Semester 1: Final Flashcards
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What happens in the Creation Story?
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- God speaks, things happen
- In this world, everything is perfect
- In this world, there is not pain, hurt, or suffering.
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What is the pentateuch?
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The first five books in the old testament.
3
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Why do we use abbreviations in the bible?
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So the reader can find the verse in the bible.
4
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What does abbreviation mean?
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A shortened form of a word or phrase.
5
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What happened on the first day of the Creation Story?
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God created light/day, and darkness/night.
6
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What happened on the second day of the creation story?
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God created the arrangement of water.
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What happened on the third day of the Creation Story?
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God created dry land and vegetation.
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What happened on the fourth day of the Creation Story?
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God created the sun and the moon.
9
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What happened on the fifth day of the Creation Story?
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God created the fish and birds from waters.
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What happened on the sixth day of the Creation Story?
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God created human beings and animals.
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What happened on the seventh day of the creation story?
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God rested.
12
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What is the genre of Genesis?
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Genesis was not written as a scientific textbook, but instead as symbolic storytelling.
13
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What do we gain from reading Genesis?
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We learn that God made the World, and he made it out of love.
14
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God made the humans in his image and likeness. What does this mean?
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We can make choices between right and wrong. We are the leaders.
15
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What does the word subdue, mean?
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Take care of.
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What does it mean when you say, “… have dominion over the earth and subdue it?”
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Humans are entrusted with the earth and creation.
17
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What does the name Adam, mean?
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Dirt. God formed Adam from the ground.
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What was the name of the place God created for Adam to live?
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Eden.
19
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Geographically, Eden would be in Southern Day Mesopotamia. This area is now what?
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Modern day Iraq.
20
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When God created the animals, how did they get their names?
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Adam named them.
21
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Why did God create Eve?
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Because God saw that the animals weren’t a sufficient partner for Adam, so he created Eve.
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How was Eve formed?
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Out of one of Adam’s ribs.
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What does the name Eve, mean?
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Living. Eve is thought to be “The mother of the living.”
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What does the fall refer to?
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The first sin of humans.
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What does sin mean?
Distrusting God or pursuing your own desires above God.
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Who convinced Adam and Eve to eat the fruit from the tree?
The serpent/snake.
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Who ate the fruit from the forbidden tree first?
Eve.
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How did Adam come to eat the fruit?
Eve offered it to him.
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What was the result of Adam and Eve eating the fruit?
God banished them from the garden and recruited an angel to watch over and protect it.
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What is the first sin referred to or called?
The original sin.
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Who were Adam and Eve's sons?
Cain and Abel.
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What were Cain and Abel's jobs?
Cain: Farmer
Abel: Shepard
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Which of the two boys' offerings did God favor?
Abel's
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Why did God favor Abel's offering.
Because he offered his best.
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What happened to Abel?
Cain killed him.
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What were the two major sins?
1. Adam and Eve eating the fruit.
| 2. Cain murdering Abel.
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What does righteous mean?
Holy.
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What was God's plan during Noah's time?
To wash away the world of sins.
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What does God tell Noah to do?
Build an ark.
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What does God give Noah?
Specific instructions.
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What does God promise?
That he will flood the earth.
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How long did the waters cover the earth?
Forty days.
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After 7 months, where did the Ark rest?
On the mountains of Ararat.
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What did Noah do after 10 months?
Noah released a raven and it did not return. He then released a dove, and it returned empty handed. He released another dove and it returned with an olive branch.
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The dove returned with an olive branch, so what might that mean?
There are crops growing, so that must mean there is dry land.
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After the flood, what did Noah build?
An altar, so he could worship the Lord.
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What is a covenant?
A promise.
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What is the covenant that God makes with Noah?
That he will never flood the earth again.
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What does the rainbow have to with the story of Noah and the Ark?
The rainbow is God's sign of his covenant to Noah.
50
Draw the family tree of Abraham and Sarah.
*Refer to Notes*
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Where did God want Abraham and Sarah to move?
To the land of Canaan.
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What were Abraham and Sarah's original names?
Abram and Sarai.
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What is God's covenant with Abraham?
God promises Abraham that he will have a big family, and many descendants.
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Why does Sarah not believe God will fulfill his promise?
She is getting old and doesn't think she can have children.
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What does Sarah allow Abraham to do, because she does not believe she can have children?
She allows Abraham to have children with her Egyptian servant, Hagar.
