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Lesson 25
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Passage Genesis 34-35
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Content (List of Topics or Events)
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Rape of Dinah by Shechem brings calamity (Genesis 34)
a. Dinah local
venture brings rape (1-2)
b. Hamor and Shechem request Dinah as wife (3-12)
c. Deceitful circumcision proposal (13-24)
d. Revenge, plunder and resulting fear (25-30)
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Jacob is directed and protected by God on journey to
Bethel (Genesis 35:1-15)
a. Jacob cleanses
household of foreign gods (1-5)
b. Jacob “Israel”
blessing given from God; land and nation (6-15)
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Jacob’s family changes with Benjamin’s birth and death
Rachel’s and Isaac (Genesis 35:16-29)
a. Rachel dies in Benjamin’s childbirth (16-21)
b. Reuben sin’s with Bilhah (22)
c. List of Jacobs sons (23-26)
d. Jacob returns home to Isaac for Isaac’s death (27-29)
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Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
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Division
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Scripture
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Rape of Dinah by Shechem brings calamity
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Genesis 34
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Jacob is directed and protected by God on journey to
Bethel
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Genesis 35:1-15
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Jacob’s family changes with Benjamin’s birth and death
Rachel’s and Isaac
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Genesis 35:16-29
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Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No
more than 10 words)
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Rape calamity, revenge and travel to God’s destination -
home
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Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
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To Learn that calamity comes when we stray from God’s will
and that our life journey is not always easy.
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Specific Application Questions
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1. Where
are we straying that will get us in trouble?
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2. What
do we need to get rid of to make God number 1?
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3. What
does home mean to you; is it where God is?
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Principles to Remember
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Stay on the path; wandering leads to trouble
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Clean out distractions; Build monuments God’s grace
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Know where home is; it is in relationship with our
Heavenly Father
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