January 14

Welcome to Listing Your Way Through the Bible, our unique bible study based on making lists as we work through daily readings.

January 14, 2011: The readings for today are: Genesis 33, 34, & 35 and Matthew 11. Here are some lists for the reader to contemplate while reading.

Genesis 33:

• List each family group as Jacob arranged them in the order he put them.

Genesis 34: Leah's daughter Dinah is raped by a local prince, who afterwards asked permission to marry Dinah.

•  List briefly each condition Dinah's brothers stated in order to approve the marriage.

• List all the things Simeon (son #2) and Levi (son #3) did to the townspeople.

• What did Jacob say about his sons' actions?

Genesis 35:

• List God's blessings to Jacob (v. 9-13).

• List Jacob's 12 sons.
• Circle the oldest son, who slept with Jacob's concubine.
• Underline the two sons who slaughtered and pillaged to avenge their sister Dinah.
• Draw a box around Jacob's fourth son.

Matthew 11:

• List the things Jesus told John the Baptist's disciples as his answer to the question of whether Jesus was the Messiah.

• Draw a vertical line down the center of the page. Label the left column "John the Baptist" and the right column "Jesus."

• In the appropriate column, list the complaints made about John the Baptist and Jesus. Note the contrasts.

• Write out the last part of verse 19

• List the major components of verses 25-28, of what Jesus will do, and how we should be. Turn these verses into statements of purpose or rules we should follow.