Wells of Gerar

Gen. 26 :12-33- Mrs. Lee’s Stories About God’s First People “Isaac Chooses Not to Fight”
Lesson Tactile Time Take-home
Read: “Isaac Chooses Not to Act out “packing” bags and “Help Isaac Pack” (pg 2-3)
Fight” “moving” from place to
place.

Isaac had to leave his home

because the people around
him were jealous of his riches.

Read: “Isaac Chooses Not to Well models (with tubing to Follow the lines from well to
Fight” let water “come up into” the well. (pg 4)
well)

Isaac worked hard and cleared

out Abraham’s wells

Read: “Isaac Chooses Not to
Fight”
Isaac did not fight back when
the wicked people took his
wells.
“TV” (pg 5-8)
• Cut out illustrations and glue or tape
onto strip of paper that fits your card-
board box “t.v.” <See Visual Aids
page for directions in making>
Color sheet (pg 9)
(Originally from www.hattoncoc.org, but
no longer available there.)

Read: “Isaac Chooses Not to Story Wheel (pp 10-11) Story wheel (pg 12)
Fight”

God said He would bless Isaac

and his family.
Isaac had to leave Gerar because the people there were jealous of
his wealth. Gen. 26:12-33

Help Isaac and Rebekah pack to leave.

In class:
Have student glue Isaac and Rebekah
next to the camels and glue the
“luggage” packs on the camels and
in their hands.
The wicked people of the Valley of Gerar kept Isaac from using the wells Abraham had dug.
Help Isaac get to the well where the people left him alone. Gen. 26:12-25

Esek
“Quarrel”

Sitnah
“Enmity”

Rehoboth
“Spaciousness”
 Esek
“Quarrel”

Sitnah
“Enmity”
 Rehoboth
“Spaciousness”

“ I am the God of your father

Abraham; do not fear, for I am
with you. I will bless you and mul-
tiply your descendants for My
servant Abraham’s sake.” (vs 24)
 The End

Isaac Leaves
Gerar
Gen. 26:12-25
 Isaac
Leaves
Gerar