GENESIS 37 JOSEPH, THE GREAT MAN OF GOD
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1. Mention the
descendants from Terah to Joseph?
Ans: Terah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph.
2. Where did Jacob
settle in Genesis 37?
Ans: Jacob
settled in Canaan
3. Name the mother of
Joseph?(Gen. 30: 24)
Ans: Rachel.
4. How old was Joseph
when he tended his father's flocks? Or when his brothers sold him? (Gen. 37: 2)
Ans: 17
years old.
5. What kind of report
did Joseph bring to his father concerning the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah. (Gen. 37: 2)
Ans: Evil
report.
6. Why did Israel love
Joseph more than all his children? (Gen. 37: 3)
Ans: Because he was the son of his old age born of him from his favorite wife, Rachel.
7. What special gift was given to Joseph by his father?
(Gen. 37: 3)
Ans: A beautiful coat of many colors.
8. Joseph’s brothers hated him and could not
speak peaceably to him, why? (Gen. 37: 4).
Ans: They saw that their father loved Joseph
more than them.
9. Joseph told his
brethren about his dream, how did they feel about him?(Gen. 37: 5-6)
Ans: They hated him yet the more.
10. What was Joseph's
first dream? (Gen. 37: 5-7)
Ans: They all were binding sheaves in the field,
then Joseph’s sheaf arose and stood upright; and his brothers’ heaves stood all around and bowed down to his sheaf.
11. For what did
Joseph’s brothers hate him yet the more? (Gen. 37: 8)
Ans: His dreams and for his words.
12. What was Joseph’s
second dream? (Gen. 37: 9)
Ans: The sun and moon
and the eleven stars bowed down to him.
13. Where were the
brethren feeding the flock when his father sent Joseph
to them?(Gen. 37: 12-13)
Ans: Near
Shechem.
14. Where had Joseph’s
brothers gone when they had moved the flocks from Shechem? (Gen. 37: 17)
Ans: Dothan.
15. What did Joseph's
brothers call him when they saw him coming?(Gen.37: 19)
Ans: The dreamer.
17. Which of his
brothers did not want to kill Joseph and planned to return him to Jacob? (Gen.
37: 17-22, 28)
Ans: Ruben.
18. Who were coming
from Gilead? (Gen. 37: 25)
Ans: The Ishmaelites.
19. Whose idea was it
to sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites? (Gen. 37: 25-27)
Ans: Judah’s.
20. Who came to
Joseph's rescue and prevented him from being killed by his brothers? (Gen. 37: 21-28)
Ans: Reuben and Judah.
21. For how many
shekels of silver was Joseph sold? (Gen. 37: 28)
Ans: 20 shekels of silver.
22. Who said, “The
child is not; and I, whither shall I go?” (Gen. 37: 30)
Ans: Reuben.
23. In what kind of
blood was Joseph’s coat dipped? (Gen.37: 31)
Ans: A kid of the goats.
24. How did the
brothers deceive Jacob into thinking a wild animal killed Joseph? (Gen. 37: 31-34)
Ans: They dipped the tunic of Joseph in goat’s
blood and brought the same to Jacob and
said, “We have found this. Do you know whether it is your son’s tunic or not?”
25. Who two men, in this case, rent their clothes? (Gen. 37:
29, 34)
Ans: Reuben and Jacob.
26. Who rose up to
comfort Jacob? (Gen. 37: 35)
Ans: All his sons and all his daughters.
27. Who sold Joseph
again to whom? (Gen. 37: 36)
Ans: The Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to
Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh.
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GENESIS 38 JUDAH
AND TAMAR
1. Who was Judah?
Ans: Judah was one of the
sons of Jacob in his wife, Leah.
2. What Judah has
done?
Ans: He departed from his brothers and went
among the Canaanites.
3. Whom did Judah
marry? (1 Chr. 2: 3)
Ans: A daughter of a Canaanite named Shua.
4. Who were the three
sons born to Judah and Shua? (Gen. 38: 3, 4, 5)
Ans: Er, Onan, and Shelah.
5. Who all are the
sons of Judah? (Gen. 46: 12)
Ans: Er, Onan,
Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan; and the sons
of Perez were Hezronand and Hamul).
6. Whom did Judah’s
first son Er marry? (Gen. 38: 6)
Ans: Tamar.
7. What happened to
Judah’s first son, and why? (Gen. 38: 7)
Ans: The Lord killed him because he was wicked in the sight of the Lord.
