Religion Chapter 8 Vocab/Study Guide

Question 1

Joseph

Answer 1

Young, favored son of Jacob who was sold by his brothers into slavers in Egypt but became a high official there

Question 2

Judah

Answer 2

One of the 12 sons of Jacob (Israel), who received the special blessing that he would rule his brothers and the Messiah should come from his tribe

Question 3

Pharaoh

Answer 3

Title given to the Egyptian kings or rulers

Question 4

Potiphar

Answer 4

An officer in the court of the Pharaoh who bought Joseph as a slave and later put him in prison

Question 5

Providence

Answer 5

God’s watching over us with loving care; God’s loving guidance and awareness of all that happens

Question 6

Simeon

Answer 6

Joseph’s brother whom he kept a prisoner until his brothers’ return

Question 7

Benjamin

Answer 7

Youngest son of Jacob and Joseph’s youngest brother

Question 8

Prefigure

Answer 8

To show or suggest beforehand

Question 9

Joseph had the gift of interpreting ______.

Answer 9

Dreams

Question 10

The brothers led Israel to believe that Joseph was ____.

Answer 10

Dead

Question 11

Potiphar’s ____ tempted Joseph but he resisted.

Answer 11

Wife

Question 12

When Joseph’s brothers came to him, Joseph, like Jesus, ___ them.

Answer 12

Forgave

Question 13

Jacob did not want to let ____ go to Egypt.

Answer 13

Benjamin

Question 14

God’s bringing about good results from bad choices.

Answer 14

Divine Providence

Question 15

Brother whose descendant would be the Messiah.

Answer 15

Judah

Question 16

Land where the Israelites moved during the famine.

Answer 16

Egypt

Question 17

Joseph’s youngest brother.

Answer 17

Benjamin

Question 18

Person put in charge of storing and distributing food.

Answer 18

Joseph

Question 19

What Pharaoh’s dream foretold?

Answer 19

7 years of plenty and 7 years of famine.

Question 20

Who had Joseph put into jail?

Answer 20

Potiphar

Question 21

Who threw Joseph in a well?

Answer 21

Joseph’s brothers

Question 22

The brother that Joseph held prisoner.

Answer 22

Simeon

Question 23

Gift that made Joseph’s brothers jealous.

Answer 23

A fine tunic

Question 24

To be ____ is to be like Jesus, who knew that every good thing comes from God.

Answer 24

Humble

Question 25

The attitude that leads us to share spiritual and material goods with others is called ____.

Answer 25

Solidarity

Question 26

Joseph’s family settled in the region of _____ when they came to live with him.

Answer 26

Goshen