Schedule Date Text Topic(s) 9-7 N/A Introduction 9-14 1:1-2-3 Creation #1 9-21 2:4-4:6 Creation #2, Fall, Cain & Abel 9-28 5:1-9:29 Adam to Noah, Flood, Covenant 10-5 10:1-16:16 Table of Nations, Babel, Shem to Abram, Call of Abram, Abram in Egypt, Abram and Lot Separate, Abram Rescues Lot, Covenant with Abram, Hagar & Ishmael 10-12 17:1-20:18 Circumcision, Three Visitors, Pleading for Sodom, S & G Destroyed, Lot & Daughters, Abraham & Abimelech 10-19 21:1-25:18 Birth of Isaac, Hagar & Ishmael Sent Away, Treaty at Beersheba, Abraham Tested, Nahor’s Sons, Death of Sarah, Isaac & Rebekah, Death of Abraham, Ishmael’s Sons 10-26 25:19-30:43 Jacob & Esau, Isaac & Abimelech, Jacob Gets Isaac’s Blessing, Jacob Flees to Laban, Jacob’s Dream, Jacob Arrives in Paddan Aram, Jacob Marries Leah & Rachel, Jacob’s Children, Jacob’s Flocks Increase 11-2 31:1-35:29 Jacob Flees from Laban, Laban Pursues Jacob, Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau, Jacob Wrestles with God, Jacob Meets Esau, Dinah & Shechemites, Jacob Returns to Bethel, Deaths of Rachel & Isaac 11-9 36:1-41:57 Esau’s Descendants, Joseph’s Dreams, Joseph Sold, Judah & Tamar, Potiphar’s Wife, Cupbearer & Baker, Pharaoh’s Dreams, Joseph in Charge 11-16 42:1-50:26 Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt, Second Journey to Egypt, Silver Cup in Sack, Joseph Makes Himself Known, Jacob Goes to Egypt, Joseph & Famine, Manasseh & Ephraim, Jacob Blesses, Death of Jacob, Joseph Reassures Brothers, Death of Joseph Go to www.mrcc.org/genesis to view and download class materials.
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Schedule
Date Text Topic(s)
9-7 N/A Introduction
9-14 1:1-2-3 Creation #1
9-21 2:4-4:6 Creation #2, Fall, Cain & Abel
9-28 5:1-9:29 Adam to Noah, Flood, Covenant
10-5 10:1-16:16 Table of Nations, Babel, Shem to Abram, Call of Abram, Abram in Egypt, Abram and Lot Separate, Abram Rescues Lot, Covenant with Abram, Hagar & Ishmael
10-12 17:1-20:18 Circumcision, Three Visitors, Pleading for Sodom, S & G Destroyed, Lot & Daughters, Abraham & Abimelech
10-19 21:1-25:18 Birth of Isaac, Hagar & Ishmael Sent Away, Treaty at Beersheba, Abraham Tested, Nahor’s Sons, Death of Sarah, Isaac & Rebekah, Death of Abraham, Ishmael’s Sons
10-26 25:19-30:43 Jacob & Esau, Isaac & Abimelech, Jacob Gets Isaac’s Blessing, Jacob Flees to Laban, Jacob’s Dream, Jacob Arrives in Paddan Aram, Jacob Marries Leah & Rachel, Jacob’s Children, Jacob’s Flocks Increase
11-2 31:1-35:29 Jacob Flees from Laban, Laban Pursues Jacob, Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau, Jacob Wrestles with God, Jacob Meets Esau, Dinah & Shechemites, Jacob Returns to Bethel, Deaths of Rachel & Isaac
11-9 36:1-41:57 Esau’s Descendants, Joseph’s Dreams, Joseph Sold, Judah & Tamar, Potiphar’s Wife, Cupbearer & Baker, Pharaoh’s Dreams, Joseph in Charge
11-16 42:1-50:26 Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt, Second Journey to Egypt, Silver Cup in Sack, Joseph Makes Himself Known, Jacob Goes to Egypt, Joseph & Famine, Manasseh & Ephraim, Jacob Blesses, Death of Jacob, Joseph Reassures Brothers, Death of Joseph
Go to www.mrcc.org/genesis to view and download class materials.
Week One: Introduction
Josh Kingcade
Schedule Date Text Topic(s)
9-7 N/A Introduction
9-14 1:1-2-3 Creation #1
9-21 2:4-4:6 Creation #2, Fall, Cain & Abel
9-28 5:1-9:29 Adam to Noah, Flood, Covenant
10-5 10:1-16:16 Table of Nations, Babel, Shem to Abram, Call of Abram, Abram in Egypt, Abram and Lot Separate, Abram Rescues Lot, Covenant with Abram, Hagar & Ishmael
10-12 17:1-20:18 Circumcision, Three Visitors, Pleading for Sodom, S & G Destroyed, Lot & Daughters, Abraham & Abimelech
10-19 21:1-25:18 Birth of Isaac, Hagar & Ishmael Sent Away, Treaty at Beersheba, Abraham Tested, Nahor’s Sons, Death of Sarah, Isaac & Rebekah, Death of Abraham, Ishmael’s Sons
10-26 25:19-30:43 Jacob & Esau, Isaac & Abimelech, Jacob Gets Isaac’s Blessing, Jacob Flees to Laban, Jacob’s Dream, Jacob Arrives in Paddan Aram, Jacob Marries Leah & Rachel, Jacob’s Children, Jacob’s Flocks Increase
11-2 31:1-35:29 Jacob Flees from Laban, Laban Pursues Jacob, Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau, Jacob Wrestles with God, Jacob Meets Esau, Dinah & Shechemites, Jacob Returns to Bethel, Deaths of Rachel & Isaac
11-9 36:1-41:57 Esau’s Descendants, Joseph’s Dreams, Joseph Sold, Judah & Tamar, Potiphar’s Wife, Cupbearer & Baker, Pharaoh’s Dreams, Joseph in Charge
11-16 42:1-50:26 Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt, Second Journey to Egypt, Silver Cup in Sack, Joseph Makes Himself Known, Jacob Goes to Egypt, Joseph & Famine, Manasseh & Ephraim, Jacob Blesses, Death of Jacob, Joseph Reassures Brothers, Death of Joseph
Background
Relationship to Bible
Part of the Pentateuch (or Torah)
o First five books of Bible
o The foundational text for the Israelites/Jews
Each book presupposes the previous book
o “Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died…” (Ex. 1:6)
o “The Lord called Moses…” (Lev. 1:1)
Leviticus is a response to the events of Ex. 32-33
o “The Lord spoke to Moses…” (Num. 1:1)
o “These are the words Moses spoke…” (Deut. 1:1)
o And beyond the Pentateuch
“After the death of Moses…” (Josh. 1:1)
“After the death of Joshua…” (Judg. 1:1)
“In the days when the judges ruled…” (Ruth 1:1)
Date Historical references
o “At that time the Canaanites were in the land” (12:6); “The Canaanites and Perizzites
were also living in the land at that time” (13:7)
o Laish/Dan (Gen 14:14; Judg. 18:27)
Name changes well after Moses’ time
o “Before any Israelite king reigned” (Gen. 36:31)
Presupposes Israelite monarchy; began during time of Samuel
Final form: probably during exile (mid 6th century B.C.)
Author Moses
o “Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother…’” (Mark 7:10).
o “…Moses wrote you this law” (Mark 10:5).
o “…have you not read in the book of Moses…” (Mark 12:26).
o “Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets
and the Psalms” (Luke 24:44)
o “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law…” (John 1:45).
Others
o See date issues above
o “(Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the
earth.)” (Num 12:3)
o The death of Moses (Deut. 34)
o Perspective: “Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD
knew face to face, who did all those miraculous signs and wonders the LORD sent him to
do in Egypt—to Pharaoh and to all his officials and to his whole land. For no one has
ever shown the mighty power or performed the awesome deeds that Moses did in the
sight of all Israel.” (Num. 34:10-12)
Moses + inspired editors
Genre Not primarily a science book
Not primarily a history book
It is a theology book – it tells us about God.
Content Prologue (1:1-2:3)
Beginnings (2:4-11:32)
o Creation of humans (2:4-25)
o The fall (3:1-24)
o Cain and Abel (4:1-26)
o Genealogy from Adam to Noah (5:1-32)
o Noah (6:1-9:29)
o Table of nations (1:1-32)
o Babel (11:1-9)
o Genealogy from Shem to Abram (11:10-32)
Ancestral Stories (12-36)
o Abraham and Sarah (12:1-23:20)
o Isaac and Rebekah (24:1-26:35)
o Jacob and his wives (27:1-36:43)
The Joseph Story (37-50)
o In his father’s house (37:1-36)
o Interlude: Judah and Tamar (38:1-30)
o In Potiphar’s house (39:1-23)
o In the big house (40:1-41:40)
o In Pharaoh’s house (41:41-50:26)
Themes
The God of Covenant Three promises to Abraham (Gen. 12:1-3)
o Land (12:1)
o Descendants (12:2)
o Blessing to all people (12:2-3)
These play out throughout the entire Pentateuch
The Reason for Things Etiologies
Why does the world work how it does?
How did humans get to be this way?
Why do we speak different languages?
Why do we circumcise baby boys?
How Do We Restore Our Relationship to YHWH? If finalized during exile, the Pentateuch shows people what YHWH expects of them.
Shows how to follow the Law.
