Genesis 25:19-34
Channel: doulos12
Date: 08/03/2011

http://shepherdoftheridge.org/genesis_the_global_study/event/bible_study/genesis_25_19_34

Read Genesis 25:19-34 (Jacob & Esau)

Did you ever get the feeling that you or a sibling were a parent's 'favorite'?

Have you ever made a bad swap with someone? What motivated you?

What English idiom do we get from 25:26?

Based on this passage, which of these, Jacob or Esau, would you rather have as a brother?

Which of these men did God choose? Why? (cf. Romans 9:10-16)

What was the 'birthright' Esau gave up? (25:31) (cf. Hebrews 12:15-17)

What was so important about the birthright?

How are these brothers like the first brothers? (Genesis 4)

What was the result of this conflict? (Numbers 20:14-21; Obadiah 1:9-10)

Which of these brothers do you respect more?

Which of these brothers do you think our society would respect more?

How is the exchange between Jacob and Esau like our relationship with Jesus? What's the difference?  Distributed by Tubemogul.