Jacob Returns to Bethel
Questions for Study 22

Genesis 34:1-36:43
Memory Verses: 35:2-3

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I. Dinah and Her Brothers (34:1-31)

1. Who was Dinah and what did she do? (1) Who was Shechem? (2-4) What did he do? Was this right in the sight of God? (7) How did Jacob find out? (5) What does this tells us about the violence of the act? Why did he wait to tell his sons? (5-6)

2. How did Dinah's brothers react when they heard what had been done? (7) What does this say about them?

3. What did Shechem's father, Hamor propose? (9-10) What did Shechem propose and what was his reason? (11-12) Where was Dinah? (26) What does this say about Shechem and his father?

4. What did Jacob's sons propose? (13-17) What was their intent? What was wrong with their plan? Was Jacob being a good head of the family?

5. What did Simeon and Levi do? Why only them? How did Jacob respond? Why did Simeon and Levi say they did it? What role would it play in their future? (Gen. 49:5-7) What can we learn from this event about them, the world they lived in, and how we should live in the world we live in? (Matt. 5:5)

II. Jacob Returns to Bethel (35:1-29)

6. What preparation did Jacob make before going to Bethel? What was the significance of this? (1-4) Why did he call Bethel "El Bethel"?

7. How did the Lord reveal himself to Jacob and what did he promise him? What was God's great purpose for Jacob? How did Jacob respond?

III. Benjamin, Rachel and Isaac (35:16-36:43)

8. Where did Jacob move his family to next? (16) Describe the the birth of Benjamin.

9. Where did Jacob move his family to next? (21) What happened there and what does that say about the oldest son? How do you think he was in the sight of the LORD and what role would it play in his future? (Gen. 49:3-4)

10. Describe the death of Rachel and Isaac. Who buried them? Note the genealogy of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites in chapter 36. Who became the Edomites in relation to the Israelites? (Num. 20:14-21)