INTRODUCTORY QUESTION
How might parents’ attitudes, values, choices and sins affect the thinking and actions of their children?
READ: Genesis 25:21-34 and 27:1-45 and 28:6-9
QUESTIONS to help us learn from the examples of Isaac’s family relationships and interactions: Read the question and then reread the Bible reference silently printed at the end of the question. Then tell what you learn from it.
How might parents’ attitudes, values, choices and sins affect the thinking and actions of their children?
READ: Genesis 25:21-34 and 27:1-45 and 28:6-9
QUESTIONS to help us learn from the examples of Isaac’s family relationships and interactions: Read the question and then reread the Bible reference silently printed at the end of the question. Then tell what you learn from it.
- What kind of relationship did Isaac have with the Lord God? See Genesis 25:21.
- Explain why preferring one child more than the other could cause problems. What problems might develop from this? 25:28
- Why did Isaac love Esau? 25:27-28
- What do you think about Isaac’s reason for loving Esau more than loving Jacob? (Give your own evaluation.)
- What reasons can you think of for loving a child that are better than Isaac’s reasons?
- How was Esau like his father, Isaac? 25:29-34
- What does Rebekah’s action show about her attitude toward Isaac and his authority to make family decisions? (Give your own evaluation after reviewing 25:28 and 27:5-13.)
- What kind of family problems do you think could develop when a wife reacts to her husband and children as Rebekah did? (Tell what you think.)
- What does Jacob’s response show about his attitude toward his father and brother? 27:11-24
- What did the parents’ and sons’ attitudes and actions do to the family relationships? 27:30- 45
- Have you ever seen something similar to this happen in families? (Tell what happened, or just think about it to yourself.)
- What was the final result for Isaac of his loving Esau more than Jacob? 28:6-9
- Why, do you think, might Isaac’s attitude produce this?
- For Rebekah, what finally resulted from her deceptions? 27:42-45 (Note: apparently, Rebekah died before Jacob returned home. 35:27-29)
- 15. Summarize what lessons you learned from this family’s mistakes and their consequences.
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