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GENESIS – LESSON ELEVEN

I. ABRAHAM AND ISAAC THE SON OF PROMISE (Gen. 21-23)

A. The Birth of Isaac as Jehovah had promised (21:1-7)

B. Abraham adheres to Sarah’s request to send Hagar and Ishmael away (21:8-21)

1. Son of handmaid not to be heir with Sarah’s son.

2. God tells Abraham not to be grieved – In Isaac shall his seed be called; God will make Ishmael a nation.

3. God saves Hagar and Ishmael from death in wilderness of Beersheba.

4. Ishmael dwells as archer in wilderness of Paran – Sinai Peninsula.

C. Abimelech makes covenant emphasizing kindness with Abraham (21:22-34)

1. Abraham reproves Abimelech’s over his servants taking well .

2. Covenant made emphasizing that Abraham dug the well : place called Beersheba (well of seven).

3. Abraham plants tamarisk tree and calls on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God .

D. God Tests Abraham: Offer up Isaac, his only son of promise (22:1-19)

1. God instructs Abraham to offer up Isaac as a burnt offering in land of Moriah.

2. God stays Abraham’s hand – provides Ram for sacrifice.

3. Seeing Abraham’s obedience, Jehovah renews promise of blessing to Abraham

E. The Family of Nahor: Abraham’s brother (22:20-24).

F. Sarah dies at the age of 127 in Hebron (23:1-2).

G. Abraham purchases burial place for Sarah from Ephron the Hittite: cave of the field of Machpelah (23:3-20).

QUESTIONS:

1. Is God specific in his promises and fulfillment of prophecy?

2. Why does Abraham call his son “Isaac”?

3. How many “children” did Sarah give suck?

4. At the feast celebrating the weaning of Isaac, what upset Sarah?

5. Why was Sarah’s request permissible with God before a grieving Abraham?

6. How does God teach us about trusting in Him in prayer through the example of Hagar and Ishmael in wilderness of Beersheba?

7. What is significant about the wilderness of Paran?

8. Why did Abimelech want to make a covenant with Abraham?

9. What contention did Abraham have with Abimelech?

10. Why is Beersheba significant ?

11. What is the difference in God “tempting” us and “testing” us?

12. How old could Isaac have been when Abraham is told to offer him up as a burntoffering?

13. Describe the faith of Abraham as he responds to God’s test.

14. Nahor was the brother to _______________ and Nahor’s wife was _________________ and she was the grandmother to ___________________ .

15. What does Abraham remind us about death and our desire to bury our loved ones?

16. Where was Sarah buried and how was this place obtained?

GENESIS TWELVE

I. ISAAC AND REBEKAH (Genesis 24-26)

A. Abraham sends servant back to original home of Mesopotamia to find wife for Isaac (24:1-9).

B. Rebekah fulfills servant’s request of God for a sign as she meets Abraham’s servant at well (24:10-27).

C. Rebekah brings Abraham’s servant to her home to meet her family and allow servant to tell of the mission (24:28-60).

D. Rebekah and her damsels travel with Abraham’s servant and companions to meet Isaac – She becomes Isaac’s wife (24:61-67).

E. Abraham’s later years and descendants with wife Keturah (25:1-11).

F. The generations of Ishamel and his death (25:12-18).

G. Offspring of Isaac and Rebekah: birth and early life of Esau and Jacob (25:19-34, 26:34-35).

H. God appears to Isaac in Philistine city of Gerar and renews God’s threefold Abrahamic promise (26:1-5).

I. Isaac’s conflict with Philistine king Abimelech over Isaac hiding the fact that Rebekah is his wife when he says she is his sister (26:6-11).

J. Isaac prospers a hundredfold in Gerar – asked by Abimelech to leave (26:12-17).

K. Isaac digs again the wells of his father in the valley of Gerar and Beersheba (26:18-25,32-33).

L. Abimelech seeks covenant of peace with Isaac (26:26-31).

QUESTONS:

1, Why is Abraham so determined that Isaac should not return to his homeland of Mesopotamia?

2. How sobering to Abraham was the action in finding Isaac a wife?

3. What two-fold response was the sign to the servant that God was behind the choosing of this woman to be Isaac’s wife?

4. How did the servant include God in his journey?

5. Fill in Rebekah’s and Isaac’s family tree:

_______________________________ ________________________

_______________________________ ________________________

           Rebekah __________________

6. How was Rebekah related to Isaac?

7. How focused was the servant in his mission for Abraham?

8. Why could Laban and Bethuel not speak unto the servant good or bad?

9. Did Rebekah have any say so in becoming the wife of Isaac?

10. What was Isaac doing at eventide when the servant was arriving with Rebekah?

11. Why did Rebekah cover herself in her veil when she met Isaac?

12. What did Isaac give and receive in taking Rebekah as his wife?

13. Who was Abraham’s wife after Sarah died?

14. How did Abraham make a distinction with Isaac and the sons of his concubines?

15. What were the days of the years of Abraham’s life?

16. Where was Abraham buried?

17. How many children did Ishmael have and where did they dwell?

18. How long was Isaac and Rebekah without a child in their marriage?  What did Isaac do in response to this condition?

19. What three facts does Jehovah reveal to Rebekah concerning the children in her womb?

20. What problem do you see in Isaac loving Esau and Rebekah loving Jacob?

21. Why did Esau despise his birthright?

22. What does God do with Isaac at a time of famine?

23. Characterize the action Isaac took to protect himself in Gerar:

24. How did Abimelech know for sure that Rebekah was Isaac’s wife?

25. How much did Jehovah bless Isaac in his year in Gerar?

26. Why did Isaac dig again the wells of his father Abraham?

27. What assurance did Isaac receive from Jehovah at Beersheba?

28. Why did Abimelech seek Isaac after sending him away?

29. Why did Isaac and Rebekah grieve over Esau?