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Do Abraham and Hagar have a child? If so, what is the child's name?
Yes, Hagar has Abraham's child, Ishmael.
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Does Sarah eventually become pregnant?
Yes, in her old age.
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Why do people believe this is a miraculous work of God?
Because she is very old.
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What do Abraham and Sarah name THEIR child?
Isaac.
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What does God ask Abraham to do, as a test.
God asks Abraham to kill Isaac.
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Where do Isaac and Abraham go?
They go up a hill to find the place for the offering.
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What is a key point that happens while Abraham and Isaac are climbing up the hill?
Isaac is carrying the wood that they will need to build the altar.
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What do Abraham and Isaac build, once at the top of the hill?
An altar.
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As Abraham is ready to sacrifice Isaac, what does God do?
God sends an angel to stop Abraham.
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What did God provide Abraham to kill instead of Isaac?
A ram.
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What is Isaac's wife's name?
Rebekah.
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Do Isaac and Rebekah have kids? If so, what are their names?
Yes, they had twin boys, named Jacob and Esau.
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What does Jacob mean in Hebrew, and why is this significant?
Jacob's name means "heel" in Hebrew. This is significant because when the boys were born, Jacob was grasping Esau's heel.
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Which twin was technically older?
Esau.
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Which twin was entitled to a birthright blessing from their father Isaac, because they were the oldest?
Esau.
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Why was Jacob upset?
He wanted the birthright blessing, so he came up with a plan to steal it.
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What was Jacob's plan?
Isaac was old and had gone blind. Jacob decided that while Esau was away, he would dress up as Esau, and ask Isaac for the blessing.
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Did Jacob's plan work?
Yes, Isaac fell for it, and blessed Jacob.
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Who does Jacob go to live with?
His uncle, Laban.
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How many children does Jacob have with his two wives?
12
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What is God's promise to Abraham and was it fulfilled?
Abraham's descendants will be as numerous as the stars, and yes it was fulfilled.
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God speaks to Abraham in a dream about his covenant. Was it renewed?
Yes. God renewed his promise to Abraham about having a big and blessed family.
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What does God change Jacob's name to?
Israel.
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Why are all the descendants of Jacob later called Israelites?
Because God changed Jacob's name to Israel.
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Who are Noah's three sons?
Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Why did the people decide to build a tower in the sky?
Because it is symbolic of pride and arrogance.
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Who are the people here glorifying, instead of God?
Themselves.
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What was God's feeling when he saw the Tower of Babel?
He was disheartened.
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What did God do to stop the people from finishing building the tower?
God caused the people to speak different languages.
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What did the people do so they could speak the same language as other people?
They moved to different parts of the world.
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Why is Jacob scared to meet Esau again?
He is afraid he may want to hurt Jacob and his family.
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How does Jacob position his family for the meeting of Esau.
He spreads them out.
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What does Jacob do to 'win over' Esau?
Gives him gifts.
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Where does Jacob's family settle?
In the land of Canaan.
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Who are Bilhal and Zilpah?
Maid servants.
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Who is the oldest of Jacob's sons?
Reuben.
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Who is the youngest of Jacob's sons?
Benjamin.
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Who was Jacob's favorite son?
Joseph.
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How did Jacob show his love for Joseph?
He gave him a garment to wear.
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What was Joseph's special ability/gift?
Interpreting dreams.
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What was one of Joseph's dreams?
He and his brothers were bundling wheat in the fields. Joseph's bundle stood tall, while his brother's bundles bowed down to his.
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What was one of Joseph's dreams?
The sun and the moon and 11 stars were bowing down to him.
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What happened when Joseph told his brothers his dreams.
They hated him even more.
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The 12 sons were out tending their flocks. The other 11 decided to get rid of Joseph. What did they do to him?
They threw him into a well.
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A flock of Ishmaelite people came by. What did the 11 brothers do?
They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites.
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What did the brothers do before they returned home?
They dipped Joseph's colorful garment in animal blood and tore it up, so their father would get over him.
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The Ishmaelites traveled where with Joseph?
Egypt.
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Once in Egypt, what did the Ishmaelites do with Joseph.
They sold him to a man named Potiphar.
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What was Potiphar's job?
Potiphar was an advisor to the Pharaoh.
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Joseph was doing a great job, so what did Potiphar do?
He promoted Joseph to head servant, and trusted him with everything.
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Potiphar's wife had a crush on who?
Joseph.
