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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 7 – THE CAINITE CIVILIZATION Genesis 4:17-26 Preparing for Lesson 7 In Lesson 6, we discussed an important Christian doctrine: the Doctrine of Total Depravity. I admit that when I first learned about this, I thought to myself, “Gee

LESSON 8 – THE GENERATIONS OF ADAM Genesis 5 Preparing for Lesson 8 If our story had ended after Chapter 4 with the degeneration of man through the line of Cain, the outlook would be pretty bleak. Although Cain’s descendants

LESSON 9 – THE STORM CLOUDS GATHER Genesis 6:1-8 Preparing for Lesson 9 As we studied Genesis 5, it was impossible to ignore the repeated words, “…and he died.” But Enoch walked with God and was consequently raptured to heaven

Lesson 10 – Deluge Genesis 6:9 – 7:24 Preparing for Lesson 10 The Bible leaves little doubt that the human race went into a moral free fall that continued even after the godly line of Seth was established. We don’t

Lesson 11 – Restoration Genesis 8:1 – 9:17 Preparing for Lesson 11 Noah and his family rode out the storm for 371 days. That is the amount of time that elapsed from the moment they entered the Ark to the

Lesson 12 – Be Fruitful and Multiply – Again Genesis 9:18 – 9:29 Preparing for Lesson 12 The provisions of the Noahic Covenant confirm to us that God knew sin would return to the earth. This is evident in His