God is at Work As the sole character (Gen. 1-2)
As a partner with his creation (Gen. 3-11)
As the driving force (Gen. 12-36)
Behind the scenes (Gen. 37-50)
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Week One: Introduction
Josh Kingcade
Schedule Date Text Topic(s)
9-7 N/A Introduction
9-14 1:1-2-3 Creation #1
9-21 2:4-4:6 Creation #2, Fall, Cain & Abel
9-28 5:1-9:29 Adam to Noah, Flood, Covenant
10-5 10:1-16:16 Table of Nations, Babel, Shem to Abram, Call of Abram, Abram in Egypt, Abram and Lot Separate, Abram Rescues Lot, Covenant with Abram, Hagar & Ishmael
10-12 17:1-20:18 Circumcision, Three Visitors, Pleading for Sodom, S & G Destroyed, Lot & Daughters, Abraham & Abimelech
10-19 21:1-25:18 Birth of Isaac, Hagar & Ishmael Sent Away, Treaty at Beersheba, Abraham Tested, Nahor’s Sons, Death of Sarah, Isaac & Rebekah, Death of Abraham, Ishmael’s Sons
10-26 25:19-30:43 Jacob & Esau, Isaac & Abimelech, Jacob Gets Isaac’s Blessing, Jacob Flees to Laban, Jacob’s Dream, Jacob Arrives in Paddan Aram, Jacob Marries Leah & Rachel, Jacob’s Children, Jacob’s Flocks Increase
11-2 31:1-35:29 Jacob Flees from Laban, Laban Pursues Jacob, Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau, Jacob Wrestles with God, Jacob Meets Esau, Dinah & Shechemites, Jacob Returns to Bethel, Deaths of Rachel & Isaac
11-9 36:1-41:57 Esau’s Descendants, Joseph’s Dreams, Joseph Sold, Judah & Tamar, Potiphar’s Wife, Cupbearer & Baker, Pharaoh’s Dreams, Joseph in Charge
11-16 42:1-50:26 Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt, Second Journey to Egypt, Silver Cup in Sack, Joseph Makes Himself Known, Jacob Goes to Egypt, Joseph & Famine, Manasseh & Ephraim, Jacob Blesses, Death of Jacob, Joseph Reassures Brothers, Death of Joseph
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Background
Relationship to Bible
Part of the P______________________ (or T_______________)
o First f____________ books of Bible
o The f__________________ text for the Israelites/Jews
Each book p____________________ the previous book
Date Historical references
Final form: probably during e___________ (mid 6th century B.C.)
Author M______________
O_______________
M______________ + i_______________ e_______________
Genre Not primarily a s______________ book
Not primarily a h______________ book
It is a t______________ book – it tells us about God.
Content Prologue (1:1-2:3)
Beginnings (2:4-11:32)
o Creation of humans (2:4-25)
o The fall (3:1-24)
o Cain and Abel (4:1-26)
o Genealogy from Adam to Noah (5:1-32)
o Noah (6:1-9:29)
o Table of nations (1:1-32)
o Babel (11:1-9)
o Genealogy from Shem to Abram (11:10-32)
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Ancestral Stories (12-36)
o Abraham and Sarah (12:1-23:20)
o Isaac and Rebekah (24:1-26:35)
o Jacob and his wives (27:1-36:43)
The Joseph Story (37-50)
o In his father’s house (37:1-36)
o Interlude: Judah and Tamar (38:1-30)
o In Potiphar’s house (39:1-23)
o In the big house (40:1-41:40)
o In Pharaoh’s house (41:41-50:26)
Themes
The God of C__________________ Three p_______________ to Abraham (Gen. 12:1-3)
o L_________ (12:1)
o D_________ (12:2)
o B___________ to all p_______________ (12:2-3)
The R_______________ for Things
E________________
How Do We R_________________ Our R__________________ to YHWH?
Shows how to follow the L______________.
God is at W_________________ As the s_________ c__________________ (Gen. 1)
As a p_______________with his c________________ (Gen. 2-11)
As the d_______________ f_______________ (Gen. 12-36)
B______________ the s_______________ (Gen. 37-50)
Week Two: Creation #1 (Gen. 1)
Josh Kingcade
Order and Features
Order
Day 1: Light and dark
Day 2: Sky and water
Day 3: Land and plants
Day 4: Sun, moon, and stars
Day 5: Birds and fish
Day 6: Land animals and humans
Day 7: Rest
Features God speaks
Creation is orderly
God’s verdict on everything? “good”
Humans and animals are vegetarians
Ancient Near-Eastern Worldview
Ancient Near-Eastern Creation Stories Enuma Elish
Atra-Hasis
Lessons Questions Genesis doesn’t try to answer:
o How old is the earth?
o How long did creation take
o How did DNA come about?
Questions Genesis answers well:
o Who created?
o Why?
o What does it mean to be created in God’s image?
Week Two: Creation #1 (Gen. 1)
Josh Kingcade
Order and Features
Order
Day 1: __________ and __________
Day 2: __________ and __________
Day 3: __________ and __________
Day 4: __________, __________, and __________
Day 5: __________ and __________
Day 6: __________ and __________
Day 7: __________
Features God __________
Creation is __________
God’s verdict on everything? “__________”
Humans and animals are __________
Ancient Near-Eastern Worldview
Ancient Near-Eastern Creation Stories Enuma Elish
Atra-Hasis
Lessons Questions Genesis doesn’t try to answer:
o How __________ is the earth?
o How __________ did creation take
o How did __________ come about?
Questions Genesis answers well:
o __________ created?
o __________?
o What does it mean to be created in __________ __________?
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Week Three: Creation #2, The Fall, Cain & Abel (Gen. 2:4-4:16)
Josh Kingcade
Order and Features in Gen. 1
Order Day 1: Light and dark
Day 2: Sky and water
Day 3: Land and plants
Day 4: Sun, moon, and stars
Day 5: Birds and fish
Day 6: Land animals and humans
Day 7: Rest
Features God creates by speaking
Orderly
God is in the heavens, speaking things into existence from far away
Creation of Humans (Gen. 2) Man is formed before shrubs and plants (2:5).
God forms man from the dust and breathes life into him (2:7).
YHWH is getting his hands dirty and is down amongst his creation.
The prohibition: Do not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, or you will die
(2:16-17).
The animals are proposed as helpers first (2:19-20).
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Comparison of Gen. 1 and 2 Gen. 1 Gen. 2
Name Elohim (God) YHWH Elohim (LORD God)
Literary Style Poetry Narrative
Scope Everything Earth
Method Speak Form
Image Sovereign Accommodating
Which forms a complete picture of God.
Relationships in the Garden
God Humans Good
Humans Land Good
Humans Animals Good
Man Woman Good
The Serpent Hebrew word nahash
o Meaning: serpent
o Related to “nehoshet” – copper/bronze?
Moses makes a bronze serpent in the wilderness (Num 21:9)
Hezekiah demolishes it centuries later when it became a fetish and object of
worship (2 Kgs 18:4)
o Or related to “nahash” – to practice divination
o Not talking about the devil; the related words are not used
o The serpent is one of the created beings
The Trees Good and evil in Hebrew thought
o Good = beneficial
o Evil = harmful
The temptation is for humans to know what’s best for them (instead of God)
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Adam is at the tree with Eve.
The Temptation The Immediate Consequences
o Shame (v. 7)
o Fear of Yhwh (v. 8-10)
o Blame (v. 11-12)
The Secondary Consequences
o Statement to Serpent
Cursed among animals (crawl and eat dust)
Conflict between human offspring and serpent offspring
Prophetic message about Jesus?
Future of human/serpent relationship?
o Statement to Woman
Increase pain in childbirth
Desire for husband; he will rule over her
Note: Why have we sought to remedy one of these curses but not the
other?
o Statement to Man
Harder work – ground is cursed
Death
Prophecy in Gen. 3:15 Never cited in the NT as a prediction of Jesus
o Use of Gen 3:15 as prophecy does not occur until 2nd or 3rd century in the church
In Hebrew, victory is not suggested; rather, an ongoing battle (strike/strike)
People who originally read Genesis would understand why humans and animals do not get along
Relationships in the Garden
God Humans Bad
Humans Land Bad
Humans Animals Bad
Man Woman Bad
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YHWH’s Response Grace
Provision
Punishment
NT Uses Adam failed temptation; Jesus beat it (Luke 4).
Adam began the sin cycle; Jesus ended it (Rom. 8).
Deception of Eve is used as basis for gender role distinctions in worship (1 Tim. 2:11-14).
Cain’s Sacrifice Condemned Options:
o Not blood
o Not his best
o Not matched by inner righteousness
o Taken from cursed land
The text gives no reason for Yhwh’s preference, nor is that the point.
Parallels to Adam & Eve Temptation
Hiding from Yhwh
Curse
Grace
Firstborns Firstborn/Older Younger
Cain Abel
Ishmael Isaac
Esau Jacob
Jacob’s 10 oldest sons Joseph
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Week Three: Creation #2, The Fall, Cain & Abel (Gen. 2:4-4:16)
Josh Kingcade
Order and Features in Gen. 1
Order Day 1: Light and dark
Day 2: Sky and water
Day 3: Land and plants
Day 4: Sun, moon, and stars
Day 5: Birds and fish
Day 6: Land animals and humans
Day 7: Rest
Features God creates by ________________
________________
God is in the ________________, speaking things into existence from ________________
Creation of Humans (Gen. 2) Man is formed ________________shrubs and plants (2:5).
God forms man from the ________________and ________ ________into him (2:7).
YHWH is getting his hands ________________and is down amongst his creation.
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The prohibition: Do not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, or you will die
(2:16-17).
The ________________are proposed as helpers first (2:19-20).
