Unit 2: Genesis: Abraham, Issac, Jacob and Joseph

Question 0

Abram leaves, taking with him his wife _____ and nephew _____.

Answer 0

Sarai, Lot

Question 1

Abram is called by YHWH to leave ____ and go to the land of ___.

Answer 1

Ur, Canaan

Question 2

Abram tells the Pharaoh that the woman that he is with is not his wife, but his:

Answer 2

sister

Question 3

The Priest/King of salem who greets Abram with gifts of bread and wine:

Answer 3

Melchizedek

Question 4

The name “Abraham” means:

Answer 4

Father of the blessed

Question 5

God’s everlasting bond with the Chosen People of Israel is called the:

Answer 5

Covenant

Question 6

Because Abram’s wife was old and barren, she asks this slave girl to have his child:

Answer 6

Hagar

Question 7

This slave girl has Abram’s first-born son named:

Answer 7

Ishmael

Question 8

Abraham shows great hospitality to three “visitors” when camped at:

Answer 8

Mamre

Question 9

Abraham and Sarah’s response to the news that she in her old age will bear a son:

Answer 9

shock

Question 10

The name “Isaac” is Hebrew for:

Answer 10

laughter

Question 11

The two cities that stir up the wrath of God:

Answer 11

Sodom and Gomorrah

Question 12

Abraham bargains with God to spare these cities if he can find at least ___ good men:

Answer 12

10

Question 13

When the townspeople try to “abduct” Lot’s visitors, Lot offers:

Answer 13

his two daughters

Question 14

As the two cities are destroyed, Lot’s wife turns around to watch and is turned into:

Answer 14

a pillar of salt

Question 15

Abraham reveals to ____ that Sarah is actually his ____.

Answer 15

Abimelech, half-sister

Question 16

The sign of the covenant between God and Abraham’s descendants:

Answer 16

circumcision

Question 17

Abraham’s steward will choose a wife for Isaac if she offers water to himself and:

Answer 17

his camels

Question 18

Isaac marries ____ and meets her older brother ____.

Answer 18

Rebekkah, Laban

Question 19

Isaac preferred his hunter son ____ and his wife preferred ____.

Answer 19

Esau, Jacob

Question 20

The name “Jacob” means ____ and the name “Israel” means ____.

Answer 20

Heel, wrestles with God

Question 21

Esau sells his birthright to Jacob in exchange for ___ because he was hungry.

Answer 21

Stew

Question 22

At Bethel, Jacob has a dream of:

Answer 22

a stairway to heaven

Question 23

Jacob falls instantly in love ____ but through Laban’s trickery must marry ___ first.

Answer 23

Rachel, Leah.

Question 24

Esau’s response to meeting his brother Jacob after many years apart:

Answer 24

forgiveness and mercy

Question 25

This Hivite, the son of King Hamor who rapes Dinah and then want to marry her:

Answer 25

Shechem

Question 26

Joseph is sold into slavery to:

Answer 26

Pharaoh

Question 27

In jail, Joseph correctly interprets the dreams of:

Answer 27

a baker and butler

Question 28

At the end of Jacob’s life, he gives his solemn blessing and inheritance to:

Answer 28

Judah

Question 29

God promises Abraham that his descendants will be as numerous as the ___________ and the ___________ .

Answer 29

stars in the sky, grains of sand