Vocabulary
What word means: honesty, sincerity, and purpose in how you are living for God?
Integrity
How many years did Jacob first agree to work for Rachel? How many additional years did he have to work?
7 years. 7 more years.
Why did Jacob agree to work another seven years for Laban?
His love for Rachel motivated him to work for Laban twice as long as he agreed. To him, however, it seemed like only a few days.
In what book of the Bible does the story of Jacob and Rachel occur?
Genesis
What word means: acting with honesty and integrity, despite another’s behavior toward you.
Honorableness
Whom did Jacob deceive earlier in his life?
Jacob deceived his father, Isaac, and his brother Esau
How can we know that God is reliable?
He never changes, and He is active in our lives
In what Testament of the Bible does our story occur?
Old Testament
What does grace mean?
Grace is God’s undeserved goodness and active power within us.
How did Laban deceive Jacob?
He tricked him into marrying his daughter Leah instead of Rachel
How did Jacob show his reliance on God?
Jacob showed reliance on God by responding with integrity and patience to work for the woman he loved.
Put these books of the Bible in the correct order:
Exodus, Deuteronomy, Genesis, Numbers, Leviticus
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
What does reliance mean?
Reliance is trusting and depending on God in all circumstances.
Where did Jacob first see Rachel and how did he react to seeing her?
He saw her at the well watering the sheep in Haran. He ran up, kissed her, and cried tears of joy.
What do we mean when we say that Jacob showed sacrificial love to Rachel?
Sacrificial love means putting aside your own desires, possibly even your own life, for the sake of another. Jacob demonstrated this by putting aside his comfort and convenience in order to eventually marry Rachel.
What book of the Bible comes right before Nehemiah?
Ezra
What is forebearance?
Patient endurance when you have been treated unfairly
Why would Laban have wanted Jacob to marry Leah?
He would have wanted Jacob to marry Leah because it was the custom for the elder daughter to be married before the younger.
What is example of someone showing honorableness?
Answers vary
What is this week's memory verse?
19 God isn’t a mere human. He can’t lie. He isn’t a human being. He doesn’t change his mind. He speaks, and then he acts. He makes a promise, and then he keeps it.
Numbers 23:19