Comparison of Gen. 1 and 2 Gen. 1 Gen. 2
Name
Literary Style
Scope
Method
Image
Which forms a ________________________________of God.
Relationships in the Garden
God Humans
Humans Land
Humans Animals
Man Woman
The Serpent Hebrew word ________________
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o Meaning: ________________
o Related to “nehoshet” – ________________/________________?
o Or related to “nahash” – to practice ________________
o Not talking about the ________________; the related words are not used
o The serpent is one of the ________________ ________________
The Trees ________________and ________________in Hebrew thought
o Good = ________________
o Evil = ________________
The temptation is for humans to know what’s ________________for them (instead of God)
________________is at the tree with Eve.
The Temptation The Immediate Consequences
o ________________ (v. 7)
o ________________of Yhwh (v. 8-10)
o ________________ (v. 11-12)
The Secondary Consequences
o Statement to ________________
________________among animals (crawl and eat dust)
o Conflict between ________________offspring and ________________offspring
Prophetic message about ________________?
Future of ________________/________________relationship?
o Statement to ________________
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Increase ________________in childbirth
Desire for ________________; he will rule over her
Note: Why have we sought to remedy one of these curses but not the
other?
o Statement to Man
Harder ________________– ground is cursed
________________
Prophecy in Gen. 3:15 Never cited in the NT as a ________________of ________________
o Use of Gen 3:15 as prophecy does not occur until ________________or
________________century in the church
In Hebrew, ________________is not suggested; rather, an ongoing ________________
(strike/strike)
People who originally read Genesis would understand why humans and animals do not get along
Relationships in the Garden
God Humans
Humans Land
Humans Animals
Man Woman
YHWH’s Response ________________
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________________
________________
NT Uses Adam failed ________________; Jesus beat it (Luke 4).
Adam began the ________________cycle; Jesus ended it (Rom. 8).
Deception of Eve is used as basis for gender role distinctions in ________________ (1 Tim. 2:11-
14).
Cain’s Sacrifice Condemned Options:
o Not ________________
o Not his ________________
o Not matched by inner ________________
o Taken from ________________land
The text gives no ________________for Yhwh’s preference, nor is that the ________________.
Parallels to Adam & Eve ________________
________________from Yhwh
________________
________________
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Week Four: The Flood (Gen. 6-9)
Josh Kingcade
Sons of God and Daughters of Men (6:1-4) Sons of Seth and daughters of Cain
Heavenly beings/angels and human women
o See Job 1:6 for “sons of God” as members of the heavenly council.
o Common belief in ancient times
Prelude to Destruction (6:5-8) Great wickedness
Human heart is evil
God regrets
God will undo creation
o Humans
o Animals
o Birds
o Creatures that move on ground
What has happened?
o “very good” (1:31) has become “I will blot out” (6:7)
o “They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things
rather than the Creator—who is forever praised” (Rom. 1:25 NIV 2011).
Noah Finds favor with God
Righteous, blameless, and walks faithfully with God
600 years old
The bringer of new possibility amidst despair and judgment
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The Flood (6:9-8:19) Earth is corrupt and full of violence.
o Lamech: seventy-sevenfold vengeance
Noah commanded to build ark for him and his seven family members.
Take animals
Springs of deep and floodgates of skies (7:11)
(Russell Pregeant, Reading the Bible for All the Wrong Reasons, 45)
Rain for 40 days and nights
People, animals, creatures that move along the ground, birds (7:23; cf. Gen. 1)
Key verse: God remembered (8:1)
God sends a wind (same word for Spirit of God in Gen. 1:2). o Re-creation!
Noah sends ravens and doves as scouts.
After the Deluge (8:20-9:17) Noah builds an altar.
Noah makes sacrifices.
God makes an unconditional covenant:
o Never again curse ground
Even though humans still evil. Nothing has changed!
o Never destroy all living creatures
o Never again flood the earth
New rules and new reality
o Be fruitful and multiply
o Birds (above), fish (below) and land animals will now fear humans
o Humans are now carnivorous
o No eating blood
o Capital punishment
o Limiting, not enabling (cf. Lamech)
o Eye for an eye
A new sign: rainbow
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God moves
o From judgment to assurance
o From destructive anger to promissory vow
o From law-suit speech to salvation oracle
(Walter Brueggemann, Genesis, 85)
Humanity has not changed; God has.
Gilgamesh 1. Gilgamesh is a brutal king. 2. The people solicit the god Enkidu to overthrow him. 3. Enkidu is “humanized” after a week with a prostitute. 4. Enkidu fights Gilgamesh, but they end up teaming up to fight monsters 5. The goddess Ishtar proposes to Gilgamesh, but he says no. 6. Ishtar kills Gilgamesh’s friend Enkidu 7. Gilgamesh is scared; goes to find the immortal Utnapishtim 8. Utnapishtim tells his story:
1. The god Ea tells Utnapishtim to prepare for a flood, so he builds a boat, deceiving neighbors.
2. When Ea finds out that Utnapishtim and his wife have survived, he makes them immortal, so that no mortals are left after the flood
Noah vs. Gilgamesh What is the motive for the flood?
Why are any mortals saved?
Other Uses Ezekiel 14:12-20
o Not even Noah could make a difference
o Israel is not worth saving
o But God should save it anyway, for God’s own sake
1 Peter 3:17-21
o Floodwaters parallel to waters of baptism
The Sin of Ham Literally saw his father naked
“Slept with” his father
o “You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your
mother; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness. You shall not uncover
the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness” (Lev 18:7-8 ESV)
“Slept with” his mother
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But then, literally “cover him up”
o No known symbolism in this
The symbolic sin explains the curse on Ham’s son, but it does not explain the literal solution.
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Week Four: The Flood (Gen. 6-9)
Josh Kingcade
Sons of God and Daughters of Men (6:1-4) Sons of _______________ and daughters of _______________
Heavenly _______/________ and human _______________
o See Job 1:6 for “sons of God” as members of the heavenly council.
o Common belief in ancient times
Prelude to Destruction (6:5-8) Great _______________
Human heart is _______________
God _______________
God will undo _______________
o Humans
o Animals
o Birds
o Creatures that move on ground
What has happened?
o “very good” (1:31) has become “I will blot out” (6:7)
o “They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things
rather than the Creator—who is forever praised” (Rom. 1:25 NIV 2011).
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Noah Finds _______________ with God
_______________, _______________, and walks _______________ with God
_______________ years old
The bringer of _______________ amidst _______________ and _______________
The Flood (6:9-8:19) Earth is _______________ and full of _______________.
o Lamech: seventy-sevenfold _______________
Noah commanded to build _______________ for him and his _______________ family
members.
Take _______________
_______________ of deep and _______________ of skies (7:11)
(Russell Pregeant, Reading the Bible for All the Wrong Reasons, 45)
Rain for _______________ days and nights
_______________, _______________, _______________ that move along the ground,
_______________ (7:23; cf. Gen. 1)
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Key verse: God _______________ (8:1)
God sends a _______________ (same word for _______________ of God in Gen. 1:2).
o _______________!
Noah sends _______________ and _______________ as scouts.
After the Deluge (8:20-9:17) Noah builds an _______________.
Noah makes _______________.
God makes an _______________ covenant:
o Never again _______________ ground
Even though humans still evil. Nothing has changed!
o Never _______________ all living creatures
o Never again _______________ the earth
New _______________ and new _______________
o Be _______________ and _______________
o Birds (above), fish (below) and land animals will now _______________ humans
o Humans are now _______________
o No eating _______________
o _______________ punishment
o _______________, not _______________ (cf. Lamech)
o _______________ for an _______________
A new sign: _______________
God moves
o From _______________ to _______________
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o From destructive _______________ to promissory _______________
o From law-suit _______________ to salvation _______________
(Walter Brueggemann, Genesis, 85)
Humanity has not _______________; God has.
Gilgamesh
Other Uses Ezekiel 14:12-20
o Not even _______________ could make a difference
o Israel is not worth _______________
o But God should save it anyway, for _______________ own sake
1 Peter 3:17-21
o Floodwaters parallel to waters of _______________
The Sin of Ham _______________ saw his father naked
“_______________” his father
o Lev 18:7-8 ESV
“_______________” his mother
But then, literally “_______________ him up”
o No known _______________ in this
The symbolic sin explains the curse on Ham’s son, but it does not explain the _______________
solution.
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Week Five: Babel, Abram (Gen. 11-16)
Josh Kingcade
Babel (11:1-9) One language and speech
People are scattering geographically
Decide to build a tower reaching to the skies
“Let us make a name for ourselves” (11:4).
o Avoid scattering
YHWH comes down and is concerned
o They speak the same language
o They have a common purpose
YHWH confuses their language
YHWH scatters them
Babel: confused
Questions answered:
o Why are we scattered over the whole earth?
o Why do we speak different languages?
o Why is this place called Babel?
Abram and Sarai (12-16)
Characters Abram
Sarai: Abram’s wife; childless
Pharaoh: title for ruler of Egypt
Lot: Abram’s nephew and closest heir
Kings
Hagar: Abram and Sarai’s maidservant
2
Ishmael: Abram and Hagar’s son; heir to Abram
Call and Promises (12:1-9) Three promises to Abram:
1. Great nation (12:2) 2. Land (12:7) 3. Blessing to all nations (12:2-3)
Promises are unconditional
Lying to Pharaoh (12:10-20)
Family travels to Egypt
Abram afraid for Sarai and for himself
Instructs her to lie o She is his sister o So that he will be treated well! o So that his life will be spared!
