Isaac and the Wells (Discussion Questions)
Categories: Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Esau
Read Genesis 26
- Read the Bible assignment in Genesis
26.
- What is famine?
- What did God tell Isaac to do during the famine?
- What do Isaac and Rebekah do with Abimelech
that reminds you of Abraham and Sarah? (Gen
26: 7-11)
- Is lying ever justified?
- Why does Abimelech ask Isaac to leave? (Gen
26:16)
- When you think of Isaac, what qualities come
to thought?
- How did Isaac deal with the conflict over
the wells?
- What does God tell Isaac that changes his
life? (Gen 26:24)
- What types of conflict do you deal with daily?
- How do you handle the problems? Do you just
go along with the conflict or do you stand your
ground?
- How do you handle fear?
- What fears do you deal with?
- Why is this story important to what's happening
in the world today? (hint - water)
- What is conflict?
- How do you handle conflict?
- Talk about the digging of the wells. Why is
water so important?
- Why did people try to take Isaac's wells away?
- Has anyone ever tried to take something away
from you?
- What did you do?
- Discuss the qualities of Isaac.
- In Genesis we find that Isaac
- Listened to and obeyed his parents
- Believed in one God
- Obeyed God
- Trusted in one God
- Do you always obey your parents? Why or why
not?
- Why is it important to be obedient to your
parents? To God? To your Teachers?
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