Homiletics in the Sierra Foothills

Saturday, March 6, 2021

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

chuckt

Degree in Bible and Theology from San Jose Bible College (William Jessup University) Bible Study Fellowship - Men's Assistant Teaching Leader in Auburn California Started publishing homiletics as a challenge between three leaders in our Los Gatos, California BSF leaders group. I have continued publishing my homiletics as a challenge to myself to weekly make an effort to go deeper into God's word.

Friday, February 26, 2021

Genesis 32-33

Homiletics Study – Genesis 2020-2021

Lesson 21 Passage: Genesis 32-33

Content (List of Topics or Events)

Jacob returns; in fear sends messengers ahead preparing to meet Esau (Genesis 32:1-21)

a. Angels of God meet Jacob at Mahanaim (1,2)

b. Messengers sent ahead with instruction to tell Esau of offering (3-5)

c. Messengers return telling Jacob that Esau coming to meet him (6)

d. Jacob in fear divides people in two groups (7-8)

e. Jacob prays with thanksgiving and to be saved from Esau repeating God’s promises (9-12)

f. Jacob selects gift for Esau (13-16)

g. Jacob instructs lead group to tell of Jacob’s gifts (17-18)

h. Jacob leads with gifts to pacify Esau instructing second group like first (19-21

Jacob wrestles, is touched and given the new name Israel at Peniel (Genesis 32:22-32)

a. Jacob sends family and possessions across Jabbok (pouring out/wrestle) (22-23)

b. A man wrestles with Jacob until daybreak (24)

c. The man could not overpower but touches Jacob’s hip (25)

d. The man asks to be let go and Jacob asks for blessing (26)

e. The man asks Jacob’s name and gives new name “Israel” and blesses him (27-29)

f. Jacob see’s face of God at a place called Peniel (face of God) (30)

g. Jacob now limps because he was touched at socket of hip (31-32)

Jacob meets Esau in peace, offer gifts and separate to own place (Genesis 33)

a. Jacob see Esau coming divides family into groups with servants and children in front (1-2)

b. Jacob in front bows as he approaches Esau (3)

c. Esau runs to meet Jacob, embraces him asking and meeting Jacob’s family (4-7)

d. Esau asks about the meaning of the flocks he met (8)

e. Esau accepts the gift and offers to accompany Jacob. (9-12)

f. Jacob reasons with Esau to go at the pace of children to Seir (13-14)

g. Esau offers to leave men to help with Jacob asking for favor in Esau’s eyes (15)

h. Esau goes back to Seir and Jacob to Sukkoth (16-17)

i. Jacob buys plot in Shechem pitches tent and set up alter El Elohe Israel (God is the God of Israel) (18-20)