Jacob Works to Provide for His Own Household
Genesis 30:25-43
I. Jacob Knows it is Time to Leave (vs. 25-30)
a. Where does Jacob ask Laban to allow him to depart to go to?
b. Who does Jacob fully intend to take with him?
c. What fact does Jacob remind Laban of as incentive to let him go?
d. What has Laban learned by experience that really makes him want to keep Jacob in his service?
e. What amount does it seem Laban is willing to pay to keep Jacob working for him?
f. What has Jacob observed during his service to Laban regarding Laban’s accumulation of wealth?
g. What point does Jacob present that shows the status quo will have change?
II. Jacob’s Wages (vs. 31-36)
a. What is agreed upon that would be Jacob’s wages?
b. Does Laban seem excited about the deal? (See vs. 34)
c. Who removes the speckled, spotted, streaked, and brown livestock from the flock and moves them three days apart?
Why?
III. Jacob Becomes Very Prosperous (vs. 37-43)
a. What does Jacob do with rods of almond and chestnut trees while tending Laban’s flocks?
b. What was taking place during the watering of the flocks? (vs. 39)
c. Did Jacob make a distinction between any of the sheep and goats as to whether he used the peeled rods or not?
d. Did Jacob cheat and put his specked, spotted, or brown rams etc. with the flock of Laban?
APPLICATION: How does Romans 8:31 fit with today’s study?