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What did Potiphar's wife do?
Tried to tempt Joseph to be intimate with her, but he refused.
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Potiphar's wife got upset and she accused him of trying to tempt her. She reported the lie to her husband. What did Potiphar do?
Potiphar threw Joseph in jail.
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While in prison, who did Joseph interpret the dreams of?
A royal cup bearer and a royal baker.
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What was the royal cup bearer's dream?
He saw a vine with three branches, and many grapes developed and ripened on the plant. He then crushed the grapes in Pharaoh's cup and gave it to Pharaoh.
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What was Joseph's interpretation of the Royal Cup Bearer's dream?
The three branches mean in three days, Pharaoh will release the cup bearer from prison and he will go back to work.
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What was the Royal Baker's dream?
He had three bread baskets on his head full of bread. Birds were swooping down eating the bread.
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What was Joseph's interpretation of the Royal Baker's dream?
In three days, Pharaoh will take you out of prison and execute you for your crimes.
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What did Pharaoh do when he needed someone to interpret his dreams?
He released Joseph from prison and asked him to interpret his dreams.
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What was Pharaoh's first dream about?
Pharaoh was standing by the
Nile river when he saw seven fat cows
grazing by the river. He then saw seven
skinny cows come up to the fat cows, and
swallow them up.
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What was Pharaoh's second dream about?
Pharaoh saw seven ears of
healthy grain. He then saw seven skinny
and dry ears of grain grow up and
swallow the healthy grain.
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What did Joseph interpret Pharaoh's dreams to mean?
There will be seven years of good crops, healthy livestock and great harvests. After those seven years, there will be seven
years of famine due to a drought. During this time crops
will not grow and there will be a shortage of food.
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Were Joseph's interpretations correct?
Yes.
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After Joseph interpreted Pharaoh's dreams, what job was he given?
Working for Pharaoh and managing crops.
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When the famine hit the Egyptians were prepared. Who wasn't?
The descendants of Abraham.
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Where do the sons of Jacob go?
To Egypt, hoping to buy food.
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Joseph recognizes them, but do they recognize him?
No.
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Joseph accuses them of being spies. Why?
To test them to see if they've changed.
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What do the brothers have to do to prove they are not spies.
They leave Simeon with Joseph, and return with the youngest, Benjamin.
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When they return, they see that their money was stashed in with their Egyptian grain. Who put it there?
Joseph, to see if they would be honest.
126
The brother's eat all of their food, so what does Jacob do?
He sends the 11 brothers including Benjamin to buy more food.
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When the brothers arrive, what does Joseph do for them?
Prepares a feast for them.
128
The brothers are afraid of Joseph, so what do they do?
They return the money they found.
129
When he hears about his father, why does Joseph have to leave the room?
Because he starts to cry.
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In Benjamin's bag, what does Joseph hide?
A silver goblet.
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The stewards chase after the brothers and say that they stole from Joseph. What do they do?
They search through all of the bags and find the goblet in Benjamin's bag.
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What do they do to Benjamin?
They say they will keep him in Egypt as a slave.
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What do the brothers tell Joseph after they beg for mercy.
There was another brother who died by wild animals.
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Joseph tells the brothers that it's him. He tells them to do three things. What are they?
Go back to Jacob, Tell Jacob the truth, move the whole family to Egypt.
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What does Pharaoh give Joseph's brothers and father?
A prosperous piece of land.
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Why did the Egyptians start to become afraid of the Israelites?
Because there were a lot of them.
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There was a new pharaoh and he...
Doesn't know Joseph, and wants Egypt to become a powerful nation.
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What did the new Pharaoh want?
Total control over his people.
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What did the Egyptians do?
Forced the Israelites to be their slaves.
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What did the Pharaoh order to stop population growth?
Newborn male israelites must be killed.
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What was Moses' mother's plan to save him?
Put him in a basket on the Nile river.
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Who found Moses in the river?
Pharaoh's daughter.
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When Moses witnessed a Hebrew slave being beaten by an Egyptian, how did Moses react?
He hid the body.
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Moses ran away from Egypt to where?
Midian.
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Seven sisters sitting by a well were being harassed by a Shepard. What did Moses do?
Moses protected them.
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Where did Moses go with the sisters?
To their house to meet their father.
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What was the seven sisters' father's name?
Jet hero.
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Which sister did Moses end up marrying?
Zipporah.