Pharaoh takes Sarai
Abram gets livestock and servants
Pharaoh gets a plague
Pharaoh discovers the lie
Pharaoh sends them both away
Splitting Land (13:1-18)
Abram becomes wealthy
But still no heir
o How will he have a great nation?
Abram and Lot have too much wealth and possessions to stay together
Abram gives Lot the choice of new land
YHWH restates his promises to Abram (13:14-17)
Why is Abram being so deferential to Lot?
Rescuing Lot (14:1-24)
Battle in the Valley of Siddim (Dead Sea)
Red Team Blue Team
Amraphel king of Shinar
Arioch king of Ellasar
Kedorlaomer king of Elam o Oppressor (14:4)
Tidal king of Goyim
Bera king of Sodom
Birsha king of Gomorrah
Shinab king of Admah
Shemeber king of Zeboyim
Zoar king of Bela
The red team defeats many other nations
The blue team decides it’s enough
Blue team falls in tar pits
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Red team takes their possessions, as well as Lot (who was living in Sodom)
Abram takes 318 men from his household and recovers Lot and others
Melchizedek the priest blesses Abram
Abram refuses an offer to exchange people for goods with the king of Sodom.
Abram recalls promise not to accept anything
His riches are from YHWH
Why does Abram go after Lot so intensely?
Cutting a Covenant (15:1-21) Abram is skeptical about an heir
YHWH promises a son
“Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness” (15:6; cf. Rom. 4:3)
Abram is skeptical about the land
YHWH cuts a covenant o Elements
Heifer Goat Ram Dove Pigeon
o Action YHWH walks in between the animal carcass halves (15:17)
o Promises Descendants will be enslaved for 400 years Oppressors will be punished Descendants will emerge wealthy Abram will be buried in peace
Making an Heir (Gen. 16:1-16) God has just promised a son
But Sarai can’t have one
So, maybe Abram needs Hagar
Sarai initiates this conversation
Sarai gives Hagar in marriage
Hagar becomes pregnant; despises Sarai
Sarai gets mad
Abram refuses to mediate
Sarai mistreats Hagar
Hagar runs away
Angel instructs her to return
Her son will be Ishmael (YHWH hears)
Wild, scorned, living in hostility
Names a nearby well Beer Lahai Roi (well of the one who sees me)
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Theology Trust
o Does Abram trust God?
Lies to protect his wife
Rescues Lot
Fathers a child with Hagar
The God of covenant
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Week Five: Babel, Abram (Gen. 11-16)
Josh Kingcade
Babel (11:1-9) One __________________ and __________________
People are __________________ geographically
Decide to build a __________________ reaching to the skies
“Let us make a __________________ for ourselves” (11:4).
o Avoid __________________
YHWH comes down and is __________________
o They speak the same __________________
o They have a common __________________
YHWH __________________ their language
YHWH __________________ them
Babel: __________________
Questions answered:
o Why are we __________________ over the whole earth?
o Why do we speak different __________________?
o Why is this place called __________________?
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Abram and Sarai (12-16)
Characters
Abram
Sarai: Abram’s wife; childless
Pharaoh: title for ruler of Egypt
Lot: Abram’s nephew and closest heir
Kings
Hagar: Abram and Sarai’s maidservant
Ishmael: Abram and Hagar’s son; heir to Abram
Call and Promises (12:1-9) Three promises to Abram:
1. Great __________________ (12:2)
2. __________________ (12:7)
3. __________________ to all nations (12:2-3)
Promises are __________________
Lying to Pharaoh (12:10-20) Family travels to __________________
Abram afraid for __________________ and for __________________
Instructs her to __________________
o She is his __________________
o So that __________________ will be treated well!
o So that __________________ life will be spared!
Pharaoh takes __________________
Abram gets __________________ and __________________
Pharaoh gets a __________________
Pharaoh discovers the __________________
Pharaoh __________________ them both away
3
Splitting Land (13:1-18) Abram becomes __________________
But still no __________________
o How will he have a great nation?
Abram and Lot have too much __________________ and __________________ to stay together
Abram gives Lot the choice of new __________________
YHWH restates his __________________ to Abram (13:14-17)
Why is Abram being so __________________ to Lot?
Rescuing Lot (14:1-24)
Battle in the Valley of Siddim (Dead Sea)
Red Team Blue Team
Amraphel king of Shinar
Arioch king of Ellasar
Kedorlaomer king of Elam o Oppressor (14:4)
Tidal king of Goyim
Bera king of Sodom
Birsha king of Gomorrah
Shinab king of Admah
Shemeber king of Zeboyim
Zoar king of Bela
The red team __________________ many other nations
The blue team decides it’s __________________
Blue team falls in __________________ __________________
Red team takes their __________________, as well as __________________ (who was living in
Sodom)
Abram takes __________________ men from his household and recovers __________________
and others
Melchizedek the priest __________________ Abram
Abram refuses an offer to exchange __________________ for __________________ with the
king of Sodom.
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Abram recalls promise not to __________________ anything
His __________________ are from YHWH
Why does Abram go after Lot so __________________?
Cutting a Covenant (15:1-21) Abram is skeptical about an __________________
YHWH promises a __________________
“Abram __________________ the Lord, and he credited it to him as __________________”
(15:6; cf. Rom. 4:3)
Abram is skeptical about the __________________
YHWH cuts a covenant
o Elements
Heifer
Goat
Ram
Dove
Pigeon
o Action
YHWH walks in between the animal carcass halves (15:17)
o Promises
Descendants will be __________________ for 400 years
Oppressors will be __________________
Descendants will emerge __________________
Abram will be __________________ in peace
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Making an Heir (Gen. 16:1-16) God has just promised a __________________
But __________________ can’t have one
So, maybe Abram needs __________________
Sarai __________________ this conversation
Sarai gives Hagar in __________________
Hagar becomes __________________; despises Sarai
Sarai gets __________________
Abram refuses to __________________
Sarai mistreats __________________
Hagar __________________ __________________
Angel instructs her to __________________
Her son will be __________________ (YHWH hears)
Wild, scorned, living in hostility
Names a nearby well _____________ _____________ ________ (well of the one who sees me)
Theology Trust
o Does Abram trust God?
Lies to protect his wife
Rescues Lot
Fathers a child with Hagar
The God of covenant
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Week Six: Abraham to Abimelech (Gen. 17-20)
Grant Testut
Sign of Circumcision • God appears to Abram
• “I am El Shaddai; walk before me and be blameless.” (17:1)
– Reminder of covenant; Abram now 99
– No legal code, but covenantal expectation
• God changes Abram’s name
– Abram = “Exalted Father”
– Abraham = “Father of a Multitude”
• What is new about this promise in Ch. 17?
– “Father of a crowd of nations” (vs. 4)
– “Kings shall come forth from you.” (vs. 6)
– Covenant will extend to future generations (vs. 7)
• Why was circumcision introduced?
– It was a sign of the covenant (vss. 10-11)
– Where have we seen a sign of covenant before?
• Gen. 9:9-17 – The rainbow was a sign of covenant.
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• Circumcision not restricted to Abraham’s line
– Egypt, Arabs, Phoenicians (Jer. 9:25-26; Ez. 28:10)
– Special significance for Abraham’s people
• Penalty for disobedience
– “That soul shall be cut off from its people” (vs. 14)
• Relationship to “cutting” a covenant
• Death sentence? (Ex. 31:14)
• God changes Sarai’s name (vss. 15-16)
– Sarah = “noble/royal lady”
• Abraham laughs (vss. 17-19)
– God gives the name “Isaac” (“He laughs”)
– Provision for Ishmael (vs. 20)
• Abraham obeys
– All the males in the household are circumcised
Three Visitors
• Yahweh appears to Abraham at Mamre (18:1)
– The LORD and two angels (18:22; 19:1)
• Hospitality in Ancient Near East (rd. vss. 1-8)
– No sign that Abraham knew it was God at first
• Bowing and calling one “lord” (humility and respect)
• God’s promise to give Sarah a son
– Sarah laughs (12; cf. 17:17)
– “Is anything too lofty for Yahweh?” (vs. 14)
• God tells Abraham his plan.
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– The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah was great.
• Abraham “bargains” with God
– 50 > 45 > 40 > 30 > 20 > 10
– “Will you even sweep away the righteous with the wicked?!” (vs. 23)
– “I am dust (‘āfār) and ash (’ēfer)”
– Demonstrates Abraham as a blessing to nations
Sodom and Gomorrah
• The two angels arrive at Sodom.
• Lot compels them to stay with him.
• Men of Sodom demand to “know” them.
– “Do not commit evil, my brothers!” (vs. 7)
– Lot offers his daughters
• “They have come into the protection of my roof.” (vs. 8)
• Angels blind the men, lead Lot’s family away
• Lot’s wife looks back – pillar of salt
• Lot and his daughters flee to Zoar.
• Lot’s daughters sleep with him.
– “Let us preserve offspring from our father.” (32)
– Birth of two nations: Moab and Ammon
• Speaks to their relationship with Israelites
• Speaks to the future depravity of these nations
Abraham and Abimelech
• Abraham goes to the Negev
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• He says that Sarah is his sister (cf. 12:10-20)
• Abimelech takes Sarah
• God reproves Abimelech (rd. 20:3-7)
• Abraham prays for Abimelech’s household
– God opens up their wombs – segue to ch. 21
– Abraham becomes a blessing to Abimelech.
