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
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.
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