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Today's Bible Reading...
Bible Application -January 12 - Genesis 34- 36
Questions:
1. “At this time, _________, the daughter of _________ and __________, went out
to visit the women of the land.” (34:1)
2. “When _____________, son of ___________, the __________, the ruler of the
land saw her, he took her and forced her to have sexual relations with him. “
(34:2)
3. “Jacob’s sons answered ___________ and his f father with lies, because
Shechem had disgraced their sister Dinah.” (34:13)
4.Three days later the men who were circumcised were still in pain. Two of
Jacob’s sons, _________ and __________ (Dinah’s brothers) took their swords and
made a surprise attack on the city, killing all the men there.” (34:25)
5. “But the brothers said, ‘We will not allow our ________ to be treated like a
prostitute.’” (34:31)
6. “God said to ________, “Go to the city of Bethel and live there. Make an
altar to the God who appeared to you there when you were running away from your
brother ___________.” (35:1)
7. “So Jacob said to his __________and to all who were with him, “PUT AWAY THE
FOREIGN GODS YOU HAVE, and make yourselves clean, and change your clothes.”
(35:2)
8. “God said to Him, ‘Your name is _____________, but you will not be called
Jacob any longer. Your new name will be ______________.’ So he called him
Israel.”( 35:10)
9. “Esau’s and ____________ belongings were becoming too many for them to live
in the same country. The land where they lived could not support both of them,
because they had too many herds.” (36:7)
10. __________ is the man who found the hot springs in the ____________ while he
was caring for his father’s donkeys.” (36:34)
Chapter 34 - The results of the attack on Dinah
Chapter 35 - A new name for Jacob and the family of Israel
Chapter 36. - The Family of Esau
What do we learn from this lesson
1. Even Christian parents some times have bad things happen to their children.
Jacob’s daughter, Dinah was raped. The same thing that is happening often in our
society today and sometimes the abused person does not get the sympathy and help
from Christians or their parents that should be available for them.
2. Dinah’s brothers meant well but they carried out their rage in the wrong way.
They lied first. Then they killed. Is revenge right?
3. Jacob realized that the people were being tempted to follow other gods as are
many today. Jacob gave his people good advice. ‘Put away your strange gods.and
worship the true God.’ We need to heed this warning today and put away the
strange gods in our nation.
4. Jacob received a new name. He would be called Israel from now on.
This is the beginning of the nation of Israel and the israelite people. They are
still called “God’s chosen people” in many places, because God renewed the
covenant with Jacob that he had made with Abraham and Isaac.
5. Jacob returns to Bethel and Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin.
Jacob and Esau come face to face again at the death of their father.
Prayer:
Our Lord and Father of Mankind, please help us to study this lesson with an open
mind, as if we were reading it for the first time, and help us to hear you say
‘put away any strange gods that you may be serving’ and help us to worship only
the true and living God. Amen
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