Unit 3 Exam Flashcards
Length of Sarah’s life
127 years, she died in Canaan
What did Abraham tell the senior servant of the house
He told him to put his hand under his thigh and find a wife for Isaac from the house of his relatives and not from the Canaanites
Wives of Isaac
Rebekah, Keturah
Sons of Isaac
Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah
Span of Isaac’s life
125 years
What was unusual about Rebekah’spregnancy
She had twins that fought each other in the womb and Jacob was holding on to Esau’s heel when he came out of the womb
First born of Rebekah
Esau
How does Jacob obtain Esau birth right
By bribing him with soup
How does Jacob obtain his father’s blessing for Esau
Jacob pretends to be Esau and cooks Abraham a meal cooked the way he likes it. Jacob puts on gloves so that his father doesn’t know he isn’t hairy like his brother Esau
What does Esau say he’ll do to Jacob
He says he’ll kill Jacob after their father is done being mourned
The names of Jacob’s wives
Leah, Rachael, Bilhah, Zilpah
How did Jacob get tricked into marrying Leah
Leah wore a veil until her and Jacob had intercourse
What is the total amount of years Jacob waited to marry Rachael
14 years
Why did Laban trick Jacob into staying longer
Under Jacob’s watch, Laban’s flocks flourished
What did Jacob take as payment for his work
All the black sheep and spotted goats of Laban’s flocks
How did Jacob end up with so many sheep and goats
He bred the sheep and goats in a way so that the white sheep and goats brought forth black and spotted young
The children of Jacob
Reuben, son of Leah, meaning: look a son
Simeon, son of Leah, meaning: he heard
Levi, son of Leah, meaning: he will become attached
Judah, son of Leah, meaning: he will become attached
Dan, son of Bilhah, meaning: he has vindicated me
Naphtali, son of Bilhah, meaning: contest
Gad, son of Zilpah, meaning: what good luck
Asher, son of Zilpah, meaning: in my good fortune
Issachar, son of Leah, meaning: my reward
Zebulun, son of Leah, meaning: he has brought me a precious gift
Dinah, daughter of Leah
Joseph, son of Rachael, meaning: may he add
Benjamin, son of Rachael, meaning: son of the right hand
Where did Jacob go after his mother sent him away
Haran, land of the kedemites
When did Jacob escape
While Laban was out shearing his sheep
How did Rachael hide the fact that she’d taken her father’s idols
She hid them underneath her and when her father came over she told him that she was having her period so she couldn’t stand
Why did Jacob say to split off into two groups when him and his family entered Esau’s land
He wanted to make sure if one group was attacked, the other would survive
How did Jacob get the new name Israel
A stranger attacked him and struggled with him until daybreak and then dislocated his hip and when Jacob said he wouldn’t let him go until he was blessed, the man gave him the name Israel, meaning: you contended with divine beings
What did Jacob name the place where he fought the man who gave him his new name?
Peniel
Where did Jacob go after he reunited with his brother
Succoth
Who raped Dinah
Shemchem
How did Abraham’s sons get revenge on Shemchem after he raped Dinah?
They massacred the city of Shemchem while they were recovering from circumcision
Why did Reuben fall out of favor with his father?
He slept with Bilhah
How long did Isaac live
180 years
Esau’s children
Eliphaz, son of Adah
Reul, son of Basemath
Where did Esau go with his family
Seir
Clans of Esau
Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, Magdiel, Iram