8. What Judah said to
the next son, Onan to do?
Ans: Judah said to Onan to go into his brother’s wife (“[SMC1] Tamar) and marry her and rise upon heir to his brother (Gen. 38: 9)
9. But what Onan has
done? (Gen 38: 9)
Ans: He didn’t allow Tamar to become pregnant by
him, and he failed to carry out the Levirate obligation to Tamar. i.e. He declined
to perform his brotherly duty of raising of a child by her.
10. What happened to
Onan? (Gen. 38: 10)
Ans: What he did displeased
the Lord; therefore He killed him.
11. What Judah
suggested Tamar? (Gen. 38: 11)
Ans: To remain a widow in her father’s house
until his son Shelah grows up.
12. How well did Judah
follow through with his promise to Tamar? (Gen. 38: 14)
Ans: Judah
failed to keep his own word – when Shelah was grown, he has not given him as
husband to her.
13. What relation was
Tamar to Judah? (Gen.38: 11)
Ans: Daughter-in-law.
14. What happened to
Judah’s Canaanite wife? (Gen. 38 12)
Ans: The daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died.
15. To get her rights, what
Tamar did? (Gen. 38: 12-19).
Ans: Widowed and without children, she disguised
as a prostitute, and had sex with her father-in-law Judah and conceived twin sons.
16. What was Tamar
accused of? (Gen. 38: 24)
Ans: She played the harlot and she is with child
by harlotry.
17. What punishment did
Judah Decree? (Gen. 38: 24)
Ans: Judah ordered to “bring her out and let her
be burned”.
18. What were the boys
named? (Gen. 38: 29, 30)
Ans: The twins were named as Perez and Zerah.
19. Which of the 12
sons of Jacob did Jesus Christ come from?
Ans: Judah.
20. Why this chapter is
important?
Ans: Tamar is one of the four female ancestors
of Jesus, in Matthew's gospel of the twins that Tamar gave birth to, which one
is the ancestor of our Savior Jesus Christ (Gen. 38: 29-30; Mt. 1: 3).
21. How the Gospel of
Mathew traces the genealogy of Jesus Christ? (Mt. 1: 1-3)
Ans: Judah begot Perez and
Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram.
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GENESIS
39 TRUST
GOD EVEN IN THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES
1. Who bought Joseph
from the Ishmaelites?(Gen.39: 1)
Ans: Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, an Egyptian.
2. What his master
observed with Joseph? (Gen. 39: 3)
Ans: His master observed that the LORD was with
him, and that the LORD made all
that he did to prosper in his hand.
3. To what position
did Potiphar appoint Joseph? (4-5)
Ans: Potiphar made him overseer of his house, and
that entire he had he put under his authority.
4. What did God do to
Potiphar’s house because of Joseph? (Gen. 39: 5-6)
Ans: “The Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for
Joseph's sake; and the blessing of
the Lord was on all that he had in the house and in the field”.
5. Who tempted Joseph?
(Gen. 39: 7)
Ans: Potiphar’s wife.
6. What did Potiphar’s
wife want Joseph to do? (Gen. 39: 7, 10-12)
Ans: She wanted to have sex with Joseph. ["Lie
with her."]
7. What was Joseph’s
response? (Gen. 39: 8-9)
Ans: Joseph
refused to have sex with Potiphar’s wife. “There is no one greater in this
house than I, How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against
God?"
8. What did Joseph do
when Potiphar’s wife caught him by his garment? (Gen.39: 12)
Ans: ”Resisted the temptation; he left his
garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside”.
9. Joseph falsely
accused of? (Gen. 39: 14)
Ans: Attempted rape.
10. What Potiphar’s
wife told the men of her house? (Gen.39: 15)
Ans: “It happened, when he heard that I lifted
my voice and cried out, that he left his
garment with me, and fled and went outside.”
11. What did Potiphar’s
wife do with Joseph’s garment?(Gen.39: 13-16)
Ans: So she kept his garment with her until his
master came home.
12. When Joseph’s
master came home, what did his wife tell
him?(Genesis 39: 17-18)
Ans: “The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us
came to me to mock me; so it happened, as
I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me and fled
outside.”
13. What did Potiphar
do with Joseph after his wife had lied about Joseph? (Gen.39: 20)
Ans: Then Potiphar's anger was aroused against Joseph; he took him and put him into the prison,
a place where the king’s prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison.
