Jacob and Esau
Genesis 25
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Introduction
Introduction
Who is Jacob? Who is Esau? They were twin brothers!! Who remembers some names of the people we have been learning about over the past few weeks? Abraham... Sarah....Rebekah....Isaac... (give the kids some time to remember the story of each character and who they were! It is a great time to review and even revisit the old videos).
Rebekah and Isaac had twin boys and their names were Jacob and Esau!!
Jacob and Esau were VERYYYYY different! Esau was the first born and was very hairy! He grew up to be a great hunter which made Isaac very happy and Isaac chose Esau to be his favorite son. Jacob was the second born and was not hairy at all. He grew up to be Rebekah's favorite. Since Esau was the first born and Isaac's favorite, he was suppose to inherit the wealth and land of the family. He gave up his birthright one day to Jacob over some soup since he was coming home from a hunt and was very hungry. Isaac became very ill and Esau went to see him. Isaac told Esau that he would give him the Lord's blessing and his birthright back if he went out and got him one last meal. Esau changed his mind and wanted this so he grabbed his bow and arrow and went hunting for some good meat. While he was away, Rebekah ran to Jacob and they came up with a plan to trick Isaac! Jacob and Rebekah made some food and disguised Jacob in sheep's skin to that Isaac (who was now blind) would think that Jacob was his brother and give Jacob the blessing instead!! It worked and Jacob tricked his father Isaac into giving him the blessing. When Esau returned he discovered the trick that Jacob had made and became very angry!!!! So angry that he wanted to kill his brother Jacob! Rebekah helped Jacob run far, far away. Even though Jacob made a huge mistake he still received the blessing and Esau did come and forgive Jacob.
Activities
Activities
Activity 1 "Father Abraham Song"
Activity 1 "Father Abraham Song"
Time: 5-10 minutes
Materials needed from the cart:
Video with motions
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Directions: Do this with the kids as many times as you want! You can talk about what the words in the song mean and how it relates to what we have learned about Abraham.
Activity 2 "Bag Puppets"
Activity 2 "Bag Puppets"
Time: 10-15 minutes
Materials needed from the cart:
Paper bags
Yarn
Scissors
Construction Paper
Markers/Crayons
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Directions:
Give each child two paper bags. Tell them one will be Jacob and one will be Esau. Talk about what they are going to have to do to show that the bag puppets turn out different (example: Esau has to have hair all over his body and a bow and arrow.... Jacob can have a spoon because he made food for his dad and tricked his dad.)
Give the kids yarn, scissors, construction paper, and markers (or crayons) and have them decorate their puppets to look like Jacob and Esau.
The can use these puppets to act out the story when they are done.
Activity 3 "Story Sort"
Activity 3 "Story Sort"
Time: 10-15 minutes
Materials needed from the cart:
Construction paper
Scissors
Glue
Markers
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Directions:
Let the kids pick out a piece of construction paper (any color of their choice) and a white piece of computer paper.
Let them fold the paper in half and then draw a line with a marker to split the paper in half. Label one side "Jacob" and the other "Esau".
Take the white paper and cut small strips out (enough to write a word or sentence).
As a group, talk about the ways that Jacob and Esau were different. Have them put each way on one of the white strips of paper and glue it to the correct side.
Lastly (if you choose), they can cut out a paper doll shape and decorate them to be like Jacob and Esau with marker or crayons. They can glue those down to the correct side.
Activity 4 "Blindfold Guess Who"
Activity 4 "Blindfold Guess Who"
Time: 10-15 minutes
Materials needed from the cart:
Blindfolds
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Directions:
Place a blindfold on one child. Have the other children stand in a line and be really QUIET! The blindfolded child must guess each child's identity based on feel alone of their hair, shoulders, and face.
Play as many times as you want! Each child can take a turn being "Isaac the blind man"
Activity 5 "Bearded Esau Mask"
Activity 5 "Bearded Esau Mask"
Time: 10-15 minutes
Materials needed from the cart:
Paper Plates
Glue
Scissors
Construction paper
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Directions:
Give the kids brown construction paper and let them cut small squares out.
Give them a paper plate and have them cut it in half
Let them glue the brown construction paper squares on the paper plate to make a "beard" since Esau was hairy.
Wrap It Up!
Wrap It Up!
**Snacks can be given at this time, if needed**
**Snacks can be given at this time, if needed**
-Come together and sit in a circle to talk about what they learned today. Ask them the same questions that you asked at the beginning of the day. How are their answers different now that they know more about Jacob and Esau? Talk about what they can go home and tell their family about Jacob and Esau. This is also a time they can update their journals (big kids only).
-Come together and sit in a circle to talk about what they learned today. Ask them the same questions that you asked at the beginning of the day. How are their answers different now that they know more about Jacob and Esau? Talk about what they can go home and tell their family about Jacob and Esau. This is also a time they can update their journals (big kids only).
-Ask if anyone has a prayer request/praise report. Pray over requests.
-Ask if anyone has a prayer request/praise report. Pray over requests.
-Worship time- Have the kids go find a spot to themselves and have some time with God (play the song below for around 3/5 minutes).
-Worship time- Have the kids go find a spot to themselves and have some time with God (play the song below for around 3/5 minutes).
Worship
Worship
Last Minute Filler Ideas
Last Minute Filler Ideas
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-Have them gather around the table and draw a picture or write a letter to their families about what they learned today.
-Play a game of some sort. (If you have the hula hoops, have them join hands in a circle and pass the hula hoop around the circle without breaking their hands)
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