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5. Abraham and the three men (Genesis 15~21)

 

Long, long ago, God had a very special friend whose name was Abraham. That's a wonderful name! It is a name which really means something. It means one who is the father of many people. But Abraham didn't have many children of his own. Abraham loved God, and worshiped him. Abraham believed everything God said, and that was why he was God's friend. Abraham's wife's name was Sarah. She wanted to have baby.

One hot day three angels visited Abraham. Of course he didn't know that they were angels as they looked just like men. He thought they were travelers who were passing through the country and just happened to go by his home, which was a tent. He probably thought they were hungry. Abraham asked one of his servants to cook some meat, and he asked his wife to bake some bread. And they sat and ate. As they talked, these three angels told Abraham that Sarah would have a son the next year. Sarah, who was listening laughed. But she was very happy that she would have a son. God kept his promise and a son was born to Sarah. The name given to this little boy was Isaac, which means "laughter." They were very happy.

Question

1. Did Abraham obey God?

2. Who was Abraham, and why was he called the friend of God?

3. What did God promise Abraham?

4. What is the name of the son god gave to Abraham and Sarah?

5. Why did Isaac's mother laugh?

Homework

words	meaning	words	meaning
special		wonderful
something		believe
visited		cook
thought		meat
country		next year
traveler		promise
probably		little
servant
bake

6. Abraham is Tested (Genesis 22)

Abraham and Sara were very happy as Isaac was growing up.

One day God spoke to Abraham, and said that he wanted him to take his dear son and offer him as a sacrifice. Abraham was sad. But he loved God, and he knew that God was very wise and very powerful and very loving, and he knew that God could not make a mistake. He had so much faith in God that he believed God would make Isaac live again. So he made plans to do as God told him.

The early next morning, he took Isaac with him. They walked all that first day, and then they walked all the next day, and they walked all day the third day. That was a long journey! Isaac didn't know that he was to be the sacrifice, because his father hadn't told him. Finally, when they came to the place where the sacrifice was to be made, Isaac asked his father. "Where is the lamb that we are going to sacrifice?" Abraham just had to tell Isaac that he was to be the sacrifice! Isaac loved God, too, and he loved his father. He knew also that his father wanted to do just what God asked him to, so Isaac didn't run away. He put Isaac on top of the altar, then he took out his knife to kill his son. Just then the angel of the Lord from the heaven called out, "Stop! Don't hurt him." "Now I know that you love me more than Isaac." God was very pleased.

Question

1. Why did God ask Abraham to offer Isaac as a sacrifice?

2. Did Abraham make plans to do as God told him?

3. Did Isaac run away when he knew that he was to be the sacrifice?

4. What did God say when Abraham took his knife out to kill his son Isaac?

5. Why was God so happy?

Homework

words	meaning	words	meaning
sacrifice		third
wise		finally
powerful		run away
mistake		top
again		knife
plan		hurt
early		journey
first		lamb
second		also

7. Isaac blesses Jacob (Genesis 29)

When Isaac Grew older, he married Rebecca and had twins. Their names were Esau and Jacob. Esau's body was covered with red hair. This was what made him look so different from Jacob. Esau, the first-born, became a deer hunter. Jacob became a shepherd, a very smart man. Rebecca, the mother of the boys, loved Jacob more than Esau.

One day while Jacob was cooking a delicious stew. When Esau came in from hunting, he was very hungry. He said to Jacob, "Give me some of that." jacob answered, "I will give some 'stew' to you if you give me your birthright." To Esau this seemed like a very good bargain indeed, because he didn't have as much faith as Jacob had in God's promises. So he agreed to sell the birthright to Jacob. Esau made a great mistake. Esau was sorry later for what he had done, but having sold his birthright for the meal of stew, it was too late to do anything about it. It now belonged to Jacob. When Isaac was old and blind, he wished to give his blessing to Esau. But Rebecca loved her younger son. While Esau was away, she cooked goat meat and dressed Jacob in Esau's clothes, and put the hairy goatskins on his hand. So Isaac blessed Jacob, believing it was Esau, and Jacob received the birthright from his father which he had bought from Esau.

