6th - Religion Chapter 7

Question 0

What did God tell Rebekah, Isaac’s wife, about her younger son Jacob?

Answer 0

That he would play a special role in the life of his people. He was God’s chosen one.

Question 1

Who were Isaac’s two sons?

Answer 1

Esau and Jacob

Question 2

As first born, Esau was to receive what?

Answer 2

His family’s birthright

Question 3

Explain the birthright.

Answer 3

Whoever received the birthright and special blessing would become a patriarch of God’s Chosen People.

Question 4

Who wanted the birthright very much?

Answer 4

Jacob

Question 5

Explain how Jacob got the birthright from Esau.

Answer 5

One day Esau found Jacob cooking. Esau was hungry and asked for some of the stew. Jacob knew that this was his chance. He said, “First, give me your birthright.” Esau was so hungry that he agreed and even made an oath.

Question 6

Why were Rebekah and Jacob able to fool Isaac?

Answer 6

He was blind

Question 7

How was Jacob disguised?

Answer 7

He was disguised as Esau

Question 8

How did Jacob explain how he got the animal so quickly?

Answer 8

Because God brought it to me.

Question 9

Isaac had asked for Esau but was not certain which son had come. What confused Isaac?

Answer 9

Jacob wore goat fur.

Question 10

What did Isaac ask for Jacob as he blessed him?

Answer 10

1. Dew of heaven
2. Fatness of the earth
3. Plenty of grain and wine
4. Nations to serve him
5. Master over your brother
6. Cursed be those who curse you and blessed be those who bless you

Question 11

How did Jacob receive the blessing from his father that should have gone to Esau?

Answer 11

He tricked him.

Question 12

How did feel about this deceit? And what did he do?

Answer 12

God was not pleased but he still brought good out of the situation. Jacob was his chosen one and that choice would not be changed.

Question 13

What did God mean when he said Jacob was his chosen one?

Answer 13

That it would be through Jacob and his family that the promise of a redeemer would be carried out.

Question 14

What did Rebekah do when she found out that Esau planned to kill Jacob because of the stolen blessing?

Answer 14

She sent Jacob to stay with her brother Laban in Haran.

Question 15

Describe Jacob’s dream.

Answer 15

On the way to Haran, one night Jacob lay down to sleep at a shrine using a stone as a pillow. He dreamed about a stairway leading from the ground to heaven with angels going up and down. In the dream, God appeared beside Jacob and renewed the promises he made to Abraham. Jacob woke and set up the stone as a memorial to mark the sacred place.

Question 16

What is the stairway in Jacob’s dream referred to as?

Answer 16

Jacob’s ladder

Question 17

What does Jacob’s dream symbolize?

Answer 17

The connection between heaven and earth and reassured Jacob of God’s presence.

Question 18

Jacob built an altar at the sacred site of his dream. What did he name the place? What does the name mean?

Answer 18

Bethel, which means “house of God”

Question 19

Who did Jacob fall in love with?

Answer 19

Laban’s daughter, Rachel

Question 20

What did Jacob agree to do in exchange for Rachel’s hand in marriage?

Answer 20

To work for Laban for seven years

Question 21

On the night of the wedding, what did Laban do?

Answer 21

He tricked Jacob - he sent his older daughter Leah instead of Rachel.

Question 22

Did Jacob get to marry Rachel?

Answer 22

Yes, during this time it was normal for men to have more than one wife, so Jacob eventually was able to marry Rachel too. But he had to work for Laban for seven more years.

Question 23

What did Jacob’s trail do for him?

Answer 23

Helped him become a better person.

Question 24

While traveling back home, Jacob wrestled with a stranger through the night. The stranger asked that Jacob let him go. What was Jacob's response?

Answer 24

"I will not let You go unless You bless me!"

Question 25

What did Jacob's words to the stranger show?

Answer 25

Both great faith and the importance of God's blessing. Jacob was willing to spend all his strength to receive it. He desired to have God in his own life and through him in the lives of others.

Question 26

What was the stranger's response to Jacob's words?

Answer 26

He gave Jacob the name Isreal

Question 27

What does the name Israel mean?

Answer 27

"he who wrestled with God"

Question 28

What was Jacob's new name a sign of?

Answer 28

His new mission - he was sent forth as the father of God's Chosen People

Question 29

Who would God's Chosen People later be come known as?

Answer 29

Israelites

Question 30

The visitor that Jacob wrestled with did not give his name. But Jacob knew is was whom?

Answer 30

God himself

Question 31

What came from Jacob's 12 sons?

Answer 31

The 12 tribes of Isreal

Question 32

Name the three people you have studied so far have had their names changed.

Answer 32

1. Jacob 2. Sarah 3. Abraham

Question 33

At baptism, you are given your name. What is This name is a sign of?

Answer 33

Your mission - it reminds you to be Christ to everyone you meet.

Question 34

Some people receive a new name at Confirmation or when they become a priest, brother or sister. What does this new name remind them?

Answer 34

That God calls each of us to become a new person in Jesus Christ.

Question 35

What was the blessing that Isaac gave to Jacob a sign of?

Answer 35

The he was God's chosen one, a patriarch of his people.

Question 36

Which sacrament marked you as one chosen by God to be his child and a member of his Church?

Answer 36

Baptism

Question 37

Which sacrament strengthens and confirms your relationship with God as one of his chosen ones?

Answer 37

Confirmation

Question 38

Through what sacrament do we enter into the Body of Christ, the Church?

Answer 38

Baptism

Question 39

Through baptism, we become members of a chosen people. What does this mean?

Answer 39

To be chosen is a privilege and that privilege comes with responsibility.

Question 40

What are our responsibilities?

Answer 40

1. To participate in Jesus' mission of bringing all people together as brothers and sisters. 2. Strengthens our relationship with God and with one another so that we can share in Jesus' mission.

Question 41

No matter how weak you are, or how many mistakes you make. What does God tell us?

Answer 41

You will always be one of God's Chosen People AND God will always to ready to help you.

Question 42

Why was the birthright of special importance in Isaac's family?

Answer 42

The son with the birthright would receive his father's special blessing and become a patriarch of God's people.

Question 43

What was the meaning of Jacob's dream?

Answer 43

The dream symbolized the connection between heaven and earth and reassuring Jacob of God's presence.

Question 44

Why was Jacob's name changed and what did his new name mean?

Answer 44

Jacob's name was changed to Israel, a name that means "he wrestled with God's." His new name was a sign of his new mission.

Question 45

What mission does every Catholic receive at Baptism?

Answer 45

A Catholic's mission is to continue Christ's lif and work in today's world.