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Bible Stories · Ages 7+ · Set A
Jacob's ladder
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Remember: The Bible tells of a night Jacob slept on a stone and dreamed of a ladder, and of God's promise to be with him wherever he went.

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Jacob's night on a stoneJacob left his father Isaac's camp and walked north toward his uncle Laban, in a place called Haran. His brother Esau was angry, and his mother Rebekah had told him to go. Night fell, and Jacob had no house and no bed. He picked up a flat stone and laid his head on it. In a dream he saw a great ladder of light that reached up to heaven. God's messengers went up and down it. Then God promised to be with Jacob wherever he went. Jacob woke full of wonder. In the morning he stood the stone up on its end, poured oil on top, and named the place Bethel, which means house of God.
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Why did Jacob leave home?
😠Esau was angry, and his mother told him to go to her brother Laban💎He went looking for treasure🏹He was lost on a hunting trip
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Jacob walked toward his uncle Laban in Haran.
eastnorthsouth
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That night Jacob slept in a big house with a soft bed.
TrueFalse
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What did the ladder in Jacob's dream reach up to?
🧱A high wall⛰️The top of a mountain☁️Heaven
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Circle every promise from Jacob's dream.
🤝To be with him wherever he went🧭To bring him back to the land🏯To give him a palace🌍To bless all the peoples📏That the road would be short

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Number the story in order.
  • He sleeps on a stone
  • He wakes full of wonder
  • Jacob leaves home
  • He stands the stone up
  • He dreams of the ladder
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Join each person to what the story says.
  1. 1Esau
  2. 2Rebekah
  3. 3Isaac
  4. 4Jacob
  • Awas so angry that Jacob had to leave
  • Bblessed Jacob and sent him off
  • Cdreamed of a ladder
  • Dtold Jacob to go to her brother
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Jacob named the place , which means house of God.
BethelCanaanHaran
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In those days, why did Jacob stand a stone up on its end?
🛏️To make a bed for the night📍To mark a special place people wanted to remember🙈To hide from his brother

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Sam wrote that Jacob rode a camel north. Fix it: Jacob north, alone, with a walking stick.
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Write one sentence about what Jacob did in the morning.
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Draw Jacob asleep on his stone under the stars, with the ladder of light above him.
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Was it before, in, or after the dream? Join each.
  1. 1Jacob picked up a flat stone
  2. 2A ladder of light reached up to heaven
  3. 3He poured oil on the stone
  • Abefore the dream
  • Bin the dream
  • Cafter the dream
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Answer key · Set A
Jacob's ladder
1Esau was angry, and his mother told him to go to her brother Laban Esau was very angry, so Rebekah told Jacob to go and stay with her brother Laban in Haran.
2north The story says Laban lived far away to the north, and Jacob walked north, day after day.
3False He had no house and no bed. He slept in the open with a flat stone for a pillow.
4Heaven It was a great ladder, a stairway of soft light, that reached up to heaven.
5To be with him wherever he went, To bring him back to the land, To bless all the peoples God promised to be with him, to bring him back, and to bless all the peoples. There was no palace and no short road.
62, 4, 1, 5, 3 He leaves, sleeps, dreams, wakes, and then stands the stone up in the morning.
71-A, 2-D, 3-B, 4-C Esau was angry, Rebekah sent Jacob to Laban, Isaac blessed him, and Jacob had the dream.
8bethel Jacob named the place Bethel after he poured oil on the stone.
9To mark a special place people wanted to remember In those days a standing stone marked a place people wanted to remember.
10walked Jacob had no camel. He walked day after day, with a walking stick, over ridges and dry valleys.
11Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
131-A, 2-B, 3-C He took the stone at sunset, saw the ladder in his sleep, and poured oil in the morning.
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