Lesson 16 Genesis 26-27

WBS Genesis 26-27 Lesson 16

                                                          Read Chapter 26 for the following questions 

1. In reading 26:1-2, where does it seem likely that Isaac may very well been on 

    his way to during this famine? ____________

  

2. What do you think when you read verses 7-11? 

    

    What does Abimelech concluded from watching Isaac and Rebecca interact with 

    each other? (26:9)

3. Isaac gave these wells the same name that his father had? What do you think Isaac 

    was trying to prove by doing this?

4. Why do you think Abimelech came to make peace with Isaac? (26:27)

5. Why were Esau’s wives a “source of bitterness to Isaac and Rebekah”? 

Read Chapter 27 for the following questions.

6. In 27:4, after Isaac tells Esau to hunt and prepare a meal so he could bless him, 

    what might Esau have revealed to his father at this point in time?

7. Whose idea is it originally to deceive Isaac? 

    What do you think is her motive to be deceptive?

8. What does Jacob seem to be concerned about regarding his mother’s plan? (27:11-12)

9. Who was willing to take full responsibility for this plan? (27:13)_________________

10. Circle which sense Isaac relies on in each verse:

  

      27: 22————Smell, sight, touch, sound

      27:25——————Smell, sight, touch, sound

      27:27—————Smell, sight, touch, sound

11.  What emotion do you think the narrator intends us to feel toward Esau when he discovers the blessing has been given to Jacob? (27:30-38)

12. At the end of the chapter, what is Esau’s plan for his brother? (27:41)

13.What is your feelings of Rebekah during this plan?

What does this weeks passages show you about God?

 What is one step you can take to live in light of this truth?