Question

1. What were the twins' names?

2. Did they look like each other? What's their difference?

3. What did Jacob suggest to his brother?

4. Why did Esau sell his birthright to Jacob?

5. Why did Rebekah, Jacob's mother, want him to receive the blessing of the birthright rather than Esau?

Homework

words	meaning	words	meaning
marry		bargain
twin		indeed
cover		faith
different		agree
hunter		sell
shepherd		late
delicious		belong
stew		blind
birthright		receive

2. Cain and Abel (Genesis 4)

Adam and Eve had two sons. Cain was Abel's order brother and Abel was Cain's younger brother. They grew up to be young men, Cain was a vegetable farmer and Abel was a shepherd.

Cain and Abel were very thankful to God for everything they had. They wanted to show God how much they appreciated what he had done for them. So they made an altar and worshipped God. Cain's gift to God was from the fruits and vegetables he had grown, and Abel gave God one of his sheep. God was very much pleased with Abel's gift, but he did not accept the offering made by Cain.

He became jealous of Abel. He started to argue with Abel one day, and became so angry. Then Cain said to his brother Abel.

"Let's go out to the field." And there in the field Cain killed him. And he ran away. God was so angry.

God said, "Why have you done this terrible thing? You didn't do the right thing." So He punished Cain. Cain was marked in such a way that everybody who saw him knew that he had done wrong.

Question

1. What were the names of the first two boys who ever lived, and who were their parents?

2. Was Cain a shepherd?

3. What did Abel bring to God?

4. Who killed Abel?

5. Why did God punish Cain?

Homework

words	meaning	words	meaning
son		argue
vegetable		field
farmer		marked
appreciate		punished
altar		wrong
sheep		everything
accept		killed
offering
jealous

8. A coat and a dream (Genesis 37:1~36)

Long, long ago there was a young boy, Joseph was given such a dream from the Lord. This young man, Joseph, was a son of Jacob. There were twelve boys. Joseph was 11st of Jacob's sons. When they grew up they were keepers of cattle and sheep. Joseph loved God. So Jacob loved his son Joseph very much. His father made him a beautiful coat of many colors. This made the other boys jealous of Joseph. They hated him.

One day Joseph had his amazing dream. He gathered his brothers together. "I want you to listen to this dream I had last night," he said to them. "We were all in the fields, bundling wheat into sheaves. My sheaf of wheat stood straight up. All of your sheaves of wheat bent over as if they were bowing down to mine." His brothers angry. Joseph said, "Wait! That's not all! I had another dream. In the second dream, the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars bowed down to me!" Joseph's brothers were made more angry. So Joseph's brothers made a plan. They took Joseph's beautiful coat away from him, threw him into the pit. And sold him to the merchants from the country of Midian. And they killed an animal and put some of the blood on the beautiful coat. they showed the coat to their father. He was sad for a very, very long time, because he thought Joseph was dead.

Question

1. Who was Joseph, and why did his father, Jacob, love him more than he did his other sons?

2. Why did the brothers hate Joseph?

3. What were the two dreams of Joseph?

4. Why did Joseph's brothers sell him to the Midian?

5. How did they make their father believe that Joseph had been killed?

Homework

words	meaning	words	meaning
young		into the pit
dream		merchant
cattle		blood
jealous		wheat
amazing		gather
last night		bent over
sheaf		plan
straight up		coat
bow down		many colors

9. Pharaoh's butler and baker

Joseph was now in Egypt. He was sad. But Joseph was not alone. God was with him. The merchants sold Joseph to a man named Potiphar. Potiphar was a very rich man. Joseph was a very a good worker, So his master was happy with him. But Potiphar's wife told a lie about Joseph. Her husband believed it, and it made him and he had him put in jail. But God blessed him there, too. one day two of Pharaoh's officers made the King became angry and had them put in jail. These were Pharaoh's butler and baker. one night the butler and the baker had a strange dream. They told Joseph about their dreams. God helped Joseph to understand dreams. The butler's dream was a good one. Joseph told the butler it meant that in three days he would be out of jail, and would be Pharaoh's chief butler again. But the baker's dream was not a good one. Joseph told to the baker that his dream meant he was to be killed within three days. It was right.

Question

1. Why was Joseph put in jail in Egypt?

2. Was Joseph a good worker?

3. What did Joseph do when he listened to their dream?

4. Was baker's dream a good one?

5. Who did help Joseph to understand dreams?

Homework

words	meaning	words	meaning
alone		officer
rich		strange
master		chief
lie		meant
jail		good one
butler		merchant
baker		believe
sold
good worker