14. What responsibility
did the keeper of the prison give to Joseph?(Gen. 39: 21-23)
Ans: In charge of all the prisoners.
15. Finally, what the
story of Joseph teaches us?
Ans: Jesus said those who are faithful in small
things can be trusted with large things (Luke 16: 10).
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GENESIS 40 THE DREAMS OF CUP-BEARER AND THE BAKER
1. To what prison did Potiphar send Joseph and
what was Potiphar's connection to this prison? (Gen. 40: 3)
Ans: Joseph's master
sent him to the prison that housed the king's prisoners over which he had
jurisdiction.
2. Who were put into
prison along with Joseph? (Gen. 40: 1)
Ans: Butler (Chief cup bearer)
and baker (Superintendent) of the king of Egypt.
3. Why did Pharaoh put
his trusted butler and the baker in prison? (Gen. 40: 1-3)
Ans: They offended the
king of Egypt.
4. At what place were
the chief of the butlers and the chief of
the bakers put “in ward”? (Gen. 40: 3)
Ans: In the house of the
captain of the guard.
5. What did the butler
dream? (Gen. 40: 9-11)
Ans: ["Behold, in
my dream a vine was before me, and in the vine were three
branches; it was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters
brought forth ripe grapes. Then Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the
grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh's
hand."]
6. Who said to whom, and
when, “Do not interpretations belong to God?”
Ans: Joseph to the
cupbearer and baker, when they had dreams while in prison.
7. What interpretation
did Joseph give for the butler’s cup-bearer’ dream?
Ans: Joseph prophesied
that he would be restored to his former position.
8. What did Joseph
request of the butler? (14-15)
Ans: Joseph requested
the butler that to release him from his unjust imprisonment, when it will be well
with the butler, and also please show kindness to him; make mention of him to
Pharaoh, and get him out of the prison].
9. What did the baker
dream? (16-17)
Ans: 16 When the chief
baker said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and there were three white
baskets on my head.17 In the uppermost basket were all kinds of baked goods for
Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head."
10.What was the
interpretation of the baker’s dream? (18-19)
Ans: So Joseph answered
and said, "This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three
days. Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head from you and hang you
on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from you.”]
11.What did the butler
do when he was restored to his position? (23)
Ans: Yet the chief
butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.
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GENESIS 41
PHARAOH’S
DREAMS
1. What was Pharaoh’s
first dream? (Gen.41: 1-4)
Ans: Cows.
2. What was Pharaoh’s
second dream? (Gen.41: 5-7)
Ans: Seven ears of corn on
one stalk, rank and good.
3. Who called Joseph
from the dungeon? (Gen.41: 9 -15)
Ans: Pharaoh.
4. At what age his
brother sold Joseph?(Gen 37: 2)
Ans: At his 17 years
5. At what age he came
before Pharaoh? (Gen 41: 46)
Ans: He was 30 years.
6. Altogether how long
he suffered?
Ans: 13 years.
7. Who spoke to whom?
“I remembered my faults this day? (Gen.
41: 9)
Ans: Chief Butler spoke
to Pharaoh.
8. Who told to Pharaoh
about Joseph's interpretation gift (Gen. 41: 9)
Ans: The cupbearer of
Pharaoh, who has been restored to his duty.
9. What was Joseph’s
answer to Pharaoh about his interpretation of dreams?(Gen.41: 16)
Ans: It is not in me: God
shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
10.What was Joseph’s
interpretation of Pharaoh’s dreams? (Gen. 41: 28-32)
Ans: Seven Years of plenty followed by seven years
of famine.
11.What did Joseph
suggest that Pharaoh do? (Gen. 41: 33-36)
12.Who said to whom?
“Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?” (Gen.
41: 38)
Ans: Pharaoh asking his servants.
13.To what position
was Joseph promoted? (Gen. 41: 40-41)
Ans: Over all the land
of Egypt second only to Pharaoh.
14.What was the new
name given to Joseph (b) what the name mean? (Gen.41: 45)
Ans: (a) Zaphnath-paaneah (b) “the god speaks and he lives.
15.Whom did Joseph
marry?
Ans: Asenath
16.What was the name
of Asenath’s father, priest of On? (Gen. 41: 50)
Ans: Poti-pherah.
17. Joseph had been in
three houses in Egypt! Which are the three houses?
