Unit 4: Jacob and Esau Mind Map

Unit 4: Jacob and Esau Mind Map

1. Jacob

   • Rachel
     • Leah
       • Husband/Wives
       • Sisters
       • Children: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulin Zilpah: Gad and Asher
     • Children: Joseph, Benjamin Bilhah: Dan and Nephtali
     • Died giving birth to Benjamin on the road to Bethlehem
     • Steals all the household items and Laban comes after them and Jacob and laban make a pact. Rachel sits on the items to hide them and then makes up that its her time of the month to not stand up
   • stayed among the tent
   • held Esaus heel when they came out of Rebekah
   • cooked stew
   • smooth skin
   • introvert
   • Mammas boy
   • Haran
   • Runs away to the land of Canaan
   • God tells him that he will have lots of children and the heir of Abraham's promise
   • Jacob's uncle is Laban
   • Dreams about a stairway, ladder, or ramp which rises all the way to heaven. Also in the dream he sees angels of God going up and down the stairway. God appears and tells him the land of Canaan is all his.. Jacob re-names it Bethel.
   • Worked 14 years to get Rachel and Leah
   • Jacob presses the lord by saying if you do all that you promise and throw some food and clothes in there I'll worship you God in the city of Bethel. Also will give 10% of earnings
   • Gets tricked by laban and has sex with Leah
   • Asks Laban to pay him in speckled goats
   • God tells him to go back to birthplace and he leaves
   • Settles when meeting Esau where he can see the angels of God
   • Wrestles with a "Man" until daybreak. The man changes Jacob's name to Israel which means "striving with God"

2. Esau

   • Brothers
   • Hairy
   • Hunter
   • Daddys Boy
   • red skin
   • Gave birthright away for some stew
   • First born son
   • Tries to kill Jacob after he returns from his hunt and realizes that Jacob received the blessing
   • Marries a Ishmael's daughter Mahalath and some other women to displease Isaac
   • Has 400 men with him to meet up with Jacob

3. Isaac

   • Husband/Wife
   • He was going blind

4. Rebekah

   • Brother: Laban
   • Brother/Sister
   • babies jostled within her
   • God told her the older will serve the younger and she had two nations in her belly
   • Rebekah got gold bracelets and a nose ring to marry Isaac
   • Father: Bethuel
   • Meet at the well
   • Dressed Jacob up to receive the blessing from Isaac