Lesson 15 – Jacob Steals the Blessing (Genesis 27-28)
Lesson 15 –
Jacob Gets Isaac's Blessing
Jacob Gets Isaac's Blessing
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Scripture Passage: Genesis 27:1-28:9
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OPEN IT
1. What was the most outrageous trick you played on your parents when you were growing up?
EXPLORE IT
2. What did Isaac ask Esau to do? (27:1-4)
3. What title would you give to this passage? Why? (27:1-28:9)
4. What did Rebekah do after she heard Isaac talking to Esau? (27:5-10)
5. What was Jacob's initial concern with Rebekah's plan? (27:11-12)
6. What did Jacob do to make Isaac think he was Esau? (27:14-17)
7. What lies did Jacob tell to convince Isaac that he was Esau? (27:19-25)
8. What blessing did Isaac give Jacob? (27:27-29)
9. What happened when Esau came back with the food he had prepared for Isaac? (27:30- 38)
10. How did Isaac answer Esau's request for a blessing? (27:39-40)
11. What did Esau plan to do? (27:41)
12. What did Rebekah tell Jacob to do? (27:42-45)
13. What did Rebekah say to Isaac? (27:46)
14. What did Isaac tell Jacob to do, and what blessing did he give him? (28:1-4)
15. What did Esau do when he learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob? (28:6-9)
GET IT
16. Why would a person do something wrong in order to accomplish something right?
17. What excuses do people use to rationalize their sinful behavior?
APPLY IT
18. What excuse do you need to stop using in order to obey God more honestly?
Explore It Answers
This section is designed to prompt thoughts about how and why to derive each scripture-based answer, so the actual answer is based upon individual study and may not be fully disclosed here. Here, also, are parallel verses for the key scripture texts.
Biblical Answer 2
What did Isaac ask Esau to do? (27:1-4)
Key Scripture: Genesis 27:1-4 | Parallel Texts: Romans 12:18; Proverbs 16:7; Matthew 5:9
Biblical Answer 4
What did Rebekah do after she heard Isaac talking to Esau? (27:5-10)
Key Scripture: Genesis 27:5-10 | Parallel Texts: Romans 12:18; Proverbs 16:7; Matthew 5:9
Biblical Answer 5
What was Jacob's initial concern with Rebekah's plan? (27:11-12)
Key Scripture: Genesis 27:11-12 | Parallel Texts: Jeremiah 32:17; Luke 1:37; Mark 10:27
Biblical Answer 6
What did Jacob do to make Isaac think he was Esau? (27:14-17)
Key Scripture: Genesis 27:14-17 | Parallel Texts: Romans 12:18; Proverbs 16:7; Matthew 5:9
Biblical Answer 7
What lies did Jacob tell to convince Isaac that he was Esau? (27:19-25)
Key Scripture: Genesis 27:19-25 | Parallel Texts: Psalm 24:1; Acts 17:28; Romans 14:12
Biblical Answer 8
What blessing did Isaac give Jacob? (27:27-29)
Key Scripture: Genesis 27:27-29 | Parallel Texts: Genesis 1:27; Genesis 9:6; James 3:9
Biblical Answer 9
What happened when Esau came back with the food he had prepared for Isaac? (27:30- 38)
Key Scripture: Genesis 27:30-38 | Parallel Texts: James 1:19-20; Proverbs 15:1; Ephesians 4:31-32
Biblical Answer 10
How did Isaac answer Esau's request for a blessing? (27:39-40)
Key Scripture: Genesis 27:39-40 | Parallel Texts: Galatians 3:8; Acts 3:25; Genesis 18:18
Biblical Answer 11
What did Esau plan to do? (27:41)
Key Scripture: Genesis 27:41 | Parallel Texts: James 1:19-20; Proverbs 15:1; Ephesians 4:31-32
Biblical Answer 12
What did Rebekah tell Jacob to do? (27:42-45)
Key Scripture: Genesis 27:42-45 | Parallel Texts: Genesis 1:27; Genesis 9:6; James 3:9
Biblical Answer 13
What did Rebekah say to Isaac? (27:46)
Key Scripture: Genesis 27:46 | Parallel Texts: Jeremiah 32:17; Luke 1:37; Mark 10:27
Biblical Answer 14
What did Isaac tell Jacob to do, and what blessing did he give him? (28:1-4)
Key Scripture: Genesis 28:1-4 | Parallel Texts: Romans 12:18; Proverbs 16:7; Matthew 5:9
Biblical Answer 15
What did Esau do when he learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob? (28:6-9)
Key Scripture: Genesis 28:6-9 | Parallel Texts: James 1:19-20; Proverbs 15:1; Ephesians 4:31-32
Commentary Summary
In Genesis 27:1-28:9, Jacob Gets Isaac's Blessing highlights doctrinal themes such as God’s character, human accountability, and the certainty of His redemptive purpose. The sins of believers can hurt and divide their families. The emphasis is theological, asking what the text teaches about creation, covenant, judgment, grace, salvation, and the trustworthiness of God. This summary is designed to identify the major truths being taught, not merely repeat the narrative details. It therefore reads as a concise doctrinal overview suitable for the commentary summary section.
In Jacob Gets Isaac's Blessing, the flow of Genesis 27:1-28:9 emphasizes practical faith, obedience, and response to God. Favoritism, broken lines of communication, lies, the love of the world, nominal religion, and seeking God's blessing through sinful means can tear Christian families apart. The focus here is pastoral and applicational, showing how the lesson challenges the reader to trust, repent, endure, worship, and walk in obedience. This summary is intentionally more devotional and exhortational so it does not simply duplicate the doctrinal wording used in the other commentary summaries.
Within the broader storyline of Genesis and the Bible as a whole, Genesis 27:1-28:9 helps move forward the pattern of promise, failure, mercy, and restoration that runs through Scripture. While God's purposes of grace cannot fail, He will discipline His people, possibly through broken relationships. This summary is shaped to sound more like a Bible Project overview by emphasizing literary flow, biblical themes, and how the lesson contributes to the unified story of Scripture. The goal is to locate the passage in the wider narrative rather than repeat the same doctrinal or devotional emphasis.
Last Week
THINK ABOUT THIS: The Lord is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He still can be trusted to bless His people with physical provision and the hope of future glory. But the richest blessings that believers presently enjoy are the fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit.
This Week
THINK ABOUT THIS: The sins of believers can hurt and divide their families. Favoritism, broken lines of communication, lies, the love of the world, nominal religion, and seeking God's blessing through sinful means can tear Christian families apart. While God's purposes of grace cannot fail, He will discipline His people, possibly through broken relationships.
Next Week
THINK ABOUT THIS: Man attempts to grasp heaven, but his efforts fail, whether they are the proud labors of the Tower of Babel or the deceitful manipulations of Jacob. However, God bridges the gap with Jesus Christ. He is the only Mediator, the stairway to heaven.
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