TZ-35-Gen 35

TEEN ZONE

WEEKLY LESSONS FOR TEENS

BY PAUL DITORO

Questions from Genesis 35

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

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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?]

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

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

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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.

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

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7. What new name did God give to Jacob?

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8. Look up the meaning of that name.

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9. What promise did God make to Israel?

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

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

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

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13. How old was Isaac when he died?

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14. Who buried Isaac?

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