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AGE: 8 - 9
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LESSON – 3
JACOB
WRESTLES WITH GOD
Jacob was the son of Isaac and Rebekah. He had an
elder twin brother named Esau. As the firstborn son of Isaac, Esau had a special
privilege called the birthright. Jacob wanted to have that birthright, so
he made Esau to sell his birthright for a bowl of red stew. Later, he deceived
his father Isaac and received Esau’s special blessings also. Esau got very
angry and wanted to kill Jacob. Jacob escaped from Esau and went to his uncle
Laban’s house at Haran.
Jacob wanted to marry one of his uncle's daughters
named Rachel. But his uncle tricked him into marrying another daughter named
Leah. The deceiver was deceived. Jacob lived in Haran for many years, where his
uncle made him to do much hard work. So, one day he decided to return to his
father’s house with his family.
Jacob was not sure how his brother Esau would
receive him. That night, Jacob and his family came near a brook named Jabok. Brook
means a “small stream”. Jacob got them all across to the other side, but he
stayed behind.
Suddenly, he came face to face with a man who wrestled with him all night. When the man could not overcome Jacob, he touched Jacob’s thigh and it became twisted. When dawn came, the man could not win, so he said, "Let me go for the dawn is breaking." But Jacob answered, "I will not let you go until you bless me." The man asked for Jacob’s name and Jacob told him his name. The man said that he would no longer be called Jacob, but he would be called Israel, because he had wrestled with God and won.
Jacob asked the man his name, the man asked Jacob why he wanted to know his name and he blessed Jacob. Jacob realised that he had wrestled with God all night. Jacob named that place Peniel, which meant "face of God" because he had seen God face to face, but his life had been spared. Jacob had tried in many ways to be blessed, sometimes through cheating and other times through working hard. But he realized that a person could be truly blessed only by God.
Bible Reference: Genesis 32
Memory verse: The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it. (Proverbs 10:22 NKJV)
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ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES
Answer
the following questions:
1. Who wanted
to kill Jacob?
...................................................
2. To whose
house did Jacob go to in Haran?
....................................................
3. What was the name of the brook where
Jacob stayed
behind? ....................................................
4. What was the new name given to Jacob?
....................................................
5. What does “Peniel” mean?
....................................................
Fill in the
blanks:
1. Jacob made Esau sell
his ..................... for a bowl of red stew
2. Near the brook of
Jabok, a man .............. with Jacob all night.
3. When the man could not
overcome Jacob, he touched Jacob’s .................. and it became twisted.
4. Jacob was called
Israel, because he had wrestled with .......... and won.
5. Jacob named the place
where he had wrestled with a man as ......................
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