Abraham's Eldest
The Twin Towers
Family Dynamics
Jostling for Position
Isaac Ascends
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This is the number of princes that come from Ishmael.
What is 12? [Genesis 25:16]
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Rebekah endures a difficult pregnancy for this reason.
What is the children were struggling/fighting against each other in her womb? [Genesis 25:22]
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Jacob is the favourite son of this parent.
Who is Rebekah? [Genesis 25:28]
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When a starving and weakened Esau comes home and begs him to share his food with him, Jacob agrees, but only on this condition.
What is that Esau will sell him his birthright? [Genesis 25:29-31]
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Genesis 26:1 tells us that the land of Canaan experiences this, just like it had during Abraham's time.
What is a famine? [Genesis 26:1]
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Ishmael dies at this age.
What is 137 years old? [Genesis 25:17]
200
The elder twin, Esau, gets his name because of being like this at birth.
What is he was red and hairy? [Genesis 25:25]
200
Esau is the favourite son of this parent.
Who is Isaac? [Genesis 25:28]
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Fearing for his life among the men of Gerar where he is living, Isaac does this.
What is he tells them Rebekah is his sister? [Genesis 26:6-7]
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Isaac sows his field in the land of the Philistines, with this result.
What is he reaps a 100-fold harvest? [Genesis 26:12]
300
He is the firstborn of Ishmael.
Who is Nebajoth? [Genesis 25:13]
300
The younger twin, Jacob, gets his name because he was born like this.
What is he came out grabbing onto/clutching/holding his brother's heel? [Genesis 25:26]
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This man was known for being quiet, mild-mannered and preferring to stay indoors.
Who is Jacob? [Genesis 25:27]
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This name means "red", and Esau earns it after selling his birthright for some red soup.
What is Edom? [Genesis 25:29-30]
300
The Philistines Isaac is living amongst envy him for this reason, according to Genesis 26:14.
What is Isaac kept growing richer and more powerful? [Genesis 26:14]
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The Ishmaelites populate the area between these two places, according to Genesis 25:18.
What are Havilah and Shur? [Genesis 25:18]
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Isaac is this age when his sons are born to him.
What is 60 years old? [Genesis 25:26]
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Esau grows to love the outdoors and becomes highly proficient in this skill.
What is hunting? [Genesis 25:27]
400
In Gerar, Isaac's lie is exposed when this happens.
What is King Abimelech sees him sporting with/playing with/caressing his wife through a window? [Genesis 25:8]
400
Genesis 26:14-15 informs us that the Philistines did this as proof of their envy of Isaac.
What is they stopped up all the wells that Abraham had dug in his lifetime (so Isaac could not use them)? [Genesis 26:14-15]
500
This descendant of Ishmael is the only one whose name begins with the letter T, and a city with his name is mentioned in the book of Job.
Who is Tema? [Genesis 25:15; Job 6:19]
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When she consults Him about her difficult pregnancy, the Lord explains to Rebekah that there are 2 nations in her womb and tells her these 2 specific things about their future.
What is one nation will be stronger than the other and the elder will serve the younger? [Genesis 25:22-23]
500
Jacob and Esau are this age when their grandfather, Abraham, dies.
What is 15 years old? [Genesis 21:5; 25:7, 26]
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In this verse of Genesis 25, Esau justifies despising his birthright, saying "Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?"
What is verse 32? [Genesis 25:32]
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In this verse of Genesis 26, God promises to make Isaac's seed multiply like the stars of heaven, just like he had promised his father about 100 years before.
What is verse 4? [Genesis 26:4]