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When Jacob and Esau parted ways last week, Jacob led his family to Canaan. But he failed to bring them to the place God had called them. This disobedience led to more sin in Jacob’s family. At the time of Genesis

At the end of last week’s lesson, we saw Jacob leaving his Uncle Laban’s family in Haran and heading to Canaan. On the way, God’s angels meet Jacob. The angels are God’s physical assurance of His protection on Jacob’s family.

Do you realize that you need correction? God needs to correct our actions and attitudes. God’s purpose for this discipline is “…for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness” (Hebrews 12:10). God did just that with Jacob.

Do you tend to focus on your immediate problems and circumstances instead of your eternal future? I know I can be guilty of this. As humans, it’s so easy for us to get hung up on what’s happening in the

This week, we will review Isaac’s life from his perspective. Then for the next few weeks, we’ll look at some of the same situations but see them from Jacob’s point of view. Isaac was Abraham and Sarah’s promised son. We can

God guides His children, and we must yield to that guidance. That’s the powerful lesson we can take from this week’s passage. Sarah has died. Abraham has lived a long, blessed life. But he must have had a sense of

I was a pretty good test-taker in school. I didn’t sweat them too much and usually got pretty good grades. On the other hand, God’s tests are much harder to pass. And I often don’t get advanced warning for when

At the end of this study, I think my favorite character from the book of Genesis will be Abraham. Or maybe Jacob. Or Joseph. Well, right now it’s Abraham! I love seeing how he completely obeys God without questions (such

This week’s lesson gives us applications from three people: Sarah, Abraham and Lot. We’ll start with Sarah. Abraham probably told Sarah about God’s promise (Genesis 17:19), but Sarah had to believe the promise herself. This reminds us that we can’t