Bible Readings:
Genesis 35:16 – 29
1 Thessalonians 4:13 – 5:11
Sermon Outline:
Genesis 35:8 (NKJV)
8 Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the terebinth tree. So the name of it was called Allon Bachuth.
I Sorrow
- Deborah
- Rachael
Genesis 35:16–19 (NKJV)
16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor. 17 Now it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, “Do not fear; you will have this son also.” 18 And so it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-Oni; but his father called him Benjamin. 19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
- Issac
II Grief
Genesis 35:21–22 (NKJV)
21 Then Israel journeyed and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder. 22 And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard about it.
III The 12 tribes of Israel formed