women in the old testament

Question 1

Genesis 1-11, creation to 2200 BC; original+ historical man; adam + eve, the fall, cain + abel, noah

Answer 1

early world

Question 2

genesis 12-50, 2200 BC-1800 BC; abraham + sarah, hagar -> ishmael, rebekah + isaac, jacob + leah + rachel, judah + tamar, 12 tribes of israel, esau + jacob

Answer 2

patriarchs

Question 3

sacrifice of abel was found pleasing to the lord; Cain gave part of his goods, but did not give his heart

Answer 3

genesis 4

Question 4

geneaology from adam to noah

Answer 4

genesis 5

Question 5

“sons of God” saw the beauty of “daughters of human beings
“; wickedness of human beings; “Noah found favor with God”

Answer 5

genesis 6

Question 6

noah’s covenant with God

Answer 6

genesis 9

Question 7

God wanted to establish a covenant with a specific family line; a new creation - waters of the flood symbolize Baptism

Answer 7

noahs covenant

Question 8

Noah’s 3 sons

Answer 8

shem, ham, japeth

Question 9

father of the canaanite ppl; sin entered the line through him

Answer 9

ham

Question 10

carried the birthright

Answer 10

shem

Question 11

the 3 promises to abraham

Answer 11

genesis 12

Question 12

great nation

Answer 12

moses

Question 13

great name

Answer 13

david

Question 14

world wide blessing

Answer 14

jesus

Question 15

how old are sarai and abram at the start of their journey

Answer 15

Abram is 75, sarai is 65

Question 16

what is the issue w sarai and abram having kids

Answer 16

sarai is barren; infertile and old

Question 17

bc sarah was barren, what did she do in order for abram to have a son

Answer 17

she gave him her servant hagar;
v4- “As soon as Hagar knew she was pregnant, her mistress lost stature in her eyes.”

Question 18

an angel found hagar by a well, she called god “You are El-roi” (God who sees); lord gives her the name of her child - Ishmael = “god has heard”; abram was 86 when Hagar bore Ishmael

Answer 18

Hagar and the Lord

Question 19

“spring of the living one who sees me”

Answer 19

“Beer-lahai-roi”

Question 20

the meeting spot, necessary for survival (water), work of the woman was to collect water

Answer 20

significance of wells

Question 21

abram’s 3 visitors

Answer 21

God, the trinity

Question 22

Three men visit, Sarah laughs at “this time next year” prediction, Abraham intercedes for Sodom

Answer 22

gen 18

Question 23

hebrew word for laughter

Answer 23

Yishaq (isaac- what they named their child)

Question 24

how old was abram when sarai bore isaac

Answer 24

100 yrs old

Question 25

“the Lord did for her as he had promised”

Answer 25

gen 21:1

Question 26

hagar and ishmael are sent away as a result of

Answer 26

sarah seeing ishmael and isaac playing together, she makes abram chose between them

Question 27

wife to isaac, sister to Laban, met jacob by the well, married jacob a week after he married leah; barren, but after many years is able to conceive and bear 2 children

Answer 27

rebekah

Question 28

“put your hand under my thigh”; servant prays by a well; Laban asks Rebekah before marrying her to Isaac; she veiled herself in the presence of the bridegroom; she eventually conceives and bears twins

Answer 28

gen 24: abraham sends his servant to find a wife for isaac

Question 29

prophesized the elder would serve the younger, esau sells his birthright to jacob, jacob steals the blessing, esau was supposed to receive from his father isaac

Answer 29

esau and jacob

Question 30

status and right of the firstborn son to inherit a double portion of his father’s inheritance

Answer 30

birthright

Question 31

a spiritual inheritance; the father invoked God’s grace upon the first-born and gives him responsibility to lead his family as patriarch after his father dies

Answer 31

blessing

Question 32

sister of leah, younger daughter of Laban; meets jacob by a well, more beautiful than leah, barren but then is able to conceive children later in her marriage to jacob

Answer 32

Rachel

Question 33

elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, “dull eyes” less beautiful than rachel, unloved by jacob but able to have children, laban tricks jacob into marrying leah, has many children, blessing of jacob passed onto her son judah

Answer 33

leah

Question 34

found pleasing to the lord, covenant w god (rainbow)

Answer 34

noah

Question 35

75 called by the lord to an unknown land, father of faith- has great trust in the lord, father to ishmael by hagar and isaac by sarah

Answer 35

Abram/Abraham

Question 36

did not trust God would provide a child bc she was barren, conceives and bears a child at 90 yrs old

Answer 36

Sarah/Sarai

Question 37

lord appeared to her by a well twice, has a son ishmael, her and ishmael are sent away by sarah

Answer 37

hagar

Question 38

Promised son of Sarah and Abraham, Marries Rebekah, Prays for Rebekah to conceive - they have twins

Answer 38

isaac

Question 39

brother to rebekah, father to rachel and leah, Decieves Jacob and gives him Leah instead of Rachel on the day of their wedding

Answer 39

laban

Question 40

son of isaac and rebekah, younger twin to esau, labors for 7 years to marry rachel

Answer 40

jacob

Question 41

always leads to distruction and chaos (hagar + sarah, rachel + leah)

Answer 41

polygamy in the old testament

Question 42

how did jacob become a polygamist

Answer 42

he stole his brother’s birthright and deceived by his uncle Laban to marry leah instead of rachel

Question 43

jacob’s 12 sons: the 12 tribes of israel

Answer 43

leahs son judah receives the blessing of his father

Question 44

Leah’s maidservant

Answer 44

Zilpah

Question 45

rachels maidservant

Answer 45

Bilah