Session 3
Jacob’s initial steps to trap Isaac.
18 When he came to his father, he said,
“My father.”
And he answered, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
19 Jacob replied to his father,
“I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me.
Please sit up and eat some of my game so that you may bless me.”
20 But Isaac said to his son,
“How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?”
He replied, “Because the Lord your God made it happen for me.”
Believers must avoid justifying wrong actions.
even though Esau had forfeited his birthright, he still would be first in line to receive his father’s blessing.
this would involve family leadership and responsibility after Isaac’s death.
Esau and Jacob.
share what they already know about each brother
summarize the information for verse 18 and 19.
Jacob
This colorful personality appears in approximately half the book of Genesis.
The younger of Isaac and Rebekah’s twins, he came out of his mother’s womb grasping the heel of his brother, Esau.
Thus he received a name meaning “heel grabber” or “deceiver.”
Jacob deceived others, but later reaped deception from his Uncle Laban
(see Gen. 29:15-30).
As a patriarch, Jacob fathered twelve sons.
From those sons the twelve tribes of Israel originated.
The Lord eventually changed Jacob’s name to Israel, after he wrestled with God and found victory in surrendering his life completely to the Lord
(32:24-32).