Genesis - Lesson 17
This week, we are going to cover a few chapters. Jacob will be the primary star of these chapters and after we finish our study about him, his son, Joseph, will be the one who will be the focus until the end of the chapter. Throughout the book of Genesis, one old saying remains true, ‘like father, like son’. We often speak of generational curses as though the younger generation had no free will to make such decisions like their father. Yet, we see over and over again, that the sin nature is alive and well within mankind and what is not fixed in one generation is passed onto the next. Our Bible is full of the stories of real people, just like us, who struggle and make mistakes, and who need a Savior. Let’s pick up where we left off. Go ahead and read Genesis 28. Why do you think Isaac didn’t want Jacob to marry a woman from Canaan?
Where did Isaac send Jacob and who was to be a fitting wife for him?
How did Esau receive this news?
Esau became bitter and resentful of his brother, even more so than he had been before. But Esau also became resentful towards his parents. Resentfulness often comes from feelings of being wronged by another person. Resentfulness also has the quality of having those feelings recur over and over and over again. As long as it is present, forgiveness cannot happen. People who harbor resentment hold onto their victimization like a medal of honor because they may need to throw it back at the one/s who hurt them. This is exactly what we see Esau doing in Gen. 28. He held onto his resentment towards his parents and his brother and he threw that resentment back in their face. How did he do this? (Gen. 28:8-9) ...
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