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Abraham through Joseph Flashcards

1
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Who were Noah’s sons?

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Shem, Ham, and Japheth

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Gad had told them (Noah’s family) to scatter over the face of the earth, but they stayed together and began to build what?

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a very tall tower that would reach high into the heavens

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What did God do when he saw the tall temple-tower?

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He mixed up their language so they couldn’t understand each other’s words.

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What were the things that most people worshipped?

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sun, moon, stars, rivers, mountains, and hills

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What did most people of Ur worship?

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the moon god, and idols

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Which of Terah’s sons did not worship idols?

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Abram

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What did God promise to Abram if he obeyed and followed him?

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He promised to give hime the promised land, make him a great nation of his children, grandchildren, and descendants, to make his name famous, and to cause the entire world to be blessed.

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Who was the great blessing that came from Abram’s descendants?

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Jesus, the Messiah

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After Abram reached the Promised Land and offered a sacrifice, where did he move to?

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a place called Bethel, which means “House of God”

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God told Abram to look up into the sky and gave him another promise. What was that promise?

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He would have as many descendants as there are stars in the sky.

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11
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Who was Hagar?

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Sarai’s Egyptian servant girl

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Who got impatient waiting for God to fulfill his promise?

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Sarai

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What did Sarai do, thinking she was “helping” God fulfill his promise?

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She gave Hagar to Abram to be the mother.

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What was Hagar’s boy’s name?

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Ishmael

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15
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Was Ishmael the son God promised?

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No

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16
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How old was Abram when God changed his name to Abraham?

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99

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17
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What does the name Sarah mean?

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princess

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18
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What was Ismael’s blessing?

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to make him a great nation

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What was Isaac’s blessing?

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leaders of many nations, through his seed (the Lord Jesus Christ) the whole world would be blessed

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20
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Where did many of today’s Arab nations come from?

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Ishmael

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21
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Who could Abraham trust to do a very important job?

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his servant, Eliezer

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22
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Why was it important that Isaac have a good wife?

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because through Isaac’s family the promised Savior was to come

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Abraham had Eliezer promise him that he would not let Isaac marry one of the _________ girls.

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Canaanite

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What was Eliezer’s caravan made up of?

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ten camels, many servants, all kinds of valuable gifts- golden rings, bracelets, necklaces and earings, dazzling jewels, beautiful and expensive clothes

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25
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Who did Eliezer ask for help and guidance in selecting a wife?

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Abraham’s God, the Lord

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What did Rebekah do that conviced Eliezer she was “the one?”

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She gave him water and watered his camels too.

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27
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Laban and Rebekah’s mother did not want Rebekah to leave them so soon. Did Eliezer stay for a few more days?

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No

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What did Eliezer talk about to Rebekah on the journey home?

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Isaac, her future husband

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29
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Of what did Rebekah comfort Isaac?

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his mother’s death

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30
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What didn’t Eliezer do until he had delivered the message about why he was in Nahor?

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eat

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31
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What was the important promise God made to Rebekah just before the twins were born?

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The elder (Esau) shall serve the younger (Jacob).

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32
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Who liked the outdoors and hunting?

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Esau

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33
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Who was quiet, thoughtful, and a good cook?

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Jacob

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34
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Why was it not good for the parents to have favorites?

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It would cause troubles in the family later on.

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35
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Who was to receive a double share of all of a father’s posessions?

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the firstborn son

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36
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What was the high privilege that the firstborn son in Isaac’s family was to have?

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of being an ancestor to Christ

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37
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What did Esau give up his birthright to Jacob in trade for?

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dinner: bread and soup

38
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How did Jacob deceive his father?

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He dressed in Esau’s clothes, tied goat skins on his hands and the smooth part of his neck, and brought the meal Isaac requested of Esau, claiming to be him.

39
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How did Esau feel when he found out Jacob stole his blessing?

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He was furious and his heart was filled with hatred toward Jacob.

40
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Jacob wanted a good thing but he got it the wrong way. How can we apply this lesson to our lives?

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We should ask the Lord to help us remember that it is never right to do wrong, even for a good cause.

41
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Rebekah decided to “help God out” by getting Jacob to…

A

deceive his father.

42
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Where did Rebekah tell Jacob to flee to avoid getting killed by Esau?

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to his Uncle Laban in Haran

43
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Rebekah expressed to Isaac her desire for Jacob to NOT marry a Canaanite, but her real reason for speaking to Isaac was to..

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get Isaac to send him away- thus preventing Esau from killing Jacob.

44
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What was the blessing Jacob gave to Isaac as he went to Haran to take a wife from the daughters of Laban?

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God Almighty bless you, and give you many descendants until you become a great nation. May God pass on to you and your children the mighty blessings promised to Abraham, and may you possess this land which God gave to Abraham.

45
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What was the turning point in Jacob’s life?

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After he woke from the dream of angel’s going up and down the huge ladder, he had a strong reverence for God. He had known about God, but now he really knew Him.

46
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What did God promise to Jacob in the dream?

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“I will give this very land on which you are lying to you and your descendants, for you will be many in number like the dust of the earth, and through your seed (Jesus Christ), all the families of the earth will be blessed. I am with you and will protect you wherever you go, and will bring you back safely to this land.”