Ans: Potiphar’s house, the prison house, and
Pharaoh’s house.
18. Give the names of
the two sons born to Joseph in Egypt? (Gen. 41: 50-53)
Ans: Manasseh and Ephraim.
19. What is the meaning
of name Manasseh? (Gen. 41: 51)
Ans: “forgetting”.
20. What is the meaning
of name Ephraim his second son?
Ans: “Fruitful”?
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GENESIS
42 JOSEPH’S BROTHERS GOES TO EGYPT
1. When there was
famine in Canaan, what Jacob said his sons to do?(Gen.42: 1, 2)
Ans: “Why do you look at one another?” … go down
to Egypt and buy for us there, that we may live and not die.”
2. First time, how
many of them went to Egypt, but whom Jacob not send with them? (Gen. 42: 3, 4).
Ans: Joseph’s ten brothers but Benjamin was not
sent
3. When Joseph’s
brothers came before him, what they did?
(Gen.42: 6)
Ans: They bowed down themselves before Joseph
with their faces to the ground.
4. From pit to what
position and power Joseph was lifted? (Gen 42: 7-9)
Ans: Joseph became governor over the land; he was
the next to Pharaoh in power, and it was he who sold to all the people of the
land.
5. Joseph saw his
brothers and knew them, but what did he do(Gen. 42: 7)
Ans: He made himself strange unto them and
talked roughly unto them.
6. How did Joseph
accused his brothers?(Gen.42: 9)
Ans: Ye are
spies, to see the nakedness of the land ye are come
7. What did the brothers
reply for the accusation? (Gen. 42: 10) and what they further stated about
themselves? (Gen. 42: 11)
Ans: They replied that they came for buying food, they
are true men, one man’s sons, and not spies
8. Denying once again
that they were spies, what they said about
their younger brothers? (Gen. 42: 13)
Ans: The youngest is this day with our father, and
one is not.
9. What did Joseph
tell them they must do to prove they were not spies?(42: 15)
Ans: “Ye shall not go forth hence, except your
youngest brother come hither.”
10. What Joseph told
them to do to prove the truthfulness of their statement?(Gen.42: 16)
Ans: Send one of them for Benjamin and the rest
wait in prison
11. Where Joseph put
all the brothers together and for how long? (Gen. 42: 17)
Ans: He put them all together in prison for
three days.
12. What did Joseph
charge the brothers to do? (Gen. 42: 19-20)
Ans: Leave one
brother behind, carry corn home, and bring the youngest brother back.
13. What did the
brothers say to one another when they heard Joseph’s charge?(Gen.42: 21)
Ans: We
are verily guilty concerning our brother...therefore is this distress come upon
us.
14. What did Reuben
bring to their remembrance? (Gen. 42: 22)
Ans: They
would not hear when he told them not to sin against the boy, and you would not
listen?
15. The brothers did
not recognize Joseph, why? (Gen. 42: 23)
Ans: He spoke by an interpreter
16. Upon hearing
Reuben’s statement, what was Joseph’s reaction? (Gen.42: 24)
Ans: He wept
17. Which brother did
Joseph bind? (Gen. 42: 24)
Ans: Simeon
18. What two things did
Joseph have put in their sacks? (Gen.42: 25)
Ans: Corn,
every man’s money
19. To whom did the
brothers attribute (or blame) this action? (Gen. 42: 28)
Ans: God
20. What conditions did
Joseph set in order to know if they were true
men?(Gen.42: 33-34)
Ans: leave one of them, take food, and bring the
youngest brother back
21. Jacob said he was
bereaved of his children. What three children did he mention? (Gen. 42: 36)
Ans: Benjamin,
Joseph, Simeon
22. What did Reuben offer
if he did not return Benjamin?(Gen.42: 35- 37)
Ans: Slay
his two sons
23. What did Jacob say
would be the result if he sent Benjamin and mischief
would befall him? (Gen. 42: 38)
Ans: It
would bring down his gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
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GENESIS
43 THE SECOND JOURNEY
TO EGYPT
1. Mention the three famines recorded in the book of Genesis?
Ans: i. In Canaan in Abraham's day (Gen. 12: 10)
ii. In Canaan in Isaac's day (Gen. 26: 1) iii. In Canaan in Jacob's day (Gen. 41:
54-57)
2. When they had eaten up the grain brought from Egypt, What request did Jacob make?
Ans: “Go again, buy us a little food.”
