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Genesis 33 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Jacob and Esau Make Peace

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolBrothers Hug

peopleheartaltarsheep

Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenFriends Again

BROTHERS → picture 2LOVE → picture 4ALTAR → picture 1SHEEP → picture 3

Grade 1Making Peace

Jacob bowed down → picture 3The brothers hugged → picture 2Jacob gave a gift → picture 4Jacob built an altar → picture 1

Order:

1. Jacob lifted up his eyes2. Esau ran to meet him3. Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem4. He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel

Grade 2A Happy Hug

  1. How many men came with Esau? 400 (circle)
  2. How many times did Jacob bow? Seven times (circle)
  3. What did Esau do when he saw Jacob? He ran to meet him, hugged him, kissed him, and they cried.
  4. What did Esau say about the present at first? Esau said, I have enough, my brother.
  5. What did Jacob build? An altar to God (circle)
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Grade 3The Brothers Meet

  1. How did Jacob approach Esau? He went ahead of his family and bowed to the ground seven times.
  2. How did Esau greet Jacob? He ran, embraced him, kissed him, and they wept.
  3. How did Jacob describe his children? As the children God had graciously given him
  4. What did Jacob say seeing Esau's face was like? Like seeing the face of God
  5. What does El-Elohe-Israel mean? God, the God of Israel
1: Jacob lifted up his eyes2: Esau ran to meet him3: Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem4: He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel

Grade 4Grace Between Brothers

  1. How did Jacob show humility? He bowed seven times before Esau.
  2. How did God answer Jacob's prayer from chapter 32? He softened Esau's heart.
  3. What parable of Jesus is Esau's welcome like? The father running to welcome his lost son (Luke 15)
  4. What does the name of Jacob's altar show? The God of his fathers was now truly his own God.

Word bank: 1. Jacob; 2. Esau; 3. God; 4. altar

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5Reconciliation

  1. What does Jacob's arrangement of his family reveal? His household still had problems with favoritism.
  2. How did Jacob's humble bowing reverse the stolen blessing? The blessing said he would be lord over his brothers, but he called himself Esau's servant.
  3. What connection does Jacob draw between Peniel and Esau's face? He saw grace in Esau's face just as he had seen God's face and been spared.
  4. Why might Jacob's word blessing for his gift be meaningful? He was, in a sense, giving back what he had taken from Esau.
  5. How did Jacob show he claimed God as his own? He built an altar named El Elohe Israel, which means God, the God of Israel.

Word bank: 1. Esau; 2. Jacob; 3. God; 4. altar

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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