Q&A Books/Genesis Truth Boosters/Genesis 35Chapter 35Genesis 358questionsQ1.Why did Jacob’s family, chosen by God to carry His promises, still have foreign gods with them? Shouldn’t they have known better if they were following the one true God?Q2.What do earrings have to do with foreign gods? Were they just jewelry, or did they have some deeper meaning in connection to idolatry?Q3.Who was Deborah mentioned in Genesis 35:8, and why is she significant? If she was Rebekah’s nurse, why does the Bible take the time to mention her death here, years after Rebekah's story is introduced?Q4.Why did God change Jacob’s name to Israel? What was the significance of this change, and how does it fit into the bigger picture of the Bible’s message?Q5.If Jacob’s descendants only formed one nation, Israel, what does Genesis 35:11 mean when God says a "community of nations" will come from Jacob? Is this just a repetition of what was promised to Abraham, and how is it fulfilled if it seems so broad?Q6.What exactly was a drink offering in the Bible? Why did people pour out something valuable like wine or oil, and how does that fit with the idea that God doesn’t need anything from us?Q7.Why would Reuben, Jacob’s eldest son, commit such a disgraceful act by sleeping with his father’s concubine? Was it a moment of thoughtlessness, or was there a deeper motive? And why was this act treated so seriously in the Bible?Q8.Why does the Bible mention that Jacob had multiple wives? Isn’t polygamy inconsistent with God’s original design for marriage? Why would someone chosen by God live in such a way, and how does the Bible justify or condemn this practice?
