Her New Neighborhood

In our last lesson we learned how God provided a perfect unblemished Lamb for our sin we were born with because of the disobedience of Adam to God, but his obedience to satan and how satan was then the ruler of this world. God provided a blood sacrifice for our sin, and that sacrifice was Jesus, His only Son. When we accept what Jesus did on the cross, His blood for our sin, and we became whole and righteous because we traded places with Jesus and received HIS wholeness and HIS righteousness.


This week God wants us to learn more about His family we were ‘born’ into when we were ‘born again’ in the spirit into His Kingdom. We are born into the family of God. But God wants us to see in His word where He says this, so we know the truth and can always find it in our bible when satan tries to lie to us and tell us we are not in God’s family.

In one of our lessons God told us about Abraham and how He told him he would make him a great nation. This meant Abraham would have many in his family from then on. But somehow, Sarah being barren, God made this promise to Abraham, knowing it would take trust in Him to bring it to pass.

The custom of the day was if a Woman was barren, she could have a child through her handmaiden and call the child hers. This is using the handmaiden as we would call in our day as a surrogate Mother. So, they did so, but Sarah became jealous of the woman and child and threw them out of the home. But God had compassion on the woman and child and took care of them.

It took 20 years for the promise of a son God made to Abraham to come to pass and Isaac was born. Isaac was called all through the bible ‘the promise, or the promised son’. Isaac is the person they are referring to.

Isaac grew up, married a woman name Rebekah and had twin sons; Esau and Jacob, Esau being the firstborn. Esau gave his birthright to Jacob and Jacob also deceived his Father to bless him instead of his brother Esau, the eldest. The name Jacob means ‘deceiver’. Upon Esau finding out his brother tricked their Father, he hunted Jacob down in anger but Jacob left the family, going back to their Father’s homeland.

When Jacob made it to that land, he met a woman named Rachel and her sister Leah. He worked 7 years for Rachel’s Father to win her hand in marriage but her Father deceived him into marrying her sister Leah instead. Jacob worked another 7 years to have Rachel, the wife he truly loved and wanted.

Jacob had several children with Leah and her handmaiden and several with Rachel and her handmaiden. In total he had 12 sons. Jacob later left this place also with his two Wives and children. On his trip he came to a place to camp for the night. He sent them just ahead and camped alone.

An angel of God came to him and they wrestled. Jacob said he would not let him go until he blessed him. The angel asked him his name; answering him ‘Jacob’ the angel told him ‘his name would no longer be Jacob but Israel’. Read aloud Genesis 32:22-30.

Now let’s recap all these families so we can learn who belongs to whom. If you can remember from our lesson today, fill in the blank. If not, look up the verse listed.



Abraham & Sarah ------- Isaac (read Genesis 17:19)



Isaac & Rachel------- Esau (Genesis 25:25)

Jacob {later changed to Israel} (Genesis 25:26)



Israel & Leah -----fill in blanks below

Israel & Rachel ----- fill in blanks below



Let’s go to Genesis 30 to find the names of Israel’s 12 sons. These are the twelve tribes of Israel the bible talks about, and the study we are doing on Wednesday nights with Bro. Doug. They each camped in particular places with their families around the tabernacle, calling their tribe by the son’s name.


Leah’s children: fill in
Rachel’s children: fill in