3. What was Judah’s answer (Gen. 43: 3-5)
Ans: “If thou wilt send our brother (Benjamin)
with us, we will go down and buy you food”.
4. Why was Israel upset? (Gen: 43. 6)
Ans: During
their first meeting with the governor of Egypt, the brothers had told the
governor they had another brother.
5. Why did the brothers reveal that they got another brother? (Gen. 43: 7)
Ans: The man asked them straightly if they had
another brother.
6. What Judah proposed to his father (Gen. 43: 7-10)
Ans: He
said send the lad with me ... that we may live, and not die.
7. Who was to be the
surety for Benjamin? (gen. 43: 9)
Ans: Judah,
he put his own life on the line as a surety for Benjamin.
8. In contrast to his
character in Chapter 37, Judah is seen different in Chapters 43 &44. How?
Ans: Judah was the one who had come up with the
plan to sell Joseph to Egypt (37: 26-28), where as in chapter 43, and 44 Judah
appears as a different man, Now Judah serves as guarantee for Benjamin.
9. Jacob told his sons
to take the ruler presents. What were they? (Gen.43: 11)
Ans: balm, honey, spices, myrrh, nuts and
almonds.
10. What were they to
take in their hand? (Gen. 43: 12)
Ans: double money and the money that was in the
mouth of their sacks.
11. When Israel sent
them off to Egypt, finally what he wished to them? (Gen. 43: 14)
Ans: He hoped God
Almighty would give them mercy ….
12. Which of Jacob's
sons was still in captivity in Egypt? (Gen. 42: 24)
Ans: Simeon.
13. When Joseph saw
Benjamin and other brothers, what did he do? (Gen.43: 16)
Ans: Joseph ordered his servant make
preparations for them to all dine with him.
14. Why were the brothers
afraid? (Gen. 43: 18)
Ans: Because they were brought into Joseph’s
house.
15. Why did they think
Joseph might keep them for bondmen? (Gen. 43: 18)
Ans: because of the money that was returned in
their sacks.
16. To whom did the
brothers give an explanation concerning the money they found in their sacks? (Gen. 43: 19-22)
Ans: steward of Joseph’s house.
17. Whom did they say
had put the money in their sacks? ( Gen. 43: 22)
Ans: They could not tell.
18. To whom did the
steward attribute the money in their sacks? (Gen.43: 23)
Ans: Your God and the God of
your father, (not to Egyptian deity).
19. Whom did the
steward bring out to them? (Gen.43: 23)
Ans: Simeon.
20. After bringing them
into Joseph’s house, what things did he give? (Gen.24)
Ans: Gave them water and provender for their
asses.
21. When Joseph came
home, what two things did they do? (Gen.43: 26)
Ans: Brought the present and bowed themselves.
22. What did the
brothers respond to his enquiry about their father? (V.28)
Ans: He is in good health and yet alive.
23. What did the
brothers do after this response? (Gen. 43: 28)
Ans: They bowed their head and made obeisance.
24. What statement did
Joseph make to Benjamin at this time? (Gen. 43; 29)
Ans: “Is this your youngest brother… God be
gracious unto thee, my son”.
25. After this, what
did Joseph do? (Gen. 43: 30)
Ans: He entered his chamber and wept.
26. Why didn’t Joseph
eat with his brothers? (Gen. 43: 32)
Ans: It
was an abomination for Egyptians to eat with Hebrews, so to maintain is
disguise, and rank.
27. In what order did
the brothers sit before Joseph? (Gen. 43: 33)
Ans: Firstborn to younger
28. How much “mess” did
Joseph give to Benjamin? (Gen. 43: 34)
Ans: Five
times than his other brothers?
GENESIS
44 JUDAH INTERCEDES FOR
BENJAMIN
1. What did Joseph
command the steward to put in the sack's mouth of the youngest? (Gen. 44: 2)
Ans: Silver cup
2. Did Joseph use
divination? (Gen.44: 5)
Ans: No, Not at all. Joseph led an exemplary life in Egypt.
Egyptian officials used to such practices; here He was simply pretending as an
Egyptian official.
3. As stated by
Joseph’s steward, what would happen to the person with whom the silver cup was
found? (Gen. 44: 10)
Ans: He will be a slave.
4. In whose bag the
steward found the silver bag? (Gen. 44: 12)
Ans: In Benjamin’s bag.
