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6th - Religion Chapter 8 Flashcards

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What does the life of Joseph remind us?

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That even when we encounter obstacles in life, God provides for our needs and watches over us.

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Who was Joseph?

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One of Israel’s youngest son

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What means that God can bring good results from the bad choices that people make?

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Divine Providence

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Who was Israel’s favorite son?

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Joseph

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What did Israel have made for Joseph that made his brothers’ envious?

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A fine tunic

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To make matters worse with Joseph’s brothers, Joseph told his brothers about his dream. Describe the dream.

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“We were binding sheaves when suddenly my sheaf stood up in the center. Your sheaves formed a ring around mine and bowed to it.”

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How did Joseph’s brothers feel about his dream?

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They hated Joseph all the more - “Are you going to make yourself King over us?”

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What was Joseph’s second dream?

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He saw the sun, the moon, and 11 stars bowing to him.

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How did his father react to this second dream?

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His father scolded him - is everyone to bow to you?

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What did Joseph’s brothers plot?

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To kill Joseph

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Who objected to killing Joseph?

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Reuben, the eldest brother

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At Reuben’s suggest what did the brothers do to Joseph?

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They took his splendid tunic and threw him into a dry well.

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That evening while Joseph was in the dry well, what did the brothers decide?

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They decided to sell him to these traders from Ishmaelites for 20 pieces of silver.

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What happen to Joseph in the hands of the Ishmaelites’ hands?

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He was taken from Canaan to Egypt where he was sold as a slave to Potiphar, an official of the pharaoh

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What did his brothers do to explain Joseph being gone?

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They killed a goat and dipped Joseph’s tunic in its blood. They sent the tunic to Israel with the message - “We have found this. See whether it is your son’s tunic.” When Israel identified the tunic, he mourned Joseph deeply and refused to be consoled.

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What were Joseph’s brothers guilty of?

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Envy, one of the seven capital sins

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What is the feeling of anger, sadness, or resentment because someone has a quality, a talent, or a possession that we want?

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Envy

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Envy is a sin against which commandment?

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The 10th

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How did the lord do for Joseph while he lived in Potiphar’s house?

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The Lord protected him. Joseph was successful in everything he did.

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Why was Joseph throw in jail?

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After awhile, Potiphar’s wife fell in love with Joseph. But Joseph refused to commit sin with her, for he had great respect for Potiphar and for God’s laws. Angry, she screamed and pretended that Joseph had tried to attack her. So Potiphar became furious and threw him in jail.

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Why did the pharaoh summon Joseph?

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Because he had heard that Joseph could interpret dreams. And he had dream that no one could interpret.

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What did Joseph said in response to the pharaoh’s request?

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That it is God who will give an answer.

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Describe the pharaoh’s two dreams.

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  1. 7 cows, fat and sleek came out of the Nile. Behind came 7 other cows, ugly and scrawny. They ate the fat cows.
  2. He saw 7 ears of grain, fat and healthy, growing on one stalk. Behind them were 7 ears of grain, shrivel, then and blasted by the east wind. These ears swallowed up the healthy ears of grain.
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What did Joseph said about the pharaoh’s dreams?

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That God had revealed to the pharaoh what he was going to do. In Egypt, there would be 7 years of good crops followed by 7 years of famine.

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What did Joseph advise the pharaoh to do?

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To collect and store food during the good years so that people would have food to eat during the famine.

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What was the pharaoh’s response to this advise?

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The pharaoh made Joseph governor over all Egypt. So for the next 7 years, he collected and stored the abundant crops then when the famine came he opened the storehouses to the people

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What was the good example that Joseph showed us?

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How the goods of the earth are meant to be shared by all. God wants his creation to be enjoyed by all.

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What is one of our responsibilities?

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To care for one another

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What is the attitude that leads us to share spiritual and material goods with others?

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Solidarity

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What did the Hebrew people believe that dreams were sent by God for?

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As a means of revealing his plans and for inviting a response from his people

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As Catholic’s, we believe that God has a plan for us and so instead of simply dreaming, we what?

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Hope

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What are the three Theological Virtues?

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Hope, faith, and charity

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For a Christian, what is to have confidence that God will always be with us and will always provide us with what we need?

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Hope

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Describe how Joseph and his brothers met again.

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As Joseph predicted, famine was experienced everywhere. So Israel’s family needed food so he sent 10 of his sons to Egypt to buy food. The brothers came and knelt before Joseph. He recognized them but they did not know him.

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How did Joseph react to seeing his brothers? (What did he do?)

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Joseph accused them of being spies. They explained that they were not and that they had left their father and brother at home. He pretended he did not believe them. He kept one brother, Simeon, as a prisoner until they returned with their youngest brother as proof of their story.

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How did their father, Israel, react when his sons returned?

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He was very upset - “Must you make me childless? Joseph is gone, Simeon is gone, and now you would take away Benjamin. My son is not going down with you.”

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After awhile they needed food and grain, so Israel agreed to send Benjamin. What did Joseph do when his brothers returned?

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Joseph dined with them - giving Benjamin the largest portion. But he had one more test for his brothers, he filled their bags with grain, the money they had paid for the grain and his own silver cup. After they left, Joseph sent his guards after them in search of the cup. They were ordered to return to Joseph.

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What was the punishment for the theft of the cup? And how did the brothers react?

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That Benjamin stay with him as a slave. The brothers begged Joseph not to do this. They said that their father surely would die if Benjamin did not return.

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Moved by his brothers concern for their father, what did Joseph do?

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He called them close and told them who he was. Don’t feel bad about selling me into slavery. God sent he here in order to save your lives. Return quickly to my father and tell him to come to Egypt, settle in region of Geshen, and I will provide for you.

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Years later, when Israel was about to die, he gave a blessing to each of his sons. What was his blessing to Judah?

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He promised he would become as powerful as a lion and rule over others. The Messiah, the one promised to deliver all people from sin, would come from Judah’s family.

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After Israel died, the brothers were afraid that Joseph would harm them so they ask for forgiveness. How did Joseph respond?

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“Do not be afraid. Even though you meant to do evil, God planned that it would bring good. Because of what happened to me, many people have been saved. Do not worry. I will continue to care for you and and your families.”

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How long did the Israelites remain in Egypt?

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Many generations

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We are all called to follow Joseph’s example to do what?

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To support not only our own families but all families

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What commandment tells us to honor and respect our parents?

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The 4th commandment

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From experiences of our own families, we come to recognize that we all belong to the family of God and we are called to promote what?

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The well being of all people

45
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What does Jesus call all of us to be?

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Forgiving

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God guides our lives so that when evil things happen to us, what does He do?

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He makes them work for good if we cooperate with him.

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When we remember that God loves us, we know that no matter what happens God can do what?

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Bring good from it.

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We ask for our needs and for the basic needs of all people?

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Xx

49
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We pray for the growth of God’s Kingdom in our lives?

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Xx

50
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We ask that our will and God’s will become one?

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Xx

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God is truly our Father and that is how we are to address him why we pray?

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Xx

52
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This refers, not to a place, but to God’s majesty and his presence in the hearts of holy people?

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Xxx

53
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We express our affirmation (“So be it”) of all seven petitions of the Lord’s Prayer?

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Xxx

54
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We ask for God’s mercy for our offenses and for the strength to forgive others?

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Xxx

55
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God’s name is so great that it should be recognized as holy by all people?

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Xxx

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We ask God to not let us take a path that leads to sin?

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