Jacob: Reunited and it Feels So Good
_____________ – Genesis 34:1-31
A. The _____________ of Jacob’s daughter – Genesis 34:1-4
Genesis 34:1–2 – Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had
borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land. 2 And when
Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her,
he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her.
B. The ______________ of Jacob’s family – Genesis 34:5-7
1. The ___________ of Jacob – Genesis 34:5–6 – Now Jacob heard
that he had defiled his daughter Dinah. But his sons were with his
livestock in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came. 6 And
Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
2. The ________ of Jacob’s sons – Genesis 34:7 – The sons of Jacob
had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men
were indignant and very angry, because he had done an outrageous
thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing must
not be done.
3. The _________ of Jacob’s sons – Genesis 34:8-25
a. The desperate plea – Genesis 34:8–10 – But Hamor spoke with
them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter.
Please give her to him to be his wife. 9 Make marriages with us. Give
your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. 10 You
shall dwell with us, and the land shall be open to you. Dwell and
trade in it, and get property in it.”
b. The deceitful plot – Genesis 34:14–15 – They said to them, “We
cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised,
for that would be a disgrace to us. 15 Only on this condition will we
agree with you—that you will become as we are by every male among
you being circumcised.
C. The ____________ of Jacob’s sons – Genesis 34:25-29
1. The ____________ of the men – Genesis 34:25–26 – On the third
day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi,
Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and came against the city while it
felt secure and killed all the males. 26 They killed Hamor and his son
Shechem with the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house and
went away.
2. The __________ of the city – Genesis 34:28–29 – They took their
flocks and their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and
in the field. 29 All their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all
that was in the houses, they captured and plundered.
D. The _____________ concerning Jacob – Genesis 34:30-31
Genesis 34:30–31 -Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have
brought trouble on me by making me stink to the inhabitants of the
land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. My numbers are few, and if
they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed,
both I and my household.” 31 But they said, “Should he treat our sister
like a prostitute?”
______________ – Genesis 35:1-15
A. The ___________ to Bethel – Genesis 35:1
Genesis 35:1 – God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell
there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you
fled from your brother Esau.”
B. The ____________ before Bethel – Genesis 35:2-4
Genesis 35:2–3 – So Jacob said to his household and to all who were
with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify
yourselves and change your garments. 3 Then let us arise and go up to
Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in
the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.”
C. The ____________ at Bethel – Genesis 35:5-16
1. God _____________ to Jacob – Genesis 35:10–11 – And God said to him,
“Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but
Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel. 11 And God said
to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a
company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your
own body.
2. Jacob_____________ God – Genesis 35:13–14 – Then God went up from
him in the place where he had spoken with him. 14 And Jacob set up a
pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He
poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it.
_____________ – Genesis 35:16-29
The painful _____________ – Genesis 35:17–18 – And when her labor was at
its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for you have another
son.” 18 And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his
name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.
The painful_____________ – Genesis 35:22 – While Israel lived in that land,
Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine. And Israel
heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
The painful _____________ – Genesis 35:28–29 – Now the days of Isaac were
180 years. 29 And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to
his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
_____________ ]– Genesis 36:1-43
Genesis 36:6–8 – Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and
all the members of his household, his livestock, all his beasts, and all his
property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan. He went into a land
away from his brother Jacob. 7 For their possessions were too great