5. What is the
significance of “Then they rent their clothes…? (Gen.44: 13)
Ans: Rending clothes was a Hebrew custom and a
sign of genuine honesty, sincerity, and deep mourning.
6. In the second trip
who all went to Joseph's house? (Gen. 44: 14)
Ans: Judah and his brethren.
7. Where we see the
fulfillment of the dream of Genesis 37: 6-7. (14)
Ans: They fell to the ground before him.
8. Who said to whom? “Why
have you repaid evil for good? …. You have done evil in doing this” (Gen. 44: 4-5)
Ans: The steward of Joseph questioned the
brothers of Joseph.
9. Who asked to whom?
“What deed is this that you have done?(Gen. 44: 15)
Ans: Joseph accuses his brothers in person.
10. Who told to whom?
When? “God has found out the guilt of your servants; behold, we are my lord's
servants” (Gen. 44: 16).
Ans: Judah to Joseph, when the silver cup was
found in Benjamin’s sack, and they all were produced before Joseph.
11. When Judah told
Joseph they would all be his servants, what was Joseph’s reply? (Genesis 44: 17)
Ans: He will take Benjamin as his slave and let
everyone else go.
12. Who tried to rescue
Joseph (37: 26–27)
Ans: Judah
13. In a lengthy speech,
what was his (Judah’s) effort?
Ans: Judah tries to persuade Joseph to take him
and let Benjamin go instead.
14. What did Judah say
would happen if they left Benjamin in Egypt?(Gen.44: 31-32)
Ans: He said that his father just won't be able
to live without Ben, who's the only other
surviving son of Rachel.
15. What did Judah
agree to do if Joseph would let Benjamin go home?(Gen.
44: 33-34)
Ans: Judah himself offered to take the place of
Benjamin as servant of Joseph
16. What was the result
of Judah’s speech in chap. 44?
Ans: His heart touching speech persuades Joseph
to reveal himself and be reconciled to his brothers.
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GENESIS
45 JOSEPH REVEALED TO HIS BROTHERS
1. What did Joseph
reveal to the sons of Israel? (Gen. 45: 1-4)
Ans: "I am Joseph your brother, whom you
sold into Egypt.
2. What did the
Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh hear? (Gen. 45: 2)
Ans: That Joseph wept aloud.
3. What reactions did
the brethren have when Joseph revealed himself to his brothers? (Gen.45: 3)
Ans: They could not answer him, for they were
dismayed in his presence.
4. What reason did
Joseph give for why he had been sold into Egypt? (Gen.45: 7-8)
Ans: God sent me before you to preserve a
posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
5. Into what did
Joseph say that God had made him? (v.8)
Ans: A
father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the
land of Egypt.
6. When Pharaoh heard
that Joseph’s brothers had come, what did he tell Joseph to do? (Gen. 45: 16-20)
Ans: Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Say to your brothers, 'do this: Load your animals and
depart; go to the land of Canaan. 18 Bring your father and your households and
come to me; I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the
fat of the land. 19 Now you are
commanded--do this: Take carts out of the land of Egypt for your little ones
and your wives; bring your father and come. 20 Also do not be concerned about
your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.' "
7. What did Joseph
give his brothers to take home with them? (Gen.45: 21-23)
Ans: Joseph gave them carts, according to the
command of Pharaoh, and he gave them provisions for the journey. 22 He gave to
all of them, to each man, changes of garments; but to Benjamin he gave three
hundred pieces of silver and five changes of garments. 23 And he sent to his
father these things: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten
female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and food for his father for the
journey.
8. When Israel was
convinced that all of what his sons told him, what did he say?(Gen.45: 27-28)
Ans: 27 But when they told him all the words
which Joseph had said to them, andwhen he
saw the carts which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. 28 Then Israel said, "It
is enough. Joseph, my son, is still
alive. I will go and see him before I die."
9. What important qualities of Joseph are revealed in
this chapter?
Ans: He forgives them (Gen. 45: 5) He encourages
them to trust in God (45: 5-8) He provides for them generously.
GENESIS 46 JACOB’S
JOURNEY TO EGYPT
1. What did Israel
take with him on his journey to Egypt? (Gen. 46: 1, 5-7)
Ans: All
his possessions and all his offspring.
2. What did Israel do
when he and his family arrived at Beer-Sheba?(Gen. 46: 1)
Ans: At Beersheba, they offered sacrifices to
the God of his father Isaac.
