After Jacob Departs for Padan Aram
Genesis 28:6-22
I. Esau Takes Another Wife (vs. 6-9)
a. How much of Jacob’s departure charge and blessing did Esau know?
b. Was it significant to Esau that Jacob was obedient to Isaac and Rebekah?
c. What is Esau’s personal response and action based on what he heard?
d. Was Esau’s choice really any better than his first choices for wives? (see Genesis 36:1-3)
How do you know?
II. Jacob has a Dream (vs. 10-16)
a. In verses 10-11 Jacob stops for the night. Does this place have a name at this time?
b. What interesting choice does Jacob make for a pillow?
c. What does Jacob experience in that place?
d. Is this just a dream or something more?
III. Jacob Makes a Vow (vs. 16-22)
a. What declaration from Jacob shows his experience was of God?
b. What was his emotional state at this point?
c. How does Jacob memorialize this experience?
d. What was Jacob’s vow?
APPLICATION: Are bad choices made better by making more bad choices? As in the case of Esau…
Has God ever impressed Himself upon you in such a way that it elicited a spiritual response, and you knew it was certainly God so that you memorialize the event?