47
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What did he do to the rock he had used for a pillow?

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He set it upright, and poured oil on it to dedicate the place to the Lord.

48
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What did he call the place where he had the dream?

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Bethel, “House of God”

49
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Who had built an altar about 160 years earlier on this same place as Jacob?

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his grandfather, Abraham

50
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What vow did Jacob make to God?

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that if God would be with him, and keep him and bless him and bring him back by this way again that he would give God a tenth (tithe) of all his possessions

51
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Why was Jacob worried about meeting Esau?

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He wondered if his brother had forgiven him for his deceitfulness, or if he had kept the hatred in his heart and still wanted to kill him.

52
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After Jacob sent messengers to tell Esau that he was coming to meet him, what news did they return with?

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Esau was on his way to meet Jacob with an army of 400 men.

53
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Why did Jacob divide his flocks?

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He divised the plan of separating his household, flocks, herds, and camels into two groups, so that one group might escape if Esau attacks the other.

54
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When did Jacob pray and ask God to help him with meeting Esau?

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after he made his plans to divide his household

55
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Who did Jacob wrestle?

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The Lord God

56
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Why did Jacob wrestle the God-Man?

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He stubbornly refused to give up his own way and let God have His way and be the Lord of his life.

57
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What does the name “Jacob” mean?

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Cheater or Swindler

58
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Why wasn’t Esau angry anymore?

A

God had touched him and changed his heart.

59
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How many sons did Jacob (Isreal) have?

A

12

60
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Joseph and Benjamin remind Jacob of their mother, ______.

A

Rachel

61
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Which son did Jacob love most?

A

Joseph

62
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What did Jacob give Joseph that made his brothers’ hatred for him grow?

A

a coat of many colors

63
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Why did Joseph’s brothers get angry about his dreams?

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because they seemed to mean that the family would bow down to Joseph

64
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When Joseph goes to visit the older brothers in the pasture, they all plotted to kill him, except who?

A

Reuben

65
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Instead of killing him, what did Joseph’s brother’s at first do to him?

A

They threw him in a pit.

66
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Reuben found Joseph was no longer in the pit. What did the other brothers do to him?

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They sold him as a slave to merchants on their way to Egypt.

67
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What was the brother’s plan to tell Jacob?

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to dip a piece of Joseph’s coat in the blood of a goat so that the father would think a wild beast destroyed him

68
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In what ways, up to the selling him as a slave, is Joseph a picture of our Lord Jesus?

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Both beloved by their father. Both hated. Both sold for silver (Joseph 20 pieces, Jesus 30).

69
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Who purchased Joseph as a slave?

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an important Egyptian officer, Captain Potiphar

70
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After Potiphar made Joseph head of his household, what did the Lord do?

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The Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had.

71
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What happened to Joseph after he fled from Potiphar’s wife?

A

He was put into Jail.

72
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What did the jailer, or warden of the prison do to Joseph?

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He put Joseph in charge of all the other prisoners.

73
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What did Joseph do for the butler and baker also in jail?

A

He interpreted their dreams.

74
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What did the butler forget to do after being let out of jail?

A

He forgot to tell Pharaoh about Joseph having been unjustly put in jail.

75
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How many years had it been since the butler remembered Joseph?

A

2 years

76
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From whom does Joseph say the wisdom to interpret dreams comes?

A

God

77
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What did Pharaoh’s ‘fat cows’ and ‘fat ears of corn’ represent?

A

7 years of plenty

78
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What did Pharaoh’s ‘skinny cows’ and ‘skinny ears of corn’ eating up the fat ones represent?

A

7 years of famine

79
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Who did Pharaoh appoint as ruler over all the land?

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Joseph

80
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What did Joseph’s son’s name “Manasseh” mean?

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Forgetting- God has made him to forget all his toil

81
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What did Joseph’s son’s name “Ephraim” mean?

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Fruitful- God has caused him to be fruitful in the land of his affliction

82
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Why wouldn’t Jacob allow Benjamin to go to Egypt to buy food with his older brothers?

A

He was afraid that some harm might come to him as it had to his brother Joseph.

83
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How was bowing before the “Egyptian Ruler” fulfilling prophecy?

A

Joseph had a dream that his brothers would bow before him. His brothers had persecuted him for this, and now they had no idea they were fulfilling the prophecy.

84
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What did Joseph, disguised as an Egyptian ruler, accuse the brothers of when he recognized them from their inquiry to purchase corn?

A

He accused them of being spies.

85
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What was Joseph testing them for?

A

to see if their hearts had changed

86
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Who were the brothers to return with to prove they were not spies and to get Simon released?

A

Benjamin

87
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After the brothers ran out of food again, and Jacob allowed them to bring Benjamin to Egypt get more, where did Joseph have them taken?

A

to his own house

88
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What did Joseph have placed in Benjamin’s sack as the brothers departed?

A

His silver cup

89
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Who pleaded to take Benjamin’s place for “stealing” Joseph’s cup?

A

Judah

90
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What did Joseph’s brothers think he would do when they found out he was Joseph?

A

They thought he would kill them for what they did to him, but God used it for good and gave Joseph a forgiving heart.

91
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Who moved down to Egypt to live?

A

Jacob, and the entire family, leaving nothing behind.

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