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Moses came upon a burning bush one day while tending his flocks. What was special about the bush?
It was not being consumed by the fire.
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What does God say to Moses?
He tells him to go to Egypt and free the Israelites from slavery.
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What does God tell Moses that will be a sign of greatness throughout his time in Egypt?
His staff.
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Who is Moses' assigned speaking partner?
Aaron.
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Do they all make the journey to Egypt?
Yes.
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While Moses was in Midian, the Pharaoh died. Who is the new Pharaoh?
His Egyptian brother Rameses.
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What do Moses and Aaron say to Rameses?
Thus says the Lord, let my people go.
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What does Pharaoh give the Hebrews as a punishment for Moses asking?
Double the workload.
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What happened when Moses met with Pharaoh again?
Aaron threw Moses' staff and it turned into a serpent.
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The magician's turned their staffs into serpents too. What happened?
Moses' staff devoured the magician's snakes.
159
List the ten plagues.
1. Water to blood.
2. Frogs
3. Gnats
4. Flies
5. Disease
6. Boils
7. Hail
8. Locusts
9. Darkness
10. Angel of Death
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Did Pharaoh lose his son in the last plague?
Yes.
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Did Pharaoh finally give Moses permission to free the slaves?
Yes.
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What did Moses do to the red sea?
God's power allowed him to split it in half.
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The Israelites were starting to get hungry and thirsty. How were they given water? Food?
Moses hit a rock with his staff and water flowed freely. Bread rained down from the sky.
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Moses went up Mount Sinai. What did God give him?
The ten commandments.
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Who does Moses pass on his leadership to?
Joshua.
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What does Joshua assure the Israelite people of?
They will conquer the land of Canaan if they are faithful to the covenant.
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What did Joshua do when they reached Jericho?
He sent two spies in to scope out the area.
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The two spies stayed with whom, and what was her occupation?
They stayed with Rahab, a prostitute.
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What does God tell Joshua to do?
To have his troops march around the city seven times while carrying the Ark of the Covenant.
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After the last lap, they all shouted, and what happened?
The walls of Jericho came down.
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Who were the Judges and why were they appointed?
Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Gideon, Tola, Jair, Jephathah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon, and Samson. Appointed to govern the Israelites.
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Who was Hannah?
A woman living in Canaan.
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Hannah wanted a son. She prayed to Good. Did God bless her with a son?
Yes.
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What was Hannah's sons name?
Samuel.
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Samuel appointed whom to be king?
Saul.
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Who is anointed King after Saul?
David.
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During the time of David, who was the war between?
Philistines, and the Israelites.
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Who led the Israelite Army?
King Saul.
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Who was Goliath?
A philistine soldier who was very big and tall.
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Who kills Goliath?
David.
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Saul comes up with a plan to kill David. What is his plan?
Saul knew his daughter Michael loved David. He said they could marry each other, if David killed 100 philistines.
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Does David kill 100 Philistines?
Yes.
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Saul had a son named Jonathon. Saul told Jonathon about his plan, and Jonathan tells David. What does David do?
Goes into hiding.
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What was Saul's next attempt to kill David?
Saul saw David playing the harp and he threw a spear at him.
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What was Saul's attempt to kill David number 3?
Michal learns her Dad is trying to kill David. She hides a statue in their bed and he gets away.
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Who did David appoint to be the next King?
Solomon.
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Solomon married an Egyptian princess. What did he build?
The Temple in Jerusalem.
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Solomon fell asleep and had a dream. What did God say to him?
Ask me something and I'll give it to you.
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What does Solomon ask God for?
Wisdom.
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Solomon died and the people wanted a less forceful king. They wanted less taxes. Solomon's son refused to lower taxes. What did the northern tribes do?
They rebelled.
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The north appointed a new king named?
Jeroboam.
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What was the southern kingdom called?
Judah.
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Who is Judah taken over by?
Babylon.
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Who is Israel taken over by?
Assyria.
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What does Elijah mean in Hebrew?
Yahweh is my God.
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What did Elijah predict as a punishment for the Northern Kingdom?
A drought.
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What does Idolatry mean?
Worshipping false gods.
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What did Elisha predict?
The plots to kill the king.
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Which kingdom did Amos preach in?
The northern kingdom.
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What was Amos' message?
To protect the poor
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What does the name Hosea mean?
God Saves.
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Hosea was a prophet for which kingdom?
The northern Kingdom.
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Who did Hosea marry?
Gomer.
