lives [An aside on other descendants of Abraham]

8. Gerar in the Negev

10. Focus on Jacob Human conflict and anguish Divine confrontation and intervention

11. Birth and prophecy Another case of barrenness Even the birth is a conflict narrative The prophecy: Two nations and the older will serve the younger Note Romans 9:10-12

12. Jacob’s character The name Jacob means to “grasp (the heel)” and figuratively comes to imply deception His life shows a pattern of deceit and lying At the same time he is called an ish tam, a “whole person”

13. Significance of the Birthright Socio-economic privilege of the firstborn included double inheritance, leadership and power Religious significance of being given over to the Lord Esau despised the birthright – see Hebrews 12:16-17

14. The “plot” to give/receive the blessing Isaac’s and Rebekah’s parts in light of the prophecy Jacob’s participation The blessing (pronounced by Isaac to the person he thought was Esau) – nations will serve you; rule over your brothers Esau’s “blessing” and planned revenge

15. The dream at Bethel Meaning of the stairway – John 1:43- 51 The promise of God The promise of Jacob Rembrandt Jacob’s Dream at Bethel

16. Events in Paddan-Aram Jacob meets his match in Uncle Laban The sons of Jacob: –Born to Leah – Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulon –Born to Rachel – Joseph, Benjamin –Born to Zilpah and Bilhah – Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher Leaving Laban: –Scheme with the livestock –Stealing the household gods –Final confrontation

17. Jacob Wrestles with God The context: The prospect of meeting Esau Symbolisms Results: –Name change –Blessing –Seeing God face to face Rembrandt Jacob Wrestles with the Angel

18. Unsavory Activities of the Sons of Jacob / Closure to Esau Simeon and Levi – revenge on the city of Shechem Reuben A summary regarding the descendants of Esau