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BIBLE WOMEN
LESSON 5
Of
the Old Testament
Patriarchal
Age
Abraham
to Exodus
430
years; Gen 12 to Ex 14
PERIOD
OF PREPARATION
1.
Why did she and her husband choose to live in the plain
of Jordan (13:10-11)?
A.
After this where did they live (13:12b)?
B.
Did they consider that they could be corrupted (1 Cor 15:33)?
C.
Finally where did they move (13:12)?
D.
What were the cities of the plain like (13:13)?
E.
How did this environment affect their children (19:13-14)?
F.
What is said of
2.
Who was taken captive when the five kings came to make
war (14:1-2, 12)?
A.
Who was so unselfish in his rescue of this family (14:14, 16)?
B.
Who was recruited to be in his “army” (14:14)?
C.
Think of the faith of these who would stand against five
ungodly kings.
D.
Though it seems incredible, where did she and her husband and
family resettle (19:1b)?
3.
She and her husband showed hospitality to whom (19:1-3;
Heb 13:2)?
A.
What do the men of the city try to do to the guests (19:5-11)?
B.
Who are these guests (18:20-21; 19:1)?
C.
What message of doom did the angels deliver (19:12-13)?
D.
Was her husband’s warning accepted (19:14)?
4.
To escape, she and her family were urged to do what
(19:16)?
A.
Too many physical attachments caused them to do what (19:16a)?
B.
Finally, how were they forced out of the city (19:16b)?
C.
What were they told to do after they were out of the city
(19:17)?
5.
What happened to
A.
How were the wicked cities destroyed (19:24-25)?
B.
Speaking of
THINGS
TO CONSIDER:
1.
What two major lessons can we learn from the statement
concerning
A.
[watchfulness for the Day of Judgment]
B.
[not loving the world nor the things of the world (1 John
2:15)]
2.
To teach unflinching loyalty, what warning did he give
(Luke 17:32)?
A.
God does not tolerate deliberate disobedience in anyone (Num
20:8a, 10-12).
B.
What caused
C.
Was it possible that it was the same quality of heart, which
caused her to be unable to leave the city without being forced?
3.
Name the dangers of evil associations (1 Cor 15:33).
4.
Name the dangers of getting involved with worldly people
(Luke 16:15).
5.
What price did Lot pay for his fleshly choices (13:11-13;
19:26)?
6.
What lessons on hospitality may be imitated (Heb 13:2)?
7.
Should we encourage our husbands to choose a career in a
wicked city where Christianity will be smothered?
1.
When
2.
How did the angel get them out of
3.
Where did these girls go after the destruction of their
city? Why (19:30)?
A.
Did their father displease God in making this move (19:17-22;
Num 22:9-12; 15-22)?
B.
Even though God allowed men not to obey his original command,
is he necessarily pleased (Num 22:32-33)?
C.
How displeased was God (Gen 19:30)?
D.
Why did Lot fear to live in the city God planned to destroy?
4.
Read without comment, the incestuous conduct of
A.
Is it ever right to do evil that good may come (Rom 3:8)? Any
thought or procedure toward such is always sinful; the end will never justify
the means.
B.
What was wrong with their thinking to cause them to believe
this act was necessary?
C.
Name the children born out of this illicit action (19:37-38).
i.
What
nations descended from these sons (19:37-38)?
ii.
What
do we know of these nations (Num 21:29; 22:1, 6; Judges 11:4; Deut 23:3)?
iii.
They
became inveterate enemies of God’s chosen people (Num 21:29; 22:1. 6; Judges
11:4; Deut.23:3).
D.
Will God in any way tolerate evil?