Ninth Grade World History 2018-2019
Dr. Shaadi
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: Reading Questions
Directions:
Please answer 3 of the 5 questions below. You must answer question C, but it is your
choice whether you would like to answer both A questions, both B questions, or one of
each.
Gen. 22: 1-19:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+22&version=NIV
A1. What do you think of God’s demand that Abraham sacrifice his son Isaac? What
does it tell us about the God of the Hebrew Bible? This shows how wise God was, so
he wanted to test his prophet in something that he loves, and it was someone instead of
something, and came the results of the test as God wanted.
A2. What do you think of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac to God? What
does it tell us about Abraham in the Hebrew Bible? This shows how obedient and loyal
to god was Abraham, and how he trust any thing because god said it, this shows as a
prophet how he is expected to be, and how he is actually being.
Gen. 25: 19-34:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+25&version=NIV
B1. What do you think of Jacob’s plan to take his brother Esau’s birthright* for a bowl of
soup? What does it tell us about Jacob?
B2. What do you think of Esau’s willingness to give up his birthright for a bowl of soup?
What does it tell us about Esau?
Gen. 32: 22-32:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+32%3A22-32&version=CEV
C. What more do we learn about the relationship between God and Jacob/Israel from
the story of Jacob’s name change to Israel? Jacob deserved this name as god said in
the Hebrew bible, and it was a sign of how great was Jacob, and actually I didn’t
understand who was the person who fought with Jacob and what actually happened, so
I couldn’t answer this question completely.
*Esau’s birthright refers to everything he was entitled to inherit as Isaac’s oldest, firstborn son.