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ISRAEL: A PEOPLE CHOSEN AND BLESSED (12) Flashcards

1
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became the beginning of the great nation promised to Abraham

A

ISAAC

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2
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why was Isaac named Isaac

A

Isaac means “laughter”

because Abraham and Sarah were laughing at the idea that they can still bear children at old age

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3
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Isaac married _______ and had two sons (twins) who are named:

A

REBECCA;

ESAU (older) and JACOB (younger)

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4
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Isaac showed favor to ____, but the clever _____ – with his mother’s help – secured birthright and his father’s crucial blessing

A

Esau; Jacob

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5
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how did Jacob secure Isaac’s birthright and blessing

A

Rebecca cooked food then Jacob served that food to his father, earning his father’s blessing

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6
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became the transmitter of the covenant

A

JACOB

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7
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Jacob fathered how many sons from how many wives and concubines

A

12 sons from his 2 wives and 2 concubines

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8
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most favorite child of Jacob

A

JOSEPH

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9
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Jacob’s wives

A

LEAH (elder sister)

RACHEL (younger sister)

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10
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Jacob’s concubines

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BILHAH (leah’s slave)

ZILPAH (rachel’s slave)

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11
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Leah and Rachel’s father

A

LABAN

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12
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children of Jacob from Leah

A 
REUBEN (1st)
SIMEON (2nd)
LEVI (3rd)
JUDAH (4th)
ISSACHAR (9th)
ZEBULUN (10th)
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13
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children of Jacob from Zilpah

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GAD (7th)

ASHER (8th)

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14
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children of Jacob from Rachel

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JOSEPH (11th)

BENJAMIN (12th)

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15
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children of Joseph

A

MANNASEH

EPHRAIM

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16
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children of Jacob from Bilhah

A

DAN (5th)

NAPHTALI (6th)

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17
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child of Jacob that is the ancestor of MOSES, AARON, LEVITES, PRIESTS

A

LEVI (3rd)

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18
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child of Jacob that is the ancestor of KING DAVID, KING SOLOMON, JESUS

A

JUDAH (4th)

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19
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child of Jacob that is the ancestor of KING SAUL

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BENJAMIN (12th)

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20
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what happened to Jacob after a night of outwrestling a nameless and mysterious angel

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Jacob was blessed and was renamed “ISRAEL”

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21
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why is Jacob often seen with a ladder

A

because he once dreamt of a ladder that souls ascend and descend from heaven to earth (established contact between man and God)

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22
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why and how did Jacob’s descendants go to Egypt

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following a severe drought in his homeland Canaan, Jacob and his descendants, with the help of his son Joseph the Dreamer, who had since become a confidante of Pharaoh, moved to Egypt

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23
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what did the new pharaoh order when he saw the prosperity of Jacob’s descendants as a threat to Egyptian power

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he ordered the massacre of firstborn males and forced into labor the Israelites

24
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Moses’ mother

A

JOCHEBED

25
Q

how did Jochebed free Moses from the Egyptians who were killing all newborn males

A

she placed Moses in a basket and released him in the flow of River Nile

26
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the pharaoh’s daughter who found Moses in the Nile River and took him in with the royal family

A

BITHIA

27
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why did Moses kill an Egyptian taskmaster?

A

because the Egyptian taskmaster was beating a Hebrew slave (Ex. 3:22-15)

28
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where did Moses flee to after killing an Egyptian taskmaster

A

THE LAND OF MIDIAN

29
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Moses’ found her in the land of Midian and married her

A

ZIPPORAH

30
Q

Zipporah is a daughter of who

A

JETHRO

31
Q

God manifests himself to Moses through what

A

BURNING BUSH

32
Q

God introduced himself to Moses as YHWH, which means what

A

I Am Who I Am

33
Q

what plan did God reveal to Moses when He manifested Himself through the burning bush

A

God revealed his plan to save Israel from Egyptian slavery through the leadership of Moses

34
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why does YHWH remain unpronounced

A

out of deep reverence and respect

35
Q

most common substitutes for YHWH in jewish cultures

A

HASHEM: “the name”
ADONAI: “Lord”

36
Q

the Hebrew name of God transliterated in four letters as YHWH or JHVH

A

TETRAGRAMMATON

37
Q

TETRAGRAMMATON is greek for what

A

“four-lettered”

38
Q

Moses was sent by God to which pharaoh to free the Israelites from slavery

A

RAMESSES II

39
Q

these are proofs of the presence of YHWH before Pharaoh and Egyptians

A

the TEN PLAGUES OF EGYPT

40
Q

enumerate the ten plagues of egypt

A 
WATER TURNS TO BLOOD
FROGS
LICE
FLIES
SICK CATTLE
BOILS
FIRE HAIL
LOCUSTS
DARKNESS
DEATH OF FIRST BORN
41
Q

etymology of PASSOVER

A

from hebrew “PESACH”; which means “to pass over” or “to protect/defend”

42
Q

referring to the Angel of Death who passed over the Israelites’ houses smeared by lamb blood

A

PASSOVER

43
Q

the smearing of blood of lambs on doorposts is parallel to what

A

the most precious blood of Christ

44
Q

the crossing of the Red Sea is parallel to what

A

the sacrament of Baptism

cleansing of sins to achieve a new life in Christ

45
Q

God established a covenant with who making them his Chosen People

A

ISRAEL

46
Q

the translation of decalogue

A

“ten words”

47
Q

Moses found this artifact that revealed the will of God

A

DECALOGUE

48
Q

where did Moses find the decalogue

A

MT. SINAI

49
Q

how is Moses the prefiguration of Jesus

A

they both preached commandments

10 commandments & new commandment of love

50
Q

10 commandments is divided into two parts:

A

LOVE OF GOD
(first three commandments)
(chief obligations owed to God)

LOVE OF NEIGHBOR
(last seven commandments)
(obligations to one another)

51
Q

what is stated in Jesus’ new commandment of love

A

“love God above all”

“love your neighbor as yourself”

52
Q

by the Israelites accepting the covenant with God, Israel became what

A

one nation

53
Q

the first in a long history of communal acts of idolatry

A

WORSHIP OF THE GOLDEN CALF

54
Q

the high priest _____ and the leaders of the twelve tribes abandon their covenant with God and begin offering sacrifices to the golden calf

A

AARON

55
Q

how many days after the covenant at mount sinai was the worship of the golden calf

A

less than forty days

56
Q

the two prophets who prophesized about the covenant through prophetic oracles in the old testament

A

JEREMIAH (Jeremiah 31:31-32)

EZEKIEL (Ezekiel 16:60)

FUNFAITH 2ND QTR (11 decks)

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