3. Earlier also who
else worshiped the Lord at Beersheba?
Ans: Abraham (Gen. 21: 33) and Isaac (Gen. 26: 23-25).
4. How did God
introduce himself? (Gen. 46: 3)
Ans: "I
am God, the God of your father;”
5. What did God say to
Israel in a vision? (Gen. 46: 3)
Ans: (i) “Do
not fear to go down to Egypt, (ii) I
will make of you a great nation there”.
6. What did God
promise Israel? (Gen. 46: 4)
Ans: (i) “I will go down with you to Egypt, (ii) I
will also surely bring you up again;
(iii) Joseph will
put his hand on your eyes."
7. Who were the five
sons of Judah? (Gen. 46: 12)
Ans: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah.
8. What happened to
Judah’s sons Era ns Onan? (Gen.46: 12)
Ans: Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
9. Why the sons of
Judah are of special note?
Ans: Because
his is the Messianic lineage. [Abraham to Isaac to Jacob to Judah to Perez to
Hezron, Ref. Luke 3: 33-34].
10. How many of
Israel’s family went to Egypt (Gen. 46: 27)
Ans: seventy. [They were 66, plus Jacob himself,
+ Joseph, + his two sons].
11. Who said to whom
“Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive.” (Gen.
46: 28-30)
Ans: During the emotional meeting between Joseph
and his father, Israel said to Joseph.
12. In what portion of
Egypt did Jacob and his descendants settle? (Gen. 46: 34)
Ans: Goshen.
13. Why was it
important that they remained separate?
Ans: The Egyptians were agricultural in the
sense of farming crops. They considered sheep unclean. The Israelites were shepherds
and is an abomination to the Egyptians, so they remained separate.
GENESIS
47 JACOB FAMILY SETTLES IN EGYPT
1. What information
did Joseph gave to Pharaoh about his father and brothers? (Gen. 47: 1)
2. What request did Joseph’s brothers make to Pharaoh?
3. What did Pharaoh said to Joseph, regarding living arrangements for Joseph’s family? (Gen. 47: 6)
Ans: The land of Egypt is open before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They can live in the land of Goshen.
5. How old was Jacob when he met Pharaoh? (Gen.47. 9)
6. At the time of his departure, what did Jacob do for Pharaoh? (Gen.47:10) Ans: Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from Pharaoh's presence.
8. Where did Israel settle?
9. How long did Jacob live with Joseph in Egypt? (Gen. 47: 28)
10. How long did Abraham, Isaac and Jacob lived? (Gen. 47: 28)
11. What favor did Jacob placed before Joseph to make? (Gen. 47: 29-30)
12. What Joseph answered?
2. What request did Joseph’s brothers make to Pharaoh?
3. What did Pharaoh said to Joseph, regarding living arrangements for Joseph’s family? (Gen. 47: 6)
Ans: The land of Egypt is open before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They can live in the land of Goshen.
5. How old was Jacob when he met Pharaoh? (Gen.47. 9)
6. At the time of his departure, what did Jacob do for Pharaoh? (Gen.47:10) Ans: Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from Pharaoh's presence.
8. Where did Israel settle?
9. How long did Jacob live with Joseph in Egypt? (Gen. 47: 28)
10. How long did Abraham, Isaac and Jacob lived? (Gen. 47: 28)
11. What favor did Jacob placed before Joseph to make? (Gen. 47: 29-30)
12. What Joseph answered?
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GENESIS 48 JACOB BLESSES JOSEPH’S SONS
1. What are the names
of Joseph’s two sons? (Gen. 48: 1)
Ans: Manasseh and Ephraim.
2. What does Jacob
tell Joseph about Joseph’s sons in verse 5?
Ans: “…your two sons, Ephraim, and Manasseh, they shall be mine.
3. What did Israel assure to Joseph’s sons? (Gen. 48: 3-9)
Ans: Assured them an equal inheritance to the
other sons of Israel.
4. Which son of Joseph
is the firstborn?
Ans: Manasseh.
5. Where Rachel was
buried? (Gen. 48: 7)
Ans: Beside the road to Ephrath.
6. When Israel asked
Joseph who the boys are, what was Joseph's answer?(Gen.48:
8-9)
Ans: "They
are my sons, whom God has given me in this place.
7. What three things
did Israel do to Ephraim and Manasseh? (Gen.48: 9-10)
Ans: Israel said, "Please bring them to me,
and I will bless them." and he kissed and embraced them
.