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Week Six: Abraham to Abimelech (Gen. 17-20)
Grant Testut
Sign of Circumcision
• God to Abram
• “I am ; me and be .” (17:1)
– Reminder of ; Abram now ________
– No legal code, but ________________________________
• God changes Abram’s ____________
– Abram = ______________________________
– Abraham = _______________________________
• What is new about this promise in Ch. 17?
– “Father of a _______________________________” (vs. 4)
– “ shall come forth .” (vs. 6)
– Covenant will extend to (vs. 7)
• Why was circumcision introduced?
– It was a of the (vss. 10-11)
– Where have we seen a before?
2
• – The was a .
• Circumcision not restricted to ________________________________
– Egypt, Arabs, Phoenicians (Jer. 9:25-26; Ez. 28:10)
– Special for Abraham’s people
• Penalty for disobedience
– “That shall be from its people” (vs. 14)
• Relationship to a covenant
• Death sentence? (Ex. 31:14)
• God changes Sarai’s (vss. 15-16)
– Sarah = _______________________________
• Abraham (vss. 17-19)
– God gives the name “Isaac” (__________________________)
– Provision for (vs. 20)
• Abraham obeys
– All the in the are circumcised
Three Visitors
• Yahweh to Abraham at (18:1)
– The LORD and (18:22; 19:1)
• Hospitality in Ancient Near East (rd. vss. 1-8)
– No sign that Abraham knew at first
• Bowing and calling one “lord” ( and )
• God’s promise to give Sarah _________________
– Sarah (12; cf. 17:17)
– “Is anything too for ?” (vs. 14)
3
• God tells Abraham his plan.
– The of Sodom and Gomorrah was .
• Abraham “bargains” with God
– 50 > 45 > 40 > 30 > 20 > 10
– “Will you even sweep away the with the ?!” (vs. 23)
– “I am and ”
– Demonstrates Abraham as a to ____________
Sodom and Gomorrah
• The two arrive at .
• Lot compels them to .
• Men of Sodom demand to them.
– “Do not , !” (vs. 7)
– Lot offers his __________________
• “They have come into the of my .” (vs. 8)
• Angels the men, Lot’s family away
• Lot’s wife – _________________________
• Lot and his daughters to .
• Lot’s daughters with him.
– “Let us from our father.” (32)
– Birth of two : and ____________
• Speaks to their with Israelites
• Speaks to the future of these _____________
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Abraham and Abimelech
• Abraham goes to _______________
• He says that Sarah is (cf. 12:10-20)
• Abimelech takes __________
• God Abimelech (rd. 20:3-7)
• Abraham for Abimelech’s _________________
– God opens up their – segue to ch. 21
– Abraham becomes a to Abimelech.
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Week Seven: Abraham & Sarah; Isaac & Rebekah (Gen. 21:1-25:18)
Josh Kingcade
Characters Abraham
Sarah
Hagar
Ishmael – son of Abraham and Hagar
Abimelek – king of Gerar
Isaac – son of Abraham and Sarah
Ephron the Hittite – gives cave for burial
Abraham’s servant – goes to get Rebekah
Rebekah – Abraham’s great niece; Isaac’s wife
Laban – Rebekah’s brother
Keturah – Abraham’s new wife (after Sarah’s death)
Birth of Isaac (21:1-7) God fulfills his promise
o “at the very time God had promised him” (Gen. 21:2)
o Abraham is 100 years old
Isaac – “he laughs”
Hagar & Ishmael Sent Away Family rivalry
o Ishmael vs. Isaac
o Hagar vs. Sarah
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Ishmael now seems unnecessary
Hagar feels abandoned
God promises a great nation through Ishmael
“God was with the boy” (21:20)
Treaty at Beersheba Abimelek recognizes God (elohim) at work in Abraham
Abimelek asks for a promise of peace
Dispute over a well
Abraham brings sheep and cattle
“Beersheba” – well of seven, well of the oath
Abraham Tested Issue: Does Abraham trust God?
o Isaac is the promised son
o 22:2 mirrors 12:1
Isaac is probably at least a teenager
o Josephus – 25 years old
o Genesis Rabbah – 37 years old
“We will come back” (22:5); “God will provide a lamb” (22:8) – great faith, or benign deception?
Promises to Abraham confirmed because of Abraham’s faith (22:16ff)
Descendants will
o Be numerous
o Possess enemy cities
o Bless all nations
What kind of God is this?
o God is a bully (mastiff) – Emily Dickinson
o God sets up Abraham to fail as a father – Steven Sultzman
o God is arbitrary – Søren Kierkegaard
o Other possibilities?
God has an ongoing give and take relationship with Abraham
Heb. 11:8-12, 17-19
James 2:21-23
Death of Sarah Sarah is an important character
Dies at age 127
Abraham wants to buy a plot from the Hittites
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The Hittites want to give it to him
He wants the cave of Machphelah, owned by Ephron
Agree to price of 400 shekels
How do the Hittites view Abraham?
Rebekah Abraham asks as servant to get a wife for Isaac
o Is Isaac inept?
Servant goes to Nahor (town or person)
Servant prays to YHWH
o Sign will be a woman who offers water to servant’s camels
Rebekah shows up
o Daughter of Bethuel, son of Milkah, wife of Nahor
Servant offers gold nose ring and two gold bracelets
Servant goes to Rebekah’s house, meets brother Laban and father Bethuel
Servant recounts his mission
Laban and Bethuel respond: “This is from the LORD; we can say nothing to you one way or the
other. Here is Rebekah; take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, as
the LORD has directed” (24:50-51).
Brother and father ask Rebekah when she wants to leave (24:57-58).
o Rebekah is not completely voiceless.
Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death (25:67).
Death of Abraham New wife: Keturah
Six new sons
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But Isaac gets full inheritance
Abraham dies at age 175
Buried alongside Sarah by Isaac and Ishmael
Theology Trust
o Does Abraham trust God?
The God of Covenant
God who is at work in the foreground and background.
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Week Seven: Abraham & Sarah; Isaac & Rebekah (Gen. 21:1-25:18)
Josh Kingcade
Characters Abraham
Sarah
Hagar
Ishmael – son of _____________ and _____________
Abimelek – king of _____________
Isaac – son of _____________ and _____________
Ephron the Hittite – gives _____________ for burial
Abraham’s servant – goes to get _____________
Rebekah – Abraham’s _____________ _____________; Isaac’s _____________
Laban – Rebekah’s _____________
Keturah – Abraham’s _____________ _____________ (after Sarah’s death)
Birth of Isaac (21:1-7) God _____________ his promise
o “at the very time God had promised him” (Gen. 21:2)
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o Abraham is _____________ years old
Isaac – “he _____________”
Hagar & Ishmael Sent Away Family _____________
o _____________ vs. _____________
o _____________ vs. _____________
Ishmael now seems _____________
Hagar feels _____________
God promises a great _____________ through Ishmael
“God was _____________ the boy” (21:20)
Treaty at Beersheba Abimelek recognizes God (elohim) at _____________ in Abraham
Abimelek asks for a _____________ of peace
Dispute over a _____________
Abraham brings _____________ and _____________
“Beersheba” – well of _____________, well of the _____________
Abraham Tested Issue: Does Abraham _____________ God?
o Isaac is the _____________ son
o 22:2 mirrors 12:1
Isaac is probably at least a _____________
o Josephus – _____________ years old
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o Genesis Rabbah – _____________ years old
“We will come back” (22:5); “God will provide a lamb” (22:8) – great _____________, or benign
_____________?
Promises to Abraham _____________ because of Abraham’s _____________ (22:16ff)
Descendants will
o Be _____________
o Possess enemy _____________
o Bless all _____________
What kind of God is this?
o God is a _____________ (mastiff) – Emily Dickinson
o God sets up Abraham to fail as a _____________ – Steven Sultzman
o God is _____________ – Søren Kierkegaard
o Other possibilities?
God has an ongoing _____________ and _____________ relationship with
Abraham
Heb. 11:8-12, 17-19
James 2:21-23
Death of Sarah Sarah is an important _____________
Dies at age _____________
Abraham wants to _____________ a plot from the Hittites
The Hittites want to _____________ it to him
He wants the _____________ of Machphelah, owned by Ephron
Agree to price of _____________ shekels
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How do the _____________ view Abraham?
Rebekah Abraham asks as _____________ to get a wife for Isaac
o Is Isaac _____________?
Servant goes to _____________ (town or person)
Servant _____________ to YHWH
o Sign will be a woman who offers water to servant’s _____________
Rebekah shows up
o Daughter of Bethuel, son of Milkah, wife of Nahor
Servant offers gold _____________ _____________ and two gold _____________
Servant goes to Rebekah’s _____________, meets brother Laban and father Bethuel
Servant recounts his _____________
Laban and Bethuel respond: “This is from the LORD; we can say nothing to you one way or the
other. Here is Rebekah; take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, as
the LORD has directed” (24:50-51).
Brother and father ask Rebekah when she wants to _____________ (24:57-58).
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o Rebekah is not completely _____________.
Isaac was _____________ after his mother’s death (25:67).
Death of Abraham New _____________: Keturah
Six new _____________
But Isaac gets full _____________
Abraham dies at age _____________
Buried alongside Sarah by _____________ and _____________
Theology Trust
o Does Abraham trust God?
The God of _____________
God who is at work in the _____________ and _____________.
Lesson outlines, audio, and video available at www.mrcc.org/genesis
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WeekEight:JacobandEsau(Gen.25:19‐30:43)GrantTestut
TheBirthofJacobandEsau
• Rebekah is barren – challenge to the promise
• Isaac prays; Rebekah becomes pregnant
– Covenant is reaffirmed; Isaac is a blessing
• The twins press against each other (rd. 22‐23)
– “Yahweh said to her, ‘Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples shall diverge
from your insides. One people shall be stronger than the other, and the elder shall
serve the younger.”
