Mashed Potatoes
How did Isaac and Rebekah respond to not being able to have children?
Isaac prayed
Did God choose Jacob over Esau because Jacob was better than Esau?
No, neither one was a good person
Why did Esau say that Jacob was rightly called Jacob?
He had cheated him two times, first of the birthright and second of the blessing.
What point did Jesus make by comparing Himself with Jacob's ladder?
Jesus is the way to a relationship with God.
What promise from God was the basis for Jacob's request of protection from Esau?
God promised that he would do good to Jacob and that God would multiply his seed.
What trouble did Rebekah experience once God enabled her to have children?
Two babies struggled within the womb
Did Jacob help Esau when he was returning from hunting?
No, Jacob took advantage of Esau's hunger
Why did Jacob receive the blessing?
Why was Jacob afraid when he woke up after his dream?
Jacob realized that the Lord was in that place and Jacob had not known it.
What is the meaning of sovereign?
one who rules over others
What did God tell Rebekah the babies struggling in her womb meant?
The two babies would become two nations and the older would serve the younger.
Was Esau wise for giving up his birthright for a pot of stew?
No, the birthright was worth much more than a pot of stew.
What was Esau's plan to get back at Jacob for the theft of the blessing?
Esau planned to kill Jacob as soon as their father died.
What did Jacob receive instead of Judgement?
grace
Who did Jacob wrestle with the night before he met Esau?
He wrestled with God in the form of a man.
Who was Isaac and Rebekah's older child?
Esau
What was Rebekah's plan to make sure that Jacob received the blessing?
She would make food that tastes like Esau's, she would dress Jacob in Esau's clothes, she will make him hairy by using animal skins.
What did Jacob dream about one night as he rested during his journey to Uncle Laban?
He dreamed of a ladder connecting Earth and heaven. Angels moved up and down the ladder. The Lord, the God of Abraham and Isaac, stood above the ladder.
What did Esau do in response to Jacob's message that he was returning?
He took four hundred men with him to meet Jacob
When did God choose Jacob, the younger son, to be the leader?
He chose Jacob, before he was born.
Who was Isaac and Rebekah's younger child?
Jacob
What blessing did Isaac give to Jacob?
The ground would produce well, nations and his brother would serve him, those who cursed him would be cursed, and those who blessed him would be blessed.
What did the ladder connecting Jacob on earth with God in heaven symbolize?
There was a way for Jacob to reach God and for God to speak to Jacob.
Why was Jacob afraid of the news of Esau's coming?
He thought Esau would attack
Which events support that Jacob was a schemer?
Jacob cheated Esau
Jacob lied to his father