Lesson 13 Flashcards
1400 B.C., Israelites leave Egypt
Exodus
Moses’ tribe; became the priests of the new nation of the Israelites
Levi
led the Israelites in the Exodus; name means “drawn out”
Moses
raised Moses as her own son
Pharaoh’s daughter
Moses went to live here after escaping from Pharaoh
Midian
Exodus 1:8
Now there arose up a new king over Egypt who knew not Joseph.
List the 5 books of wisdom
Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon
What did Pharaoh order midwives to do to Hebrew sons?
He ordered the midwives attending Hebrew mothers to kill all male babies.
Who found Moses int he river? What does his name mean?
Pharaoh’s daughter found Moses. His name means “drawn out” because she took him from the river.
Why does Moses flee from Egypt?
One day, as Moses was watching the Hebrews work, he became angry and killed a taskmaster who was striking one of his kinsmen. When Pharaoh heard of this, he sought to kill Moses. So Moses had to flee from Egypt.
burial plot of patriarchs and their wives
Field of Machpelah
embalm
to preserve a dead body using resins, minerals, and herbs
a train of pack animals (camels, mules)
caravan
12 sons of Jacob, father of the 12 tribes of Israel
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Gad, Asher, Dan, Naphthali, Joseph, Benjamin
Genesis 50:25
And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel saying, God will surely visit you and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
When Jacob gathered his sons around him for his final blessing before he died, what did he fortell about their future?
He told them that the twlve tribes of Israel would descend from them, and that Judah would be the one that all the others would praise and bow before.
the children of Israel
Hebrews
fertile territory in Egypt, east of the Nile delta; granted by Pharaoh to Joseph and his descendants
Goshen
Genesis 45:4,5,8
I am a Joseph your brother, who me he sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved with yourselves, for it was not you that sent me hither, but God.
What did Joseph do to test his brothers to see if they had truly changed?
He planed his silver cup in Benjamin’s sack and sent his steward to overtake the brothers and bring them back, demanding that Benjmain be his slave for this theft.