‐ Gen. 25:23
• First son – born reddish (Hb. ’admōnī > ’edōm)
‒ “His entirety was like a cloak of hair” (vs. 25)
‒ “Hair” (Hb. śē‘ār) > Mt. Seir (Hb. śē‘īr; cf. Dt. 2:5)
‒ Given the name “Esau”
• Second son – born clutching his heel
‒ Given the name “Jacob” (Hb. ‘āqēb > ya‘aqōb)
‒ Name means “he tricks/undercuts” (cf. 27:36)
2
Esau
• Hunter; “man of the field” (vs. 27)
• Loved by Isaac
– Lit. “For game (/food) in his mouth” (vs. 28)
Jacob
• “A perfect (/civilized?) man”; dwells in tents
• Loved by Rebekah
• Esau comes in from the field/wild weary.
• Jacob is cooking red lentil stew
• “Let me eat some of this red stuff.” (vs. 30)
• “red stuff” – Hb. ’ādōm > ’edōm
• Esau sells his birthright.
IsaacandAbimelech
• Famine in the land
• Isaac goes to Gerar
– Told not to go to Egypt; trusts in the promise
• {Difficulties with the passage:
– Philistines moved into area ca. 1200 B.C.
– Similar story with Abimelech in ch. 20}
• Isaac increases wealth; told to leave (26:16)
• Quarreling over wells:
– ‘ēseq – “contention”
– śiṭnāh – “enmity/accusation”
– reḥōbōth – “spaces”
3
– Isaac shows faith in the LORD and patience
• Abimelech makes a covenant with Isaac
– Isaac and Abimelech “swear” (Hb. shāba‘) an oath
– Be’ēr‐sheba‘ – “Well of Oath”
BlessingandCurse
• Jacob tricks Esau out of his blessing (ch. 27)
• What is a “blessing”?
– The bestowal of good upon someone
• Isaac’s blessing of Jacob; Rd. vss. 27‐29
• Q: What are the major themes of this blessing?
– Blessing of agriculture
– Sovereignty over nations
– Sovereignty over family
– Curse/blessing on others in connection with Jacob
• Isaac’s curse on Esau; Rd. vss. 38‐40
• Q: What are the major themes of this curse?
– Curse on agriculture
– Submission to Jacob
– Eventual rebellion against Jacob (i.e.: Israel)
– Cf. 2 Sam. 8:14; 2 Ki. 8:16‐20
• Esau intends to kill Jacob.
JacobatBethel
• Jacob is sent off to Paddan Aram.
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• {Esau marries an Ishmaelite woman (Mahalath)
– An attempt to regain favor (26:34‐35; 28:6‐9)}
• Jacob has a vision at Luz (stairway to heaven)
• The LORD promises land, offspring, protection
• Jacob makes a shrine – Bethel (28:18‐19)
• Jacob makes a vow to the LORD (vss. 20‐22)
JacobinPaddanAram
• Jacob meets Rachel at a well.
– Example of typology – recurring pattern
– “Leah’s eyes were soft, while Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance.” (29:17)
– “Then Jacob worked for Rachel seven years, and they were as a few days from his
perspective because of his love for her.” (29:20)
• Jacob meets his match: Laban the trickster
• Jacob marries Leah and Rachel
TheChildrenofJacob
• Contest for children b/w Leah and Rachel
• “Yahweh saw that Leah was unloved, so he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.” (29:31)
• Rachel and Leah use maidservants, Bilhah and Zilpah, to gain more children
– Parallels in 14th cent. Nuzi documents (cf. Gen. 16)
• Rd. 30:14‐15
– Mandrake – perceived as aphrodisiac/fertility treatment
• God redeems the situation – Twelve Tribes of Israel
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WeekEight:JacobandEsau(Gen.25:19‐30:43)GrantTestut
TheBirthofJacobandEsau(ch.25:19‐34)
• Rebekah is – to the __________________
• Isaac ; Rebekah becomes __________________
– Covenant is ; Isaac is a ___________________
• The twins each other (rd. 22‐23)
– “Yahweh said to her, ‘ are in your womb, and shall
diverge from your insides. One people shall be stronger than the other, and the
__________ shall serve the .”
‐ Gen. 25:23
• First son – born (Hb. ’admōnī > ’edōm)
‒ “His entirety was like a ” (vs. 25)
‒ (Hb. śē‘ār) > (Hb. śē‘īr; cf. Dt. 2:5)
‒ Given the name ____________________
• Second son – born his ___________
‒ Given the name (Hb. ‘āqēb > ya‘aqōb)
‒ Name means (cf. 27:36)
2
Esau
• ; “man of the ” (vs. 27)
• Loved by ___________
– Lit. “For in his ” (vs. 28)
Jacob
• “A man”; dwells in ________________
• Loved by __________________
• Esau comes in from the field/wild .
• Jacob is cooking ____________
• “Let me eat some of this .” (vs. 30)
• “ ” – Hb. > _______________
• Esau his .
IsaacandAbimelech(ch.26)
• in the _______________
• Isaac goes to __________
– Told not to go to ; trusts in _______________________
• {Difficulties with the passage:
– Philistines moved into area _____________________
– Similar story with Abimelech in _______________}
• Isaac increases ; told to (26:16)
• Quarreling over :
– – “ ”
– – “ ”
– – “ ”
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– Isaac shows in the LORD and _____________________.
• Abimelech makes a with Isaac
– Isaac and Abimelech “ ” ( ) an __________
– – “ ”
BlessingandCurse(ch.27)
• Jacob Esau out of his (ch. 27)
• What is a “blessing”?
– The of upon someone
• Isaac’s of Jacob; Rd. vss. 27‐29
• Q: What are the major themes of this blessing?
– Blessing of _____________________
– over _______________
– over ____________
– on others in connection with ____________
• Isaac’s on Esau; Rd. vss. 38‐40
• Q: What are the major themes of this curse?
– Curse on __________________
– to _____________
– Eventual against ( )
– Cf. 2 Sam. 8:14; 2 Ki. 8:16‐20
• Esau intends to .
JacobatBethel(ch.28)
• Jacob is sent off to .
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• {Esau marries an ( )
– An attempt to (26:34‐35; 28:6‐9)}
• Jacob has a vision at ( )
• The LORD promises , , __________________
• Jacob makes a – (28:18‐19)
• Jacob makes a to (vss. 20‐22)
JacobinPaddanAram(ch.29)
• Jacob meets at a .
– Example of – recurring _______________
– “Leah’s eyes were , while Rachel was beautiful in and .” (29:17)
– “Then Jacob worked for Rachel , and they were as a few days
from his because of his for her.” (29:20)
• Jacob meets his : the trickster
• Jacob marries and _______________
TheChildrenofJacob(ch.30)
• Contest for b/w and _______________
• “Yahweh saw that was , so he opened her , but was
________________.” (29:31)
• Rachel and Leah use , and , to gain more
__________.
– Parallels in 14th cent. Nuzi documents (cf. Gen. 16)
• Rd. 30:14‐15
– Mandrake – perceived as treatment
• God the situation – of Israel
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Week Nine: Jacob, continued (Gen. 31:1-35:29)
Josh Kingcade
Characters Jacob
Laban
Rachel
Leah
Esau
Dinah
Jacob’s sons (Simeon, Levi)
Shechem – resident of land where Jacob’s family settles
Hamor – father of Shechem
Jacob and Laban (31:1-55) Tension between in-laws
YHWH tells Jacob to return home
Jacob packs up family and livestock
Rachel steals Laban’s gods
Why does Laban have idols?
Laban pursues and catches
Jacob has no knowledge of stolen gods
2
Rachel deceives father
Jacob makes his case (31:36-42)
They make a stone structure: “witness heap”
o Serves as memorial and boundary
Jacob Prepares for Esau (32:1-21) Jacob meets angels; calls place Mahanaim (two camps)
Jacob sends messengers with promises of gifts
Esau is coming with 400 men
Jacob divides people and livestock
Jacob prays, recalls promises (32:9-12)
Gifts:
o 200 female goats, 20 male goats
o 200 ewes and 20 rams
o 30 female camels and young
o 40 cows, 10 bulls
o 20 female donkeys, 10 male donkeys
o Sends in multiple waves?
Does Jacob trust God?
Jacob Wrestles God (32:22-32) Jacob wrestles a man overnight
Tie; man disables Jacob’s hip
Jacob Israel (he struggles with God)
Man won’t say his name; blesses Jacob
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Etiology (source story)
o Why don’t Israelites eat tendon attached to hip socket?
Jacob Meets Esau (33:1-20) Jacob _____________ family
Esau runs to _____________
Jacob _____________ family
Esau _____________, then _____________, gifts
Jacob sends Esau _____________; family is too _____________
But doesn’t _____________; goes to _____________ (Shelters)
Pitches tent in _____________ _____________
Dinah and the Shechemites (34:1-31) Jacob’s only _____________
_____________ rapes her; then asks _____________ (Hamor) to get her as wife
Jacob has no _____________
Hamor _____________ with Jacob
Hamor proposes _____________:
o Give _____________ to Shechem
o _____________
o _____________ and _____________ in land
o Name _____________ for bride
Jacob’s _____________ devise a plan:
o Require Shechemites to be _____________
Shechem “loses no _____________” complying
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Hamor and Shechem _____________ other men to be circumcised
o Must be _____________ and _____________
_____________ and _____________ (two full brothers of Dinah) _____________ and
_____________ while men “still in pain”
Jacob _____________, but brothers defend _____________
The House of God (35:1-29) YHWH commands Jacob to build _____________ at Beth El (House of God)
Jacob purges _____________ of foreign gods
o Why do they have them?
