Questions July 14 – Genesis 30:
1. What has God been teaching you this week?
2. What questions were raised by the text and or teaching this week?
3. In the beginning of Chapter 30 we read that Rachel was Jealous and Jacob became Angry……Often we focus on behavior, we focus on whether it is right or wrong. Would you say God is more interested in our behavior or our attitude/emotion?
4. We read that Sarah gave Hagar to Abraham to have a heir. In chapter 30 we read that Rachel and Leah gave their servants to Jacob…..is this the same thing, or something different? Why do you say so? And, what is the similarity and difference between the birthright story with Jacob and Esau and the Mandrake story with Rachel and Leah?
5. Laban said he learned by “Divination” that the Lord had blessed him. What does this mean to you? What does this teach us about God?
6. What can we learn from the story of the spotted and streaked Animals?
7. How can we be praying for you this week?