1. Genesis 31-33:17
Lesson 17

2. review Jacob flees Going from Beersheba to Haran Stopped at Luz/Bethel
Dreamed of a ladder reaching into heaven
God appeared
Repeated land, nation, and seed promises to Jacob
Behold I am with you wherever you go

3. review Jacob flees Awoke from his sleep How awesome is this place
Vowed that the LORD would be his God
Vowed to give God a tenth of all God would give to him
Goes on to the East

4. review Meets family Arrives at a well in Padan Aram
Rachel comes to water her sheep
Daughter of Laban; mother’s brother
She goes to tell Laban
He gives Jacob a very warm welcome
Jacob stays a month
Start discussing wages

5. review Daughters Leah is older and ‘delicate’
Rachel, the younger, is beautiful
Jacob offers to work seven years for Rachel
Time seemed as only a few days
Laban prepares a feast

6. review Wives Leah is given to Jacob instead of Rachel
Older must marry first
Given Rachel and agrees to work seven more years
Zilpah maiden for Leah
Bilhah maiden for Rachel
Jacob loved Rachel more (??)

7. review Sons are born Leah Bilhah Zilpah Leah Rachel Ruben Simeon Levi
Judah
Bilhah
Dan
Naphtali
Zilpah
Gad
Asher
Leah
Issachar
Zebulun
Dinah (daughter)
Rachel
Joseph

8. review Time to leave Jacob had been here 14 years
Ready to take his family and return to the land promised to him by God
Laban pleads for him to stay
Wages are negotiated
Spotted and speckled
Brown
Mixed color sent three days away with Laban’s sons

9. review Jacob’s success Power of imagination
May have been used by shepherds in Canaan
Exposed cattle to mixed color sticks
Speckled and spotted sheep are born
The LORD is blessing Jacob
Genesis 30:43 Thus the man became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks, female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.

10. Jacob Leaves Laben’s sons are ill toward Jacob
Laben’s attitude toward Jacob changes
God tells Jacob to return to his father’s land
Jacob informs his wives
Leah and Rachel

11. Jacob Leaves
Jacob recounts to his wives how God has blessed him over their father and tells of God’s appearance in a dream tell him to return to his father
Rachel and Leah tell Jacob they will leave their father and go with him
Genesis 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

12. Jacob Leaves
Jacob recounts to his wives how God has blessed him over their father and tells of God’s appearance in a dream tell him to return to his father
Rachel and Leah tell Jacob they will leave their father and go with him
Jacob, his wives, sons, livestock and possessions all leave while Laben is away shearing sheep
Rachel steals her father’s idols

13. Jacob Leaves
On the third day Laben learn what has happened and gives chase
The Lord tells Laben that he is to speak neither good nor evil to Jacob
Laben overtakes Jacob and asks why he has left without saying ‘goodbye’
Jacob says he was afraid

14. Jacob Leaves Laben accuses him of stealing his idol
Jacob tells Laben to search his company
Not knowing that Rachel was guilty
Laben searches and does not find the idols
Rachel sits on them

15. Jacob Leaves
Jacob rebukes Laben for his accusation about the idols and for the way Laben treated him for 20 years
Jacob and Laben make a covenant that they would not harm one another in the future
Laben returns home

16. Meeting Esau Esau is coming with 400 men
Jacob divides his company for protection
Jacob prays to God for deliverance from Esau
Jacob sends presents to Esau
drove by drove
Jacob’s name is changed to Israel

18. Fords of the Jabbok

19. Meeting Esau Jacob prepares to meet Esau
Separates the wives with their children
Rachel with Joseph is last
Joseph is age 6
Jacob and Esau meet
Esau’s reaction to the gift

20. Meeting Esau Jacob’s reply Jacob and Esau separate
Note use of ‘enough’
Jacob and Esau separate
Esau going back to his home
Jacob travels to Succoth
Then on to Shechem where he purchased land

21. ‘Enough’
Esau ran to meet him—How sincere and genuine is this conduct of Esau, and at the same time how magnanimous! He had buried all his resentment, and forgotten all his injuries; and receives his brother with the strongest demonstrations, not only of forgiveness, but of fraternal affection.
generous in forgiving an insult or injury

22. ‘Enough’
Jacob could not be certain that he had found favor with Esau, unless the present had been received; for in accepting it Esau necessarily became his friend, according to the custom of those times, and in that country.

23. ‘Enough’
In the eastern countries, if your present be received by your superior, you may rely on his friendship; if it be not received, you have everything to fear. It is on this ground that Jacob was so urgent with Esau to receive his present, because he knew that after this he must treat him as a friend.

24. ‘Enough’
Genesis 33:9 But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.”
value of peace with family, others
…greater than possessions

25. Brothers lessons Twenty years earlier… What is character of Esau?
What is character of Jacob?

26. Brothers—Esau lessons
Genesis 25:34 And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
Hebrews 12:16 lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.

27. Brothers—Esau lessons
Genesis 27:41 So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob."

28. Brothers—Esau lessons
Genesis 26:34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as wives…And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah.
Genesis 28:8 Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac.
What is character of Esau?

29. Brothers—Jacob lessons
Genesis 27:18 So he went to his father and said, "My father.' And he said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?“ Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn; I have done just as you told me
Genesis 27:24 Then he said, "Are you really my son Esau?" He said, "I am."

30. Brothers lessons What was character of Esau?
What was character of Jacob?
Twenty years later
In general terms (character)—
Describe Esau
Describe Jacob

31. Brothers—meet 20 years later
lessons
Esau – enough = plenty
Jacob – enough = everything
What is the difference?
What do each have?
What does one have the other doesn’t?

32. Brothers lessons Why the difference? Could Esau have been different?
Could Jacob have continued his deceit?
Esau changed—he did not seek to kill Jacob, but did he change enough? What was his relationship to God?
Jacob changed—no deceit in working for Laban; served God, blessed by God
Jacob made mistake, changed to serve God
Esau made mistakes, got better (forgiving Jacob), but did not serve God
Stopping being bad is the right thing to do, but don’t stop short—must replace bad with serving God; Esau stopped short

33. Brothers lessons Repentance
to change one's mind and purpose, as the result of more knowledge
true repentance, a change of mind and purpose and life, to which remission of sin is promised
Esau changed—he did not seek to kill Jacob, but did he change enough? What was his relationship to God?
Jacob changed—no deceit in working for Laban; served God, blessed by God
Jacob made mistake, changed to serve God
Esau made mistakes, got better (forgiving Jacob), but did not serve God
Stopping being bad is the right thing to do, but don’t stop short—must replace bad with serving God; Esau stopped short

34. Repentance lessons a true sense of one's own guilt and sinfulness
an anticipation of God's mercy in Christ

35. Repentance lessons an actual hatred of sin and turning from it to God
Psalms 119:128; Job 42:5, 6; Corinthians 7:10
a persistent endeavor for a holy life in a walking with God in the way of His commandments

36. Brothers lessons Why the difference? Lessons? We choose Our character
Our relationship to God
To change
How much to change
Esau changed—he did not seek to kill Jacob, but did he change enough? What was his relationship to God?
Jacob changed—no deceit in working for Laban; served God, blessed by God
Jacob made mistake, changed to serve God
Esau made mistakes, got better (forgiving Jacob), but did not serve God
Stopping being bad is the right thing to do, but don’t stop short—must replace bad with serving God; Esau stopped short