Builds altar at _____ _____________ (God of Bethel)
YHWH _____________ and _____________ name and promises
Rachel has another son, Ben-Oni (_____________)
Buried on way to _____________
Isaac dies at _____________; buried by _____________ and _____________
Theology Trust
o Does Jacob trust God?
_____________ people
The God who _____________ promises
_____________
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Week Nine: Jacob, continued (Gen. 31:1-35:29)
Josh Kingcade
Characters Jacob
Laban
Rachel
Leah
Esau
Dinah
Jacob’s sons (Simeon, Levi)
Shechem – resident of land where Jacob’s family settles
Hamor – father of Shechem
Jacob and Laban (31:1-55) Tension between in-laws
YHWH tells Jacob to return home
Jacob packs up family and livestock
Rachel steals Laban’s gods
Why does Laban have idols?
Laban pursues and catches
Jacob has no knowledge of stolen gods
2
Rachel deceives father
Jacob makes his case (31:36-42)
They make a stone structure: “witness heap”
o Serves as memorial and boundary
Jacob Prepares for Esau (32:1-21) Jacob meets angels; calls place Mahanaim (two camps)
Jacob sends messengers with promises of gifts
Esau is coming with 400 men
Jacob divides people and livestock
Jacob prays, recalls promises (32:9-12)
Gifts:
o 200 female goats, 20 male goats
o 200 ewes and 20 rams
o 30 female camels and young
o 40 cows, 10 bulls
o 20 female donkeys, 10 male donkeys
o Sends in multiple waves?
Does Jacob trust God?
Jacob Wrestles God (32:22-32) Jacob wrestles a man overnight
Tie; man disables Jacob’s hip
Jacob Israel (he struggles with God)
Man won’t say his name; blesses Jacob
3
Etiology (source story)
o Why don’t Israelites eat tendon attached to hip socket?
Jacob Meets Esau (33:1-20) Jacob _____________ family
Esau runs to _____________
Jacob _____________ family
Esau _____________, then _____________, gifts
Jacob sends Esau _____________; family is too _____________
But doesn’t _____________; goes to _____________ (Shelters)
Pitches tent in _____________ _____________
Dinah and the Shechemites (34:1-31) Jacob’s only _____________
_____________ rapes her; then asks _____________ (Hamor) to get her as wife
Jacob has no _____________
Hamor _____________ with Jacob
Hamor proposes _____________:
o Give _____________ to Shechem
o _____________
o _____________ and _____________ in land
o Name _____________ for bride
Jacob’s _____________ devise a plan:
o Require Shechemites to be _____________
Shechem “loses no _____________” complying
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Hamor and Shechem _____________ other men to be circumcised
o Must be _____________ and _____________
_____________ and _____________ (two full brothers of Dinah) _____________ and
_____________ while men “still in pain”
Jacob _____________, but brothers defend _____________
The House of God (35:1-29) YHWH commands Jacob to build _____________ at Beth El (House of God)
Jacob purges _____________ of foreign gods
o Why do they have them?
Builds altar at _____ _____________ (God of Bethel)
YHWH _____________ and _____________ name and promises
Rachel has another son, Ben-Oni (_____________)
Buried on way to _____________
Isaac dies at _____________; buried by _____________ and _____________
Theology Trust
o Does Jacob trust God?
_____________ people
The God who _____________ promises
_____________
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Week Ten: Joseph (Gen. 37:1-41:57)
Josh Kingcade
Characters Joseph
Jacob
Joseph’s Brothers
o Reuben
o Judah
Midianites – group that buys Joseph
Potiphar – high-ranking Egyptian official; captain of the guard
Potiphar’s wife
Cupbearer – joins Joseph in prison; has dream
Baker – same as above
Pharaoh – ruler of Egypt
Manasseh – “he forgets” – Joseph’s first son
Ephraim – “twice fruitful” – Joseph’s second son
Outline Joseph in
o His father’s house (37:1-36)
Interlude – Judah and Tamar (38:1-30)
o Potiphar’s house (39:1-23)
o The big house (40:1-23)
o Pharaoh’s house (41:1-57)
Father’s House (37:1-36) Eleventh of twelve children
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Special from before birth o “22 Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and opened her womb. 23She
became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, ‘God has taken away my disgrace.’ 24 She named him Joseph, and said, ‘May the LORD add to me another son.’” (Gen 30:22-24)
o Barren/trouble conceiving = special child
Name means “May Yahweh add”
“handsome and good-looking” (Gen 39:6)
Joseph is 17 years old
Tattles on his older brothers
Has an “ornate robe” from father
Brothers are resentful
Joseph’s first dream
o Joseph’s sheaf rises, and brothers’ sheaves bow down
o Brothers “hated him all the more”
Joseph’s second dream
o Sun, moon, and eleven stars (brothers) bow down to Joseph
Jacob rebukes Joseph for telling his dream
o Brothers jealous; Jacob “keeps matter in mind”
Jacob sends Joseph to check on brothers
Meets brothers at Dothan
Brothers conspire to kill him
o “Here comes this dreamer” (19)
o Kill him, throw him in pit
o Say a wild animal killed him
o Reuben’s modification: don’t kill, just throw in pit
(Reuben plotted to rescue Joseph later)
o Judah’s modification: don’t kill, sell to others
Jacob heartbroken
Joseph sold to Potiphar – one of Pharoah’s officials
Potiphar’s House (39:1-23) “The Lord was with Joseph” (2)
o Potiphar saw this (3)
Joseph administers Potiphar’s house (4-6)
Potiphar’s house receives blessings because of Joseph (5) o Promise to Abraham – blessing to all nations (Gen. 12:3ff)
Potiphar’s wife (unnamed) o “Approaches” Joseph o Joseph refuses o Finally, Joseph runs off o Potiphar’s wife has piece of garment o Accuses Joseph of rape
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o Joseph thrown in prison
“The Lord was with Joseph” (21)
Joseph administers the prison (22)
“…the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper.” (23)
The Big House (40:1-23) Cupbearer and baker thrown in prison
Each has a dream
No one to interpret
Joseph: “interpretations belong to God”
Cupbearer o Vine o Three branches o Budded, blossomed, and turned into grapes o Squeeze grapes into Pharaoh’s Cup o Interpretation:
Three branches = three days Pharaoh will “lift up your head” and restore you
Baker o Three baskets of bread o Top basket has all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh o Birds ate baked goods o Interpretation
Three baskets = three days Pharaoh will “lift up (off) your head” and impale body on pole Birds will eat flesh
Dreams come true
Cupbearer “did not remember Joseph; he forgot him” (22)
Pharaoh’s House (41:1-57) Two years later, Pharaoh has a dream
o Seven fat cows emerge from Nile o Then, seven skinny cows eat the fat cows
Second dream o Seven healthy heads of grain growing on stalk o Then, seven thin, scorched heads grow o Scorched heads eat healthy heads
Pharaoh’s magicians and wise men are unable to interpret (cf. Exod. 8:18)
Cupbearer remembers Joseph
“I cannot do it, but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires” (16)
Interpretation o Seven good years o Seven years of famine
“Let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and put him in charge of the land of Egypt” (33)
“Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God (or the gods)?” (38)
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“…there is no one so discerning and wise as you” (39)
Joseph gets a wife
Joseph is now thirty years old
Has two sons before famine: Manasseh and Ephraim
“All the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph” during famine (57)
Theology
The Lord was with Joseph God: present under the surface
Joseph does not consult God o First reason to spurn Potiphar’s wife: practical, not theological
God is working, even when it is not apparent o “Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good…” (Gen. 50:20) o “The human mind plans the way, but the LORD directs the steps” (Prov. 16:9)
Joseph as a Wise Man Dreams/dream interpretation
Capable administrator
Spurns the “strange woman” (Prov. 2:16; 5:20; 6:24; 7:5; 23:27)
o See esp. Prov. 6:23-29
“Wise”/ “Wisdom” (Gen 41:8, 33, 39)
o Pharaoh sends for all the “wise men” (8)
o Joseph tells Pharaoh to look for a “wise man” (33)
o Pharaoh: “there is no one as discerning and wise as [Joseph]” (39)
Genesis portrays Joseph as a model wise man
Joseph demonstrates the “twin virtues of outspokenness and good counsel – precisely the
qualities upon which the wisdom-teachers continually insist.”
o (Gerhard von Rad, The Joseph Narrative and Ancient Wisdom).
Questions How do we view God’s work in the world and in our lives?
What do we do with people like Joseph?
How does favoritism affect a family?
o Jacob was favored by his mother
o Jacob turns around and favors Joseph
How does deception affect a family?
o Jacob deceived his father
o Jacob is deceived by his sons
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Week Ten: Joseph (Gen. 37:1-41:57)
Josh Kingcade
Characters Joseph
Jacob
Joseph’s Brothers
o Reuben
o Judah
Midianites – group that __________ Joseph
Potiphar – high-ranking __________ official; __________ of the guard
Potiphar’s wife
Cupbearer – joins Joseph in __________; has __________
Baker – same as above
Pharaoh – __________ of Egypt
Manasseh – “he __________” – Joseph’s first son
Ephraim – “twice __________” – Joseph’s second son
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Outline Joseph in
o His __________ house (37:1-36)
Interlude – Judah and Tamar (38:1-30)
o __________ house (39:1-23)
o The __________ house (40:1-23)
o __________ house (41:1-57)
Father’s House (37:1-36) __________ of __________ children
__________ from before birth
o “22 Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and opened her womb. 23She
became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, ‘God has taken away my
disgrace.’ 24 She named him Joseph, and said, ‘May the LORD add to me another son.’”
