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When Jacob tricked his dad into speaking a blessing, those words were so important that he couldn’t take them back.

In today’s lesson, we’re going to continue talking about Jacob and Esau. Remember, they were twins but Esau was born first. Last week we learned that Esau was willing to give up his birthright, or inheritance, for a bowl of Jacob’s yummy stew. Well, today, we’re going to learn how Jacob tricked Isaac, his father, into giving him the blessing. Now, Isaac was old and he couldn’t see well. He knew he was going to die soon. So, he told Esau to go hunt and then prepare a special meal for him and then he would give him the blessing. Well, Jacob and his mom came up with another plan. They made Isaac’s favorite meal and then Jacob dressed up like Esau to trick Isaac into thinking he was Esau. Well, it worked. Isaac thought he blessed Esau, his oldest, but he actually blessed Jacob. So, Esau was out of luck. Once the words of blessing were spoken, it was too late to take them back. Now kids, we don’t deal with birthrights anymore but we do deal with the power of our words. Let’s learn from this story that we should be careful what we say because our words have power to help or hurt others.

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Key Points:

  • Isaac was old and wanted to bless his sons. Genesis 27:1-4
  • Rebekah and Jacob made a plan to steal Esau’s blessing.
  • Jacob tricked his dad and got the blessing of the firstborn. Genesis 27:27-29
  • Our words have power so we need to be careful what we say. Proverbs 18:21

Memory Verse:

Proverbs 18:21 The tongue can bring death or life.

Talk About It
  1. What’s your favorite part of the video? What’s one thing you learned from it?
  2. What’s the nicest thing someone has said about you? What are some mean things kids say to each other?
  3. Who did Jacob and his mom trick?
  4. What did Jacob steal and why?
  5. Read Ephesians 4:29. What are some examples of words we shouldn’t speak to others? What are some examples of kind words we should speak?
  6. How will you apply this lesson to your life this week?

This is part of the Bible Storyline series.