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Lesson 4 · October 22, 1898

Jacob in Exile

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  1. 1.After Jacob's rich experience at Bethel, in what spirit did he continue his journey? , Revised Version, margin.
  2. 2.Briefly narrate the circumstances connected with Jacob's introduction to the home of Laban. .
  3. 3.After a month's visit at Laban's house, into what contract did Laban and Jacob enter? .
  4. 4.What effect does true love have upon the labors of man? .
  5. 5.What family trait of character did Laban now manifest? .
  6. 6.Love for what, led him to this deception? . See .
  7. 7.Read the intervening verses, and answer, What has always been the result of polygamy?
  8. 8.After Jacob had a family of eleven sons and one daughter, what request did he make to Laban? .
  9. 9.How did Laban regard this request? What acknowledgment and offer did he make? .
  10. 10.What agreement did they finally enter into? .
  11. 11.When, as the result of this agreement, Jacob "increased exceedingly," what was the attitude of Laban and his sons toward him? .
  12. 12.In his perplexity, what did God in a dream tell him to do? .
  13. 13.How did Rachel and Leah feel in regard to the matter? Why? .
  14. 14.What did Jacob immediately proceed to do? .
  15. 15.Upon hearing of Jacob's flight, what did Laban do? .
  16. 16.How did the Lord reveal again to Jacob that "He is faithful that promised"? ; .
  17. 17.What lessons do you learn from the meeting of Laban and Jacob at Mt. Gilead? .
  18. 18.What do you learn in this lesson of the manners and customs of the "children of the East"?

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Notes

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It was Jacob's own course that rendered his experience in Haran necessary. "Evil imparted, also returns again. Every one who has been free to condemn, or discourage, will in his own experience be brought over the ground where he has caused others to pass; will feel what they have suffered because of his want of sympathy and tenderness. It is the love of God toward us that has decreed this. He would lead us to abhor our own hardness of heart, and to open our hearts to let Jesus abide in them. And thus, out of evil, good is brought, and what appeared a curse becomes a blessing. . . . In slighting the claims of the poor, the suffering, and the sinful, we are proving ourselves traitors to Christ. It is because men take upon themselves the name of Christ, while in life they deny His character, that Christianity has so little power in the world. The name of the Lord is blasphemed because of these things."—Mount of Blessing, pages 180, 181.

Additional Study

  1. 1.Compare Jacob's arrival in Padan-Aram with that of Abraham's servant about one hundred years before.
  2. 2.Show from this lesson that Laban intellectually believed in the God of Jacob. Will others know if we are servants of God? How? Read .
  3. 3.What evidence have we in this and previous chapters that Abraham's kindred were worshipers of false gods?
  4. 4.Were Jacob's descendants ever again in that country? If so, when, and under what circumstances?
  5. 5.Look up the following names and places: Haran, Padan-Aram, Syria, "the river," Gilead, tabret, harp, gods, Jegar-Sahadutha, Galeed, Mizpah.

Bible texts in this lesson

Genesis 29 · Genesis 29:1 · Genesis 29:2-14 · Genesis 29:15-19 · Genesis 29:20 · Genesis 29:21-25 · Genesis 29:27 · Genesis 29:28 · Genesis 30:25 · Genesis 30:26 · Genesis 30:27 · Genesis 30:28 · Genesis 30:29-34 · Genesis 31:1 · Genesis 31:2 · Genesis 31:3 · Genesis 31:11 · Genesis 31:13 · Genesis 31:7 · Genesis 31:14-16 · Genesis 31:17 · Genesis 31:18 · Genesis 31:22 · Genesis 31:23 · Genesis 31:24 · Genesis 31:29 · Genesis 28:15 · Genesis 31:25-55 · Psalms 1

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