(Gen 30:22-24)
o Barren/trouble conceiving = special child
Name means “May Yahweh __________”
“__________ and __________ -__________” (Gen 39:6)
Joseph is __________ years old
__________ on his older brothers
Has an “____________________” from father
Brothers are __________
Joseph’s first dream
o Joseph’s sheaf __________, and brothers’ sheaves __________ __________
o Brothers “__________ him all the more”
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Joseph’s second dream
o Sun, moon, and eleven stars (brothers) __________ __________ to Joseph
Jacob __________ Joseph for telling his dream
o Brothers __________; Jacob “keeps matter __________ __________”
Jacob sends Joseph to __________ on brothers
Meets brothers at __________
Brothers conspire to __________ him
o “Here comes this dreamer” (19)
o Kill him, throw him in __________
o Say a __________ __________ killed him
o Reuben’s modification: don’t __________, just throw in __________
(Reuben plotted to __________ Joseph later)
o Judah’s modification: don’t __________, __________ to others
Jacob __________
Joseph sold to __________ – one of __________ officials
Potiphar’s House (39:1-23) “The Lord was __________ Joseph” (2)
o Potiphar saw this (3)
Joseph __________ Potiphar’s house (4-6)
Potiphar’s house receives __________ because of Joseph (5)
o Promise to Abraham – __________ to all nations (Gen. 12:3ff)
Potiphar’s wife (unnamed)
o “__________” Joseph
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o Joseph __________
o Finally, Joseph __________ __________
o Potiphar’s wife has piece of __________
o Accuses Joseph of __________
o Joseph thrown in __________
“The Lord was w__________ ith Joseph” (21)
Joseph __________ the prison (22)
“…the Lord was __________ him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it __________.” (23)
The Big House (40:1-23) __________ and __________ thrown in prison
Each has a __________
No one to __________
Joseph: “interpretations belong to __________”
Cupbearer
o __________
o Three __________
o Budded, blossomed, and turned into __________
o Squeeze grapes into __________ Cup
o Interpretation:
Three __________ = three __________
Pharaoh will “lift up your head” and __________ you
Baker
o Three __________ of bread
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o Top basket has all kinds of __________ __________ for Pharaoh
o __________ ate baked goods
o Interpretation
Three __________ = three __________
Pharaoh will “lift up (off) your head” and __________ body on __________
__________ will eat flesh
Dreams __________ __________
Cupbearer “did not __________ Joseph; he __________ him” (22)
Pharaoh’s House (41:1-57) Two years later, __________ has a dream
o Seven __________ __________ emerge from Nile
o Then, seven __________ __________ eat the __________ __________
Second dream
o Seven __________ __________ of grain growing on stalk
o Then, seven __________, __________ __________ grow
o __________ __________ eat __________ __________
Pharaoh’s __________ and __________ __________ are unable to interpret (cf. Exod. 8:18)
Cupbearer __________ Joseph
“I cannot do it, but __________ will give Pharaoh the answer he desires” (16)
Interpretation
o Seven __________ years
o Seven years of __________
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“Let Pharaoh look for a __________ and __________ man and put him in charge of the land of
Egypt” (33)
“Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the __________ __________ __________ (or
the gods)?” (38)
“…there is no one so __________ and __________ as you” (39)
Joseph gets a __________
Joseph is now __________ years old
Has __________ __________ before famine: __________ and __________
“______________________________ came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph” during famine
(57)
Theology
The Lord was with Joseph God: present under the __________
Joseph __________ __________ __________ God
o First reason to spurn Potiphar’s wife: practical, not theological
God is __________, even when it is not __________
o “Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good…” (Gen. 50:20) o “The human mind plans the way, but the LORD directs the steps” (Prov. 16:9)
Joseph as a Wise Man Dreams/dream __________
Capable __________
Spurns the “____________________” (Prov. 2:16; 5:20; 6:24; 7:5; 23:27)
o See esp. Prov. 6:23-29
“__________”/ “__________” (Gen 41:8, 33, 39)
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o Pharaoh sends for all the “wise men” (8)
o Joseph tells Pharaoh to look for a “wise man” (33)
o Pharaoh: “there is no one as discerning and wise as [Joseph]” (39)
Genesis portrays Joseph as a __________ __________ __________
Joseph demonstrates the “twin virtues of __________ and __________ __________ – precisely
the qualities upon which the wisdom-teachers continually insist.”
o (Gerhard von Rad, The Joseph Narrative and Ancient Wisdom).
Questions How do we view God’s work in the world and in our lives?
What do we do with people like Joseph?
How does favoritism affect a family?
o Jacob was favored by his mother
o Jacob turns around and favors Joseph
How does deception affect a family?
o Jacob deceived his father
o Jacob is deceived by his sons
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Week Eleven: Joseph, Part 2 (Gen. 42:1-50:26)
Josh Kingcade
Characters Joseph
Joseph’s Brothers
Simeon – left as collateral
Benjamin – proof of brothers’ intentions; captive to Joseph
Judah – leads the brothers back to Egypt
Jacob
Manasseh & Ephraim – Joseph’s sons
Outline Joseph and his brothers (42-45)
Loose ends (46-50)
Joseph and His Brothers Jacob sends sons to Egypt for food
o Benjamin stays behind
Joseph’s brothers arrive and bow to him
Joseph hides his identity; treats them harshly
o Accuses them of being spies three times
o First request: Send one home to get youngest brother
Prison for three days
Modified request: leave one and others go to get youngest
Brothers think they’re being punished for their earlier actions toward Joseph
2
Simeon is bound over to Joseph
Joseph returns their silver gifts
Jacob won’t send Benjamin; would rather lose Simeon
Need more food, so must return
Judah takes the lead
Joseph treats brothers better
o Feast
o Gives Simeon back
Joseph asks about father and Benjamin
o Overcome with emotion; must leave room
Joseph deceives
o Hides silver cup in Benjamin’s sack
o Judah defends; tells about father (44:18-34)
Joseph dismisses attendants
Discloses his identity to brothers
Brothers are terrified
Joseph: “it was to save lives that God sent me…” (45:5-7)
Sends for family
Pharaoh provides
Tying Up Loose Ends Jacob comes to Egypt
o “I will make you into a great nation there.” (46:3)
Jacob blesses Pharaoh (47:10)
Joseph accepts people’s livestock and land in exchange for food
o Helps Pharaoh build the empire that will oppress Joseph’s people
Jacob grows ill; wants to be buried in homeland
Joseph takes sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, to Jacob for blessing
Jacob blesses Ephraim more; Joseph displeased
o Deception in blessing (Isaac, Jacob, and Esau)
Jacob gives extended blessing to all children
Jacob dies; buried by sons
Joseph reassures brothers (50:20)
Joseph dies at 110; embalmed in Egypt.
Theology Has Joseph forgiven his brothers?
o Is there a place for vengeance in forgiveness?
God’s overall plan vs. human vantage points
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Week Eleven: Joseph, Part 2 (Gen. 42:1-50:26)
Josh Kingcade
Characters Joseph
Joseph’s Brothers
Simeon – left as _________________
Benjamin – _________________of brothers’ intentions; captive to Joseph
Judah – _________________the brothers back to Egypt
Jacob
Manasseh & Ephraim – Joseph’s sons
Outline Joseph and his brothers (42-45)
Loose ends (46-50)
Joseph and His Brothers Jacob sends sons to Egypt for _________________
o _________________stays behind
Joseph’s brothers arrive and _________________to him
2
Joseph hides his _________________; treats them _________________
o Accuses them of being _________________three times
o First request: __________________________________home to get
__________________________________
Prison for three days
Modified request: __________________________________and others go to get youngest
Brothers think they’re being _________________for their earlier actions toward Joseph
_________________is bound over to Joseph
Joseph returns their __________________________________
Jacob won’t send _________________; would rather lose _________________
Need more _________________, so must _________________
_________________takes the lead
Joseph treats brothers _________________
o _________________Gives _________________back
Joseph asks about _________________and _________________
o Overcome with _________________; must leave room
Joseph _________________
o Hides __________________________________in Benjamin’s sack
o _________________defends; tells about father (44:18-34)
Joseph _________________attendants
Discloses his _________________to brothers
Brothers are _________________
Joseph: “it was to save lives that God sent me…” (45:5-7)
Sends for _________________
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Pharaoh _________________
Tying Up Loose Ends _________________comes to Egypt
o “I will make you into a great nation there.” (46:3)
Jacob _________________Pharaoh (47:10)
Joseph accepts people’s _________________and _________________in exchange for food
o Helps Pharaoh build the _________________that will oppress Joseph’s people
Jacob grows ill; wants to be buried in _________________
Joseph takes _________________, Manasseh and Ephraim, to _________________for blessing
Jacob blesses _________________more; Joseph _________________
o _________________in blessing (Isaac, Jacob, and Esau)
Jacob gives __________________________________to all children
Jacob _________________; buried by _________________
Joseph _________________brothers (50:20)
Joseph dies at 110; _________________in Egypt.
Theology Has Joseph _________________his brothers?
o Is there a place for _________________in forgiveness?
God’s overall _________________vs. human __________________________________
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