Chapter 8 Vocab/ Study Guide

Question 1

Joseph

Answer 1

Young, favored son of Jacob who was sold by his brothers into slavery in Egypt but became a high official there

Question 2

Judah

Answer 2

One of the twelve sons of Jacob (Israel), who received the special blessing that he would rule his brothers and that the messiah would come from his tribe

Question 3

Pharaoh

Answer 3

Title given to the Egyptian kings or rulers

Question 4

Potiphar

Answer 4

An officer in the court of the pharaoh who bought Joseph as a slave and later put him in prison

Question 5

Providence

Answer 5

God’s watching over us with loving care; God’s loving guidance and awareness of all that happens

Question 6

Simeon

Answer 6

Joseph’s brother whom he kept a prisoner until his brothers’ return

Question 7

Benjamin

Answer 7

youngest son of Jacob and Joseph’s youngest brother

Question 8

Prefigure

Answer 8

to show or suggest beforehand

Question 9

Joseph had the gift of interpreting___

Answer 9

Dreams

Question 10

The brothers led Israel to believe that Joseph was___

Answer 10

Dead

Question 11

Potiphar’s ___ tempted Joseph but he resisted

Answer 11

Wife

Question 12

When Joseph’s brothers came to him, Joseph, like Jesus, ___ them

Answer 12

Forgave

Question 13

Jacob did not want to let ___ go to Egypt

Answer 13

Benjamin

Question 14

Gods bringing about good results from bad choices

Answer 14

Providence

Question 15

Brother whose descendant would be the messiah

Answer 15

Judah

Question 16

Land where the Israelites moved during the famine

Answer 16

Egypt

Question 17

Joseph’s youngest brother

Answer 17

Benjamin

Question 18

Person in charge of storing and distributing food

Answer 18

Joseph

Question 19

What pharaohs dream foretold

Answer 19

Seven years of good crops followed by seven years of famine

Question 20

Had Joseph put into jail

Answer 20

Potiphar

Question 21

Threw Joseph into a well

Answer 21

Brothers

Question 22

The brother that Joseph held prisoner

Answer 22

Simeon

Question 23

Gift that made Joseph’s brothers jealous

Answer 23

Tunic

Question 24

To be ___ is to be like Jesus, who knew that every good thing comes from God

Answer 24

Humble

Question 25

The attitude that leads us to share spiritual and material goods with others is called ___

Answer 25

Solidarity

Question 26

Joseph’s family settled in the region of ___ when they came to live with him

Answer 26

Goshen