Course · 6 lessons · Genesis 25–33
Isaac and Jacob
Twin brothers, a bowl of pottage, a stolen blessing, a ladder to heaven and a wrestling match till dawn — and how God kept His promise.
- 1Esau Sells His BirthrightGenesis 25:19–34 · Beer-shebaIsaac prayed for Rebekah, and God gave them twin sons, Esau and Jacob, and told her, “The elder shall serve the younger.” Esau grew up a cunning…
- 2Isaac Digs the WellsGenesis 26:12–33 · GerarThe LORD blessed Isaac so much that the Philistines envied him and stopped up the wells his father Abraham had dug. Each time Isaac’s servants found…
- 3Jacob Receives the BlessingGenesis 27:1–40 · Isaac’s tentWhen Isaac was old and his eyes were dim, he sent Esau to hunt venison so that he could bless him. Rebekah dressed Jacob in Esau’s clothes and put…
- 4Jacob’s LadderGenesis 28:10–22 · BethelJacob left home for Haran, and when the sun set he lay down to sleep with stones for his pillow. He dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven with the…
- 5Jacob Wrestles with GodGenesis 32:22–32 · The ford JabbokOn his way home to meet Esau, Jacob sent his family over the ford Jabbok and was left alone in the night. A man wrestled with him until the breaking…
- 6Jacob and Esau Meet AgainGenesis 33:1–11 · PenielAfter twenty years away, Jacob came home and saw Esau coming with four hundred men. Jacob bowed himself to the ground seven times, but Esau ran to…