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GENESIS – Lesson 27

The Twelve Sons of Jacob – Part 2 Simeon Birth Order: Second Mother: Leah Name: The name Simeon means “God has heard.” Noteworthy Events in Simeon’s Life: Simeon is best known for devising a plan, along with his brother Levi, to retaliate against Shechem, the son of Prince Hamor the Hivite, for defiling their sister Dinah. Simeon and Levi ultimately killed all of the men and boys in the city, and eventually, the remaining brothers looted the city and took captives (Genesis 34). Because of his jealousy, Simeon was complicit in his brothers’ plan to eliminate Joseph from their lives (Genesis 37:18-36). This complicity eventually caused Simeon to be imprisoned in Egypt for a period of time (Genesis 42:1-24). Personal Character: Simeon was a man of anger, envy, hatred and violence. “He performed such acts of wanton cruelty and injustice upon the Shechemites that Jacob was fearful of the surrounding

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LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF GENESIS Preparing for Lesson 1 A great place to begin any Bible study is at the beginning. So, our first lesson is appropriately titled Introduction to the Book of Genesis. It lays the

LESSON 2: CREATION Genesis 1:1 through 2:4 Preparing for Lesson 2 Hello, Everyone! I hope you both enjoyed and learned from our first lesson: An Introduction to the Book of Genesis. With this lesson, we actually get into the meat

LESSON 3 – IN THE IMAGE OF GOD Genesis 2:5 through 2:25 Preparing for Lesson 3 I hope some of you looked up the movie trailer for Star Trek II – The Wrath of Khan that I described in Lesson

LESSON 4 – ORIGINAL SIN (PART 1) – IT WASN’T ABOUT THE FRUIT Genesis 3:1 through 3:7 Preparing for Lesson 4 In Lesson 3, we talked about the creation of the first man and first woman, and as I read

LESSON 5 – ORIGINAL SIN (PART 2) – IT WAS ABOUT OBEDIENCE Genesis 3:8 through 3:24 Preparing for Lesson 5 Our previous lesson made me realize that human beings really haven’t changed all that much in the past several thousand

LESSON 6 – In the Image of Man Genesis 4:1-16 Preparing for Lesson 6 Adam and Eve have been cast out of the Garden of Eden. I wonder if, as they were leaving, they saw the dead carcass of the