Discussion Questions
- Describe a time when you have been so focused on a task that you missed something happening around you.
- Read Genesis 25:29–34. In what ways did Esau “despise” his birthright? Why might have Jacob felt the need to take advantage of Esau’s disregard for the value of his birthright? Describe a time when you have underestimated the value of something.
- Read Genesis 27:1–45. Jacob means trickster or heal catcher. In what ways does Jacob live up to his name?
- How does the scheme between Jacob and Rebecca harm their family? In what ways does Isaac’s spiritual blindness and misunderstanding of blessing make matters worse?
- Read Genesis 32:24–31. How does God help Jacob own his name (trickster) in order to give him a new one? Describe a time when you have wrestled with God and he has brought you into a new realization of his grace.
