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Bible Essentials

Genesis 35:1-20

Jacob’s Final Son

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Opening

  • Share life updates
  • Review highs and lows of the week
  • Share prayer requests and praises

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Icebreaker

  • Have you every clearly experienced God speaking to you or directing you? If so, what did he say, and what was the outcome?

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Genesis 35:1-20

  • Read the passage
  • What is the context for this passage?
    • Jacob decides to leave Laban due to the jealousy of Laban’s family.
    • Jacob meets his brother Esau and they reconcile.
    • Dinah is raped by Shechem, and her brothers take their revenge by killing all the men.

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Genesis 35:1-20

  • Read the passage again, in a different version if available.
  • Summarize the passage in your own words.

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What does the passage say about God?

  • God speaks to his people.
  • God directs his people.
  • God helps people who are in distress.
  • God dwells with his people.
  • God reveals himself to his people.
  • God blesses his people.
  • God is the Almighty one.

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What does the passage say about people?

  • When someone worships the One True God, there is no room for other gods.
  • People who plan to worship God want to be pure.
  • People follow strong leadership.
  • People who don’t follow God feel terror when they see evidence of his presence.
  • Sometimes women have trouble during childbirth and die.
  • People bury those who have died and mourn for them.

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What does the passage say about God’s plan?

  • God’s plan was to keep Jacob and his family safe.
  • God’s plan was to change Jacob’s name to Israel.
  • God’s plan was to make Jacob into a great nation—a nation of kings.
  • God’s plan was to give Jacob and his descendants the land promised to Abraham and Isaac.

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Discussion

  • How does the passage fit into the overarching story of the Bible?
    • God promises to make Jacob into a great nation. This is fulfilled in the rest of Genesis and Exodus.
    • God promises to give the land to Jacob’s descendants. This is fulfilled in Joshua and Judges.
    • God promises to make Israel a nation of kings. This is fulfilled in the books of Samuel and Kings and through Jesus, the King of kings.

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Discussion

  • What else strikes you about this passage?
  • How does the passage affect how you view God? How you view yourself?
  • How does this passage affect how you will live your life?