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TEEN ZONE

WEEKLY LESSONS FOR TEENS

BY PAUL DITORO

TZ-35

Questions from Genesis 35

1. Why do you suppose God required Jacob to build an altar at Bethel?

    ans.: God wanted Jacob to worship Him

2. Using a good Bible Dictionary, what does the word Bethel mean? [Hint: Beth is the Hebrew word for house. Bethphage means house of figs. Now what might be the meaning of Bethel?]

    ans.: House of God

3. What did Jacob want his household to get rid of?

    ans.: The strange gods that were among them

4. What other things were they to put away that suggested idolatry or superstitious uses?

    ans.: All of the earrings that were in their ears.

5. God wants us to come to Him in worship "clean" from worldliness, impure motives, and without reservation in spirit and in truth. What in vs. 2 is said that represents this idea.

    ans.: They were told to be clean and change their garments.

6. What was the former name of Bethel? ( vs. 6)

    ans.: Luz

7. What new name did God give to Jacob?

    ans.: Israel

8. Look up the meaning of that name.

    ans.: Having power with God

9. What promise did God make to Israel?

    ans.: And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

10. What name did Rachel give to her son before she died? What did that name mean?

    ans.: Benoni

    ans.: Son of my sorrow

11. What did Jacob rename the boy? What did that name mean?

    ans.: Benjamin

    ans.: Son of my right hand

12. Looking at these two names, what would you say was the meaning of the Hebrew word "Ben"?

    ans.: Son

13. How old was Isaac when he died?

    ans.: 180 years

14. Who buried Isaac?

    ans.: Jacob and Esau