1121DvTheBlessedDeceiver

New International Version (NIV) of the Holy Bible. The Scripture passages are referenced as Book Chapter:Verse.

The Blessed Deceiver devotion shows how Jacob bribed Esau for his birthright, deceived his dad Isaac for Esau’s blessing, and wrestled God all night. God renamed Jacob Israel then. Jacob went from “deceiver” to “wrestles with God.” Yet, he walked with a limp all his life because of his hip.

Read Genesis 32:4-5, 32:6, 32:13, 32:14-15, and 33:4.

Complete the lesson and submit. Your teacher will receive your answers and respond. Have Fun.

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1. What does the message say that Jacob sent Esau in Genesis 32:4-5?
2. Clearly, Jacob was trying to bribe Esau again, this time not be angry. How did Jacob’s messengers report back in Genesis 32:6?
3. Genesis 32:7 says that fear and distress griped Jacob so that he divided his people into two groups. Then Jacob prayed that God of his father and grandfather would bless him the same way in Genesis 32:8-12. What does Genesis 32:13 say Jacob decided to give Esau?
4. What does Genesis 32:14-15 say was Jacob’s gift to Esau?
5. Genesis 33:1 says that Jacob looked up and there was Esau coming with four hundred men and that freaked Jacob out again. But how does Genesis 33:4 say Esau reacted?
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