Genesis 34-36

 

Homiletics                                                      Study – Genesis 2020-2021

Lesson     22                                                     Passage: Genesis 34-36

Content (List of Topics or Events)

Jacob’s family defiled - Defiled Dinah causes deceit, vindication with the decision to move (Genesis 34) a.  Dinah raped by Shechem and asks his father to obtain wife (1-4) b. Hamor talks to Jacob causing shock and furry from Jacob’s sons (5-7) c. Hamor offer to intermarry and settle among Hivites  (8-10) e. Shechem offers payment for Dinah whatever Jacob’s sons ask (11-12) f. Payment was for all males to be circumcised (13-17) g. Proposal agreed and done (18-24) h. Simeon and Levi took sword to all males and seized wealth (19-29) i. Jacob challenges Simeon and Levi for attack with response (30-31)

Jacob’s family cleansed - Jacob purifies household at Bethel, Rachel dies and Jacob comes home (Genesis 35) a. God instructs Jacob to go and build altar in Bethel (1) b. Jacob instructs household to get rid of foreign gods and purify themselves (2-4) c. Jacob’s family goes to Bethel  (5-8) d. God blesses Jacob and Jacob sets up stone pillar (9-15) e. Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin and buried (16-20) f. Reuben sleeps with concubine Bilhah) (21-22a) g. Jacob’s 12 sons listed (22b-26) h. Jacob comes home, Isaac breathes last and buried by Jacob and Esau (27-29)

Esau’s family – Edomites descendants of Esau described (Genesis 36) a. Esau separates from Jacob since both had great wealth moving to Seir hill country  (1-8) b. Esau’s sons and grandson’s identified (9-29) c. Edom’s rulers (kings) identified; Esau the father of the Edomites (30-43)

Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)

Jacob’s family defiled - Defiled Dinah causes deceit, vindication with the decision to move	Genesis 34
Jacob’s family cleansed - Jacob purifies household at Bethel, Rachel dies and Jacob comes home	Genesis 35
Esau’s family – Edomites descendants of Esau described	Genesis 36

Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)

Dinah defiled brings cleansing and return to God; blessing Jacob

Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)

CTATLT to separate from evil and faithfulness to God’s plan for our lives

Specific Application Questions

1	What are your motives when confronted with evil? How do you or should repay evil?
2	What idols do you have that should be buried and left behind?
3	How will your descendants be identified?  How can you impact them for God?

Principles to Remember

1	Leave evil behind
2	God in our lives blesses
3	What we leave behind can bless

Characteristic of God

Remembers

Theme

Jacob’s family reunites with God and family

God’s Word  - What’s happening?

God’s Heart – What does God care about?

Today’s World – How does this connect to what is happening in my world today