1. The Life of Jacob

2. Jacob and Esau
● Twins
● Rebekah & Isaac (parents)
● Jacob and Isaac fought a lot
● Isaac prayed that they would be born
● Jacob was quiet and loved to stay in tents
● Esau was hairy and a very good hunter
● Genesis 25: 19 - Genesis 34

3. How Jacob got Esau's Blessing
● Jacob betrayed Esau
● Rebekah's idea
● Jacob cooked food for Esau so he could trade it for Esau's
blessing
● Jacob wore Esau's clothes & put goat skin on his skin
● Because Jacob got Esau's blessing, Esau had to serve
Jacob
● Jacob made food for Esau and told him to trade it for his
birth right Genesis 27

4. Jacob Runs Away!!!
● Esau was holding a grudge
● He wants to kill Jacob
● Rebekah told Jacob to flee
● Esau found out Jacob left

5. Jacob's has a dream....
● Jacob had a dream about angels going up a stairways
● The lord blessed him and told him he would spread all over
and his offspring blessed

6. Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
● Genesis 29: 14-30
● Jacob loved Rachel and didn't love Leah
● He had to work for seven years to marry Rachel
● He was forced to marry Leah
● Then he had to work seven more years to marry Rachel
● Leah had seven children
● Jacob had three wives
● Rachel had one son named Joseph

7. Jacob Heads Home....
● Jacob had a dream about God telling him to go back to his
home town of his father
● Jacob did not tell Laban he was leaving
● Jacob run off secretly
● Laban hunted him down

8. ● Jacob wrestled with a man he did not know
● Jacob wouldn't stop wrestling with the man until the man
blessed him
● He struggled but over came

9. Jacob and Esau Meet
● Jacob was very scared to see Esau again
● Jacob and Esau hugged and cried when they met again
● Jacob gave Esau a present
● Jacob settled in Elohe Israel

10. Jacob: Man of God Who Made
Mistakes
Jacob made many mistakes but God still
loved him very much.