.
8. Which son of Joseph
received the right hand blessing from
Jacob?(Gen. 48: 14)
Ans: Ephraim's
head, the younger one.
9. What is Joseph’s
response to Israel’s right hand being on the younger brother?(Gen. 48: 17-18)
Ans: It
displeased him; so he took hold of his father's hand to remove it from
Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. And Joseph said to his father, "Not so,
my father, for this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his
head."
10. Which of Joseph’s
two sons did Israel say would be greater? (Gen. 48: 19)
Ans: younger Ephraim,
would be greater than the firstborn Manasseh.
11. After Israel told Joseph he was going to die, what did he
say God would do for Joseph? (Genesis 48: 21)
Ans: God will be with you and bring you back to
the land of your fathers.
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GENESIS 49 BLESSINGS OF JACOB TO HIS SONS
1. Why does Jacob
gather his son’s together, according to verse 1?
Ans: “Gather
together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days.
2. Which son did Jacob
say was unstable as water and would not excel? (49: 3-4)
Ans: Reuben.
3. About whom did
Jacob say, “cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it
was cruel…” v.5-7
Ans: Simeon and Levi.
4. About whom did
Jacob say, “thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise”? v.8
Ans: Judah.
5. How Jesus Christ is
called the Lion of the tribe of Judah? (Heb. 7: 14; Rev.5: 5 )
Ans: Because he is a descendant of Judah according to his human lineage.
6. Of which son did
Jacob say the scepter shall not depart? (49: 10)
Ans: Judah.
7. Jacob said one of
his sons “shall dwell at the haven of the sea…” Which son?V.13
Ans: Zebulun
8 . What did Jacob say
about Issachar? V. 14
Ans: “Issachar is a
strong donkey, lying down between two burdens;
9. What did Jacob say
Dan would do? V. 16-17
Ans: He
shall judge his people.
10. What did Jacob say
about Gad? V.19
Ans: he shall triumph at last.
11. What did Jacob say
about Asher? V.20
Ans: “Bread from Asher shall be rich, and he
shall yield royal dainties.
12. What did Jacob say
about Naphtali?
Ans: “Naphtali is a deer let loose; He uses beautiful words.
13. What did Jacob say about Joseph (Gen. 49: 22)
Ans: “Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful
bough by a well; His branches run over the wall.
14. What did Jacob say
about Benjamin? V.27
Ans: He will be ravenous as a wolf.
15. Where did Israel
tell his sons to bury him? (Gene. 49: 29-30)
Ans: In the cave which Abraham bought with the
field of Ephron the Hittite?
16. Who had been buried
in that cave? V. 31
Ans: Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah and Leah.
17. When Jacob had made
an end of commanding his sons, what did he do? V.33
Ans: gathered up his feet into the bed and
yielded up the ghost and was gathered unto his people.
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GENESIS 50 JACOB’S BURIAL AND JOSEPH’S DEATH
1. How many days of embalming were fulfilled for Israel? (Gen. 50: 3)
Ans: Forty days.
2. The Egyptians mourned for Israel how many days. (Gen. 50: 3)
Ans: Seventy days.
3. Who all went with Joseph to bury his father in the land of Canaan? (Gen.50: 7)
Ans: All the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the Land of Egypt, as well as all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father's house.
4. Where did they stop and what they did there (10)?
Ans: At The “threshing floor of Atad”, there they mourned and observed seven days of mourning for Jacob.
5. What name was given to this place? Why?Ans: Abel-mizraim, because they looked like Egyptians, so the Canaanites named the place Abel-mizraim.
Ans: “The mourning of Egyptians”
8. Where was Jacob
buried? (Gen.50: 13)
Ans: In the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place.
9. What were Joseph’s
brothers worried about after their father had died?(Gen.50: 15)
Ans: "Perhaps
Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to
him.”
10. What did Joseph do when the spoke unto him? (Gen. 50: 17)
11. What they said to Joseph (Gen. 50: 18)
12. What Joseph responded unto his brothers? (Gen. 50: 19-21)
Ans: Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid,
for am I in the place of God? …. He comforted them and spoke kindly to them.
13. What does Joseph ask of his brethren before he dies concerning his bones? (Gen.50: 24-25)
Ans: Joseph said to his brethren, "I am dying; but God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob." Then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here."
14. How long did Joseph live? Gen. 50: 22
Ans: 110 year
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