By Michael C. Mack

1. What is your favorite romantic movie? Why do you like it? 

Read Genesis 29:15-30. 

2. What movie title would you give to this account? 

• When Jacob Met Rachel . . . and Leah (and Zilpah and Bilhah)

• The Laban Bunch (“Rachel, Rachel, Rachel”)

• Dysfunctional Family Ties

• Fooled for Love

• How to Lose a Girl in 7 Years

• The Things I Do for Love

3. What motivates someone to use deception and trickery to get what they want? 

4. How have you witnessed deception in a family? How does it affect the relationships? 

5. Jacob deceived his father to get his blessing (Genesis 27:1-36) and later deceived Laban (31:20). Do you believe turnabout is fair play? Why or why not? 

6. What biblical principle do you take from this passage? “A man reaps what he sows” (Galatians 6:7); perseverance develops character (Romans 5:4); the righteous live lives of integrity (Proverbs 20:7); or “in all things God works for the good” (Romans 8:28)?

Michael Mack leads church training events and consults with churches through his ministry, Small Group Leadership (www.smallgroupleadership.com).