ILLUSTRATED BIBLE STORY

Jacob and EsauGENESIS CHAPTERS 25-33

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SINCE ESAU WAS BORN JUST BEFORE HISTWIN BROTHER, JACOB, THEIR FATHER WASGOING TO GIVE ESAU A SPECIAL BLESSING.

BUT ESAU DIDN’T APPRECIATE IT.

IF YOU GIVE MESOME OF THAT RED

STEW, YOU CAN HAVEMY BLESSING!

WHILE ESAU WAS AWAY,JACOB’S FATHER, ISAAC,BLESSED JACOB.

ESAU FOUND OUT THAT JACOB HADRECEIVED THE SPECIAL BLESSING.

BUT WHATABOUT ME?

BLESS ME TOO,MY FATHER!

ESAU DECIDED THAT HE WAS GOING TOGET EVEN WITH JACOB.

I AM GOINGTO KILL JACOB,MY BROTHER!

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JACOB FLED BUT RETURNED HOME MANY YEARS LATER . . .

ESAU IS ON HIS WAY TOMEET YOU, AND THERE

ARE 400 MEN WITH HIM! HE WILLKILL US ALL!

WHAT AREWE GOING

TO DO?

JACOB WAS AFRAID.

O JEHOVAH,SAVE ME FROMESAU’S HANDBECAUSE I AM

AFRAID HE WILLHURT ME AND

MY FAMILY!

BEFORE I MEETESAU, SEND HIM

HUNDREDS OF MYANIMALS AS A GIFT.PERHAPS HE WILLBE KIND TO ME.

ON HIS WAY TO SEE ESAU,JACOB MET AN ANGEL. THEANGEL BLESSED JACOB.

NOW JACOB KNEW THAT JEHOVAHWOULD PROTECT HIM . . .

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AS ESAU APPROACHED, JACOB BOWED SEVEN TIMES.

SINCE MANY YEARS HAD PASSED AND JACOB HAD BEEN SOKIND TO HIS BROTHER, ESAU NO LONGER WANTED TO KILLJACOB. ESAU HUGGED JACOB, AND THEY MADE PEACE.

WHAT DO WE LEARN FROMJACOB AND ESAU?

WHY WAS ESAU SO MAD AT JACOB?

CLUES: GENESIS 27:41; PROVERBS 14:30.

IF YOUR BROTHER OR SISTER IS ANGRY

OR UNKIND, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

CLUE: 1 PETER 3:8, 9.

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