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BIBLE WOMEN

LESSON 6

Of the Old Testament

Patriarchal Age

Abraham to Exodus

430 years; Gen 12 to Ex 14

PERIOD OF PREPARATION

REBEKAH—captivating; to fetter by beauty; to clog by tying up the feet (with beauty)

1.      Who was her father (22:23)?

A.     Who were her grandparents (22:20; 24:15)?

B.     Who was her brother? What kind of man was he (24:29; 31:41)?

2.      Rebekah becomes the wife of whom?

A.     *Abraham prepares his servant for the quest (24:1-9).

B.     *Describe the answer to prayer (24:10-27).

C.    *Describe the royal hospitality of Rebekah’s home (24:28-33).

D.    *What does their guest say is the reason he has come (24:34-49)?

E.     *Relate Rebekah’s decision to go with the guest (24:50-60).

Notice that the questions above have an asterisk before them.  These are longer discussion questions which require some thought and searching.

3.      Narrate the meeting and marriage of Rebekah to her husband (24:61-67).

A.     How old was her husband when they married (25:20)?

B.     Where was Rebekah taken as a bride (24:67)?

4.      What was her plight? What did her husband do (25:21)?

A.        What did God reveal to her about the unborn children (25:22-23)?  This prophecy will be important in answering further questions about her actions/motives.

B.        Tell of the birth and appearance of these twins (25:24-26).

i.        How old was Isaac at this time (25:26b)?

ii.      How long had Rebekah been barren (25:20a, 26b)?

iii.    As the boys grew, what did each become (25:27)?

iv.     How was the parental affection divided (25:28)?

5.      What possible deception did Isaac use at Gerar? Why (26:7)?

A.        What similar action had his father twice taken (12:12, 13; 20:2)?

B.        Was Rebekah his sister or a cousin (24:15)? In Asian countries, cousins are still called sisters in common speech.

C.       How was Isaac’s relationship to Rebekah discovered (26:8-9)?

6.      *To secure the blessing for Jacob, what did Rebekah plan (27:5-17; Rom. 9:11-14)?

A.        *Tell how Jacob executed the plan (27:18-29).

B.        Later, God gives a law to the Israelite people which could have applied here had they known it (Deut. 27:18).

C.       What three ways did Rebekah and Jacob deceive Isaac?

D.       How did she propose to save Jacob from Esau’s revenge (27:41-45)?

E.        Do we know whether she ever saw her son again?

F.        Remember what the Lord said about the two boys (Rom. 9:11-14).

7.      Why did she beg Isaac to send Jacob away (27:41-46)?

A.     Did Isaac agree (28:1, 2)? Why (26:34-35)?

B.     He was sent away with what blessings (28:3-5)?

C.    After his brother slipped away, how did Esau seek to get revenge (28:8-9)?

8.      Who was Rebekah’s trusted nurse (24:59; 35:8a)?

9.      Where was Rebekah buried after her death (49:30-31)?

DEBORAH—orderly motion, systematic instincts of a bee

1.      Who was she (35:8a)?

2.      How long had she faithfully served Rebekah (24:59)?

3.      Where was she buried? What was the name of the oak (35:8b)?

A.     Give the meaning of Allonbacuth.