Genesis lesson 19 Chapters 34-35

WBS Genesis 34-35

Lesson 19

Read Chapter 34 for the following questions:

1. What happens to Dinah in 34:1-4?

2. Who behaves badly in chapter 34? Fill in the chart below with the crimes each character 

    should be charged with. Note what you suspect their motives were.

Name	Crime(s)	Motive
Jacob
Shechem
Hamor
Simeon and Levi

3. How was the sacred sign of circumcision profaned (used in a wrong way) by Simeon and 

    Levi? By the Shechemites? 

4. How does Jacob’s response to the disastrous outcome in 34:30 reveal a serious lapse in 

    character? (hint: Note all the personal pronouns I/me/my/mine.)

 5. The last verse of chapter 33 and the first verse of chapter 35 both mention God. How  

     many times does the word God occur in chapter 34?________

     How is this significant? 

Apply: Has there every been a time in your life where you felt/were victimized? How has God help you through it?

Read chapter 35 for the following questions: 

6. In 35:2, what surprising items do we find have been tucked away in the luggage of Jacob’s 

    family? 

    How long do you think Jacob has known the foreign gods were among his family members? 

    Why do you think he orders they be disposed of now?

7. Apply: God’s chosen people carried foreign gods around with them in the land of promise. What about you? What foreign gods from your past do you still hold on to? How might you try and bury them with the help of the Lord? 

8. In 35:9-15,  we see God reaffirming his faithfulness. Note the three statements that God 

    repeats to Jacob:

    35:10

    35:11

    35:12

9. In 35:16-20, we have a third burial. Who is it? __________________

    Is there anything ironic about the death of Rachel? (see 30:1)

    

10. Rachel names her second son Ben-oni> What does this name mean?___________________

      Jacob gives him a different name. What is it? ___________________________

     Where was Rachel buried? ____________________

     

     What is this town best known for today? Hint: starts with a B and ends with a m. 

11. In 35:22, we are given a sidebar about some bad behavior on the pat of one of Jacob’s 

     sons. 

     What was the son’s name?________________

      What birth order was he? ______

     According to cultural practices, the firstborn son would be given possession of his father’s 

     concubines upon the death of his father. What attitude toward his father does Reuben’s 

     sinful action imply? 

12 Whose burial do we see in 35:27 for the fourth time in this chapter? ___________