Church at the Cross Women's Bible Study

Genesis 36:1-8; 46:1-34; 47:27-31; 49:28-33

1. From pride (32:1-23)

2. To dependence (32:24-32)

3. And redemption (33:1-11)

4. …and partial obedience (33:12-20)

Genesis 29:1-30:24

Roadmap:
1. Jacob’s New Love (for Rebecca)
2. Jacob’s Humiliation (through Laban’s deceit
3. The Establishment of God’s People (in the midst of chaos)”

Genesis 27:1-28:22

Roadmap:

• Jacob’s continued wrestling
• The results of deception
• God’s faithfulness

Psalm 2:1-4
“Why are the nations in an uproar and the peoples of the earth devising a vain thing?  The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and His Anointed, saying, ‘Let us tear their fetters apart and cast away their cords from us!’  He who sits in the heavens laughs, the Lord scoffs at them.

Job 42:2
“I know that Thou canst do all things and that no purpose of thine can be thwarted.”                                                                    

Genesis 27:1-28:22

Lamentations 3:22-23
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases.  His mercies never fail.  They are new every morning.  Great is Thy faithfulness.”

Lamentations 3:21
“This I recall to mind and therefore I have hope…”       

“For I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand.  For this also I believe – that unless I believe I shall not understand.” - St. Anselm of Canterbury

Rebekah:: Gen 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become thousands of ten thousands, and may your offspring possessthe gate of those who hate him!”

Pentateuch = Greek word for five books

The book of Genesis reminded the Israelites of:

1. Their origin
2. Their ancestors
3. Their stories
4. God’s covenants with them

What are the central themes of Genesis?

1. Genesis is a book of beginnings.
2. God makes covenants and keeps them.
3. God often chooses the one who is unexpected.
4. People waver but God does not.