God Chooses a Family (5) - Unit 2

Question 1

Who was Abram’s father?

Answer 1

Terah

Question 2

Who was Abram’s nephew?

Answer 2

Lot

Question 3

Who was Abram’s first wife?

Answer 3

Sarai

Question 4

Who was Ishmael’s mother?

Answer 4

Hagar

Question 5

Who wrestled until he received a blessing?

Answer 5

Jacob

Question 6

Who despised his birthright?

Answer 6

Esau

Question 7

Who was Jacob’s first wife?

Answer 7

Leah

Question 8

Who was Jacob’s favourite wife?

Answer 8

Rachel

Question 9

Who was Jacob’s father-in-law?

Answer 9

Laban

Question 10

Where did Abram first live?

Answer 10

Ur of the Chaldees

Question 11

Where did Abram go during a famine?

Answer 11

Egypt

Question 12

Where did Lot choose to live?

Answer 12

Plain of Jordan

Question 13

Where did Ishmael live after he grew up?

Answer 13

The wilderness

Question 14

Where did Rebekah first live?

Answer 14

Haran

Question 15

Where did Jacob see a vision of angels on a ladder?

Answer 15

Bethel

Question 16

What is the starting point for A.M. dates?

Answer 16

Creation

Question 17

What is the starting point for B.C. and A.D. dates?

Answer 17

The birth of Christ

Question 18

What can we use to find Bible verses that contain certain words?

Answer 18

A concordance

Question 19

What were the patriarchs’ tents made of?

Answer 19

Goat-hair cloth

Question 20

What did Sarah do when God said she would have a son? [Genesis 18:12]

Answer 20

She laughed.

Question 21

What was Ishmael’s skill when he grew up?

Answer 21

He became an archer.

Question 22

What did Jacob give to Esau for his birthright? [Genesis 25:34]

Answer 22

A bowl of pottage (and bread)

Question 23

Why did Abram tell Pharaoh that Sarai was his sister? [Genesis 12:13]

Answer 23

Abram was afraid Pharaoh would kill him and take Sarai.

Question 24

Why did Lot choose to live near Sodom? [Genesis 13:10]

Answer 24

Lot saw that it was well watered and had the best land.

Question 25

**Why** did Sarah want to send Hagar and Ishmael away? [Genesis 21:9, 10]

Answer 25

Sarah saw Ishmael mocking Isaac.

Question 26

**Why** did Jacob flee to Haran? [Genesis 27:42, 43]

Answer 26

Esau wanted to kill Jacob for stealing the blessing.

Question 27

About **how** many years has it been since the Creation?

Answer 27

About 6,000 years.

Question 28

**How** did God supply a sacrifice to take Isaac's place? [Genesis 22:13]

Answer 28

God provided a ram that was caught in a thicket.

Question 29

**Where** was the Lord when Jacob saw his vision of angels on a ladder? [Genesis 28:13]

Answer 29

The Lord was above the ladder.

Question 30

**What** do the abbreviations *A.M., B.C.,* and *A.D.* mean when used with dates?

Answer 30

**A.M.** - in the year of the world **B.C.** - before Christ **A.D.** - in the year of our Lord

Question 31

**What** did Abraham do with his son that showed he had faith in God? [Hebrews 11:17-19]

Answer 31

He prepared to offer him as a burnt sacrifice.

Question 32

**What** did Rebekah do for Abraham's oldest servant? [Genesis 24:17-20]

Answer 32

She gave water to him and his camels.

Question 33

**What** trouble did the herdsman of Gerar cause Isaac? [Genesis 26:20]

Answer 33

He strove with Isaac's herdsmen for his wells.

Question 34

**What** sorrows did Jacob reap after he cheated his brother and deceived his father? Give at least two specific answers.

Answer 34

He had to run away from home to escape Esau's anger. Laban gave him Leah instead of Rachel. Laban changed his wages ten times. He feared meeting Esau again. His older sons sold Joseph and pretended that he was dead.

Question 35

**What** is the meaning of *Jacob* and *Israel*?

Answer 35

**Jacob:** heel catcher; supplanter **Israel:** having power with God

Question 36

**Why** did Abraham not want his servant to take Isaac back to Haran? (Give two reasons)

Answer 36

**1.** Abraham's relatives at Haran, who worshipped idols, might have caused Isaac to forget the true God. **2.** Abraham did not want Isaac to forget that God had promised to give Canaan to Abraham's descendants.

Question 37

**Why** did God change Jacob's name?

Answer 37

Jacob had changed so much that his old name no longer described him.

Question 38

**How** did God show Abraham what a great number of descendants he would have?

Answer 38

God showed Abraham the stars and told him that his descendants would also be too numerous to count. He compared Abraham's descendants to the dust of the earth and the sand upon the seashore.

Question 39

**How** did Rebekah know that her younger son would become greater than her older son?

Answer 39

Before they were born, God told her that the elder would serve the younger.

Question 40

**What** four things did Jacob do to deceive his father into blessing him?