1. JACOB & ESAU Genesis 27

2. WHO ARE YOU?  Volunteer?  You will try to guess the names of other students  ….While blindfolded

3.  Genesis 27:1-41 Who can summarize it? 1.I WAS RED AND HAIRY WHEN I WAS BORN. 25:25 2.I GRABBED SOMEONE’S HEEL 25:26 3.I AM A PLAIN MAN WHO LIKES TO DWELL IN TENTS. 25:27 4.I AM A CUNNING HUNTER. 25:27 5.I AM ISAAC’S FAVORITE SON. 25:28 6.REBEKAH LOVES ME MOSTEST. 25:28 7.I MAKE GREAT OATMEAL. 25:29 8.I WANTED THE BIRTHRIGHT. 25:31 9.I SOLD MY BIRTHRIGHT TO MY BROTHER. 25:33 10.I RECEIVED THE BIRTHRIGHT FROM ISAAC. 25:34 11.I DESPISED MY BIRTHRIGHT. 25:34 12.MM MARRIAGE UPSET MY PARENTS 26:34-35 13.I AM A SMOOTH MAN. 27:11 14.MY MOM MADE A TREAT FOR ME TO GIVE TO MY DAD. 27:14 15.I DRESSED UP AS MY BROTHER. 27:15-19 16.I KISSED MY FATHER. 27:27 17.I CRIED REALLY HARD. 27:34 18.MY NAME MEANS SUPPLANTER. 27:36 19.MY BROTHER TOOK MY BLESSING. 27:36 20.I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD SERVE MY BROTHER. 27:40 21.I WANTED TO KILL MY BROTHER. 27:41  JACOB OR ESAU?

4. THE BLESSING Define “naturalistic empiricism” Read Genesis 27:1,21,22,25,27 STORYTIME: The Atheist Professor vs the Christian Student

5. THE BLESSING Read Genesis 27:34-38 What principle can we learn? What things do people long for when they lose their birthright?

6. THE BLESSING Can a person fool a patriarch and get a blessing that isn’t rightfully theirs? Was Jacob a deceitful person? Did Isaac make a mistake?

7. THE BLESSING Although Esau had sold his birthright to Jacob, their father, Isaac, still had the responsibility to bestow the birthright blessing on one of his sons. Isaac intended to give the birthright blessing to Esau. However, Rebekah had previously learned by revelation that Jacob was to receive the birthright. Rebekah instructed Jacob to approach Isaac, who was physically blind, and present himself as though he were Esau so that Jacob could receive the birthright blessing. Jacob reluctantly carried out this plan and received the blessing.

8. What’s the ‘moral of the story’ with Jacob and Esau?

9. JACOB & ESAU Genesis 27