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BIBLE
WOMEN
LESSON
4
Of
the Old Testament
Patriarchal
Age
Abraham
to Exodus
430
years; Gen 12 to Ex 14
PERIOD
OF PREPARATION
SARAH—PRINCESS
(continued)
1.
At the time of her death, how old
was Sarah (23:1)?
2.
Where did she spend the end of her
life (23:2a)?
3.
How did her death affect Abraham
(23:2b)?
4.
Describe the surroundings of
Sarah’s burying place (23:17, 19).
POINTS
TO PONDER:
1.
Abraham and Sarah were the
“parents” of what nation (Isa 51:2)?
A.
Notice the promise that was made
and fulfilled here (Gen 17:16b)?
B.
Though they are fleshly parents to
the nation of
C.
What key word did the Jews
misunderstand in the passage mentioned above?
2.
What covenant did Sarah represent
(Gal 4:22-31)?
A.
What blessings grew out of her
barrenness (Isa 54:1; Gal 4:27)?
B.
Being impatient with delayed
promises, what did she do (Gen 16:1-3)?
3.
How did she respect her husband (1
Pet 3:3-6)?
A.
What lesson should Christian wives
or mothers learn from this?
B.
How did Abraham order his house
(Gen 18:18-19)?
4.
What price did Sarah pay for
introducing polygamy (Gen 16:4-6; 21:9)?
5.
What had God commanded from the
beginning (Mat 19:4, 5: Mal 2:14-16)?
6.
What was her great contribution to
the world (Gen 3:15; Gal 4:28)?
7.
Discuss how Sarah had
“children” (Gen 21:7; 16:, 2).
HAGAR—WANDERING
(uncertain Egyptian meaning—not a
Hebrew name)
1.
What nationality was she? What was
her relationship to Sarah (16:1)?
2.
How was she corrupted by becoming
Abraham’s wife (16:4)?
A.
How did her mistress deal with her
(16:6)?
B.
Was it Abraham’s fault that
Hagar was lifted up with pride?
C.
How did he clear himself (16:6)?
3.
What did Hagar do because of the
harsh treatment (16:6b)?
A.
Who found her, and what were his
words to her (16:7-9)?
B.
What was the prophecy concerning
the child to be born (16:10-12)?
C.
How did Hagar speak about the
angel who appeared to her (16:13-14)?
4.
Whose child was now born to her
(16:15)?
A.
What was to be his disposition and
that of his posterity (16:10-12)?
B.
What does the name Ishmael
mean (16:11)?
i.
Give Job’s description of the
wild ass (Job 39:5-8).
ii.
How does this fit the description
of the Ishmaelites (37:25)?
C.
How many princes were to come out
of his loins (17:20b)?
D.
What nation came from him (17:20;
37:25)?
E.
What are the Ishmaelites called
today? [fleshly descendents are Arabians; their religion is Muslim] Gen.
25:13-18 & 25 describes the land inhabited by the Arabs today.
5.
What is meant by “he shall dwell
in the presence of his brethren” (16:12)?
A.
The Hebrew word for presence
literally means face.
B.
What happens when someone is
always in your face?
C.
It may refer to the constant feuds
between Jews and Arabs.
D.
To whom was Joseph sold (37:28)?
6.
Nothing more is said of Hagar’s
pride, but what of her son’s (21:9)?
A.
What was to be done with Hagar and
her son because of his action (21:10)?
B.
How did this affect Abraham
(21:11)?
C.
How id God make the ordeal easier
for Abraham (21:12-13)?
D.
Read the account of how Hagar and
Ishmael were sent away (21:14-21)?
7.
Hagar represents what covenant
(Gal 4:24-25)?
8.
The end of the covenant is
pictured by casting her out (Gal 4:25, 30).
KETURAH—PERFUMED
OR FRAGRANCE
1.
To whom was she married (25:1)?
2.
How many sons did she bear (25:2)?
3.
Did Abraham divide his estate with
all his children?
A.
To whom did he give it (25:5)?
B.
Before sending the others away,
what did he do (25:6)?
4.
Some consider this portion of
Abraham’s life to be out of sequence in time. If this is according to
sequence, approximately how old was Abraham at this time?
A.
He was 86 when Ishmael was born
(Gen 16:16).
B.
He was 100 when Isaac was born
(Gen 17:17).
C.
Sarah was 90 when Isaac was born
(17:17) and 127 when she died (Gen 23:1).
D.
Abraham was 137 when Sarah died
and 175 when he died (Gen 25:7)?
E.
He lived another 38 years after
Sarah died.