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STUDY QUESTIONS. Lesson 32 — Genesis 31:1-55 Jacob flees from Esau. Monday. 1. What do the words of Laban’s sons (vs. 1) imply about Jacob’s character? 2. Why were Laban’s sons angry at Jacob? Was their anger justified? Tuesday. 3. Why would Jacob have called Leah and Rachel away from their tents to the field for a conference?
5 Σεπ 2024 · The account of the birth of Jacob’s children is found in Genesis 29—30, 35. 1) Reuben was Jacob’s firstborn. He was the son of Leah, Jacob’s first wife. 2) Simeon was next, and he was also a son of Leah. 3) Levi was the third of Jacob and Leah’s children. 4) Judah was the next.
She called his name Gad: Jacob’s seventh son, born to him through Zilpah, the maid of Leah, was named Gad, meaning Troop or Good Fortune. The wives of Jacob continued to use their children as pawns in a power struggle within the home.
1. (Genesis 31:1-2) Contention with Laban’s sons causes Laban to look differently at Jacob. Now Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has acquired all this wealth.” And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and indeed it was not favorable toward him as before.
5. (Genesis 35:22b-26) Jacob’s 12 sons. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: the sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun; the sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin; the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant, were Dan and Naphtali; and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, were Gad
Jacob loves Rachel and “hates” Leah, but this is hate in the “love less” sense. If he hated Leah he would not sleep with her, yet she bears him four sons one right after the other.
Bible Study Questions. 1. How does envy drive the decisions of Rachel and Leah? How can we handle envy in our own lives? 2. How does the tension between Leah and Rachel affect their family dynamics? 3.
