ISRAEL: A PEOPLE CHOSEN AND BLESSED (12)

Question 1

became the beginning of the great nation promised to Abraham

Answer 1

ISAAC

Question 2

why was Isaac named Isaac

Answer 2

Isaac means “laughter”

because Abraham and Sarah were laughing at the idea that they can still bear children at old age

Question 3

Isaac married _______ and had two sons (twins) who are named:

Answer 3

REBECCA;

ESAU (older) and JACOB (younger)

Question 4

Isaac showed favor to ____, but the clever _____ – with his mother’s help – secured birthright and his father’s crucial blessing

Answer 4

Esau; Jacob

Question 5

how did Jacob secure Isaac’s birthright and blessing

Answer 5

Rebecca cooked food then Jacob served that food to his father, earning his father’s blessing

Question 6

became the transmitter of the covenant

Answer 6

JACOB

Question 7

Jacob fathered how many sons from how many wives and concubines

Answer 7

12 sons from his 2 wives and 2 concubines

Question 8

most favorite child of Jacob

Answer 8

JOSEPH

Question 9

Jacob’s wives

Answer 9

LEAH (elder sister)

RACHEL (younger sister)

Question 10

Jacob’s concubines

Answer 10

BILHAH (leah’s slave)

ZILPAH (rachel’s slave)

Question 11

Leah and Rachel’s father

Answer 11

LABAN

Question 12

children of Jacob from Leah

Answer 12

REUBEN (1st)
SIMEON (2nd)
LEVI (3rd)
JUDAH (4th)
ISSACHAR (9th)
ZEBULUN (10th)

Question 13

children of Jacob from Zilpah

Answer 13

GAD (7th)

ASHER (8th)

Question 14

children of Jacob from Rachel

Answer 14

JOSEPH (11th)

BENJAMIN (12th)

Question 15

children of Joseph

Answer 15

MANNASEH

EPHRAIM

Question 16

children of Jacob from Bilhah

Answer 16

DAN (5th)

NAPHTALI (6th)

Question 17

child of Jacob that is the ancestor of MOSES, AARON, LEVITES, PRIESTS

Answer 17

LEVI (3rd)

Question 18

child of Jacob that is the ancestor of KING DAVID, KING SOLOMON, JESUS

Answer 18

JUDAH (4th)

Question 19

child of Jacob that is the ancestor of KING SAUL

Answer 19

BENJAMIN (12th)

Question 20

what happened to Jacob after a night of outwrestling a nameless and mysterious angel

Answer 20

Jacob was blessed and was renamed “ISRAEL”

Question 21

why is Jacob often seen with a ladder

Answer 21

because he once dreamt of a ladder that souls ascend and descend from heaven to earth (established contact between man and God)

Question 22

why and how did Jacob’s descendants go to Egypt

Answer 22

following a severe drought in his homeland Canaan, Jacob and his descendants, with the help of his son Joseph the Dreamer, who had since become a confidante of Pharaoh, moved to Egypt

Question 23

what did the new pharaoh order when he saw the prosperity of Jacob’s descendants as a threat to Egyptian power

Answer 23

he ordered the massacre of firstborn males and forced into labor the Israelites

Question 24

Moses’ mother

Answer 24

JOCHEBED

Question 25

how did Jochebed free Moses from the Egyptians who were killing all newborn males

Answer 25

she placed Moses in a basket and released him in the flow of River Nile

Question 26

the pharaoh’s daughter who found Moses in the Nile River and took him in with the royal family

Answer 26

BITHIA

Question 27

why did Moses kill an Egyptian taskmaster?

Answer 27

because the Egyptian taskmaster was beating a Hebrew slave (Ex. 3:22-15)

Question 28

where did Moses flee to after killing an Egyptian taskmaster

Answer 28

THE LAND OF MIDIAN

Question 29

Moses’ found her in the land of Midian and married her

Answer 29

ZIPPORAH

Question 30

Zipporah is a daughter of who

Answer 30

JETHRO

Question 31

God manifests himself to Moses through what

Answer 31

BURNING BUSH

Question 32

God introduced himself to Moses as YHWH, which means what

Answer 32

I Am Who I Am

Question 33

what plan did God reveal to Moses when He manifested Himself through the burning bush

Answer 33

God revealed his plan to save Israel from Egyptian slavery through the leadership of Moses

Question 34

why does YHWH remain unpronounced

Answer 34

out of deep reverence and respect

Question 35

most common substitutes for YHWH in jewish cultures

Answer 35

HASHEM: "the name" ADONAI: "Lord"

Question 36

the Hebrew name of God transliterated in four letters as YHWH or JHVH

Answer 36

TETRAGRAMMATON

Question 37

TETRAGRAMMATON is greek for what

Answer 37

"four-lettered"

Question 38

Moses was sent by God to which pharaoh to free the Israelites from slavery

Answer 38

RAMESSES II

Question 39

these are proofs of the presence of YHWH before Pharaoh and Egyptians

Answer 39

the TEN PLAGUES OF EGYPT

Question 40

enumerate the ten plagues of egypt

Answer 40

``` WATER TURNS TO BLOOD FROGS LICE FLIES SICK CATTLE BOILS FIRE HAIL LOCUSTS DARKNESS DEATH OF FIRST BORN ```

Question 41

etymology of PASSOVER

Answer 41

from hebrew "PESACH"; which means "to pass over" or "to protect/defend"

Question 42

referring to the Angel of Death who passed over the Israelites’ houses smeared by lamb blood

Answer 42

PASSOVER

Question 43

the smearing of blood of lambs on doorposts is parallel to what

Answer 43

the most precious blood of Christ

Question 44

the crossing of the Red Sea is parallel to what

Answer 44

the sacrament of Baptism | cleansing of sins to achieve a new life in Christ

Question 45

God established a covenant with who making them his Chosen People

Answer 45

ISRAEL

Question 46

the translation of decalogue

Answer 46

"ten words"

Question 47

Moses found this artifact that revealed the will of God

Answer 47

DECALOGUE

Question 48

where did Moses find the decalogue

Answer 48

MT. SINAI

Question 49

how is Moses the prefiguration of Jesus

Answer 49

they both preached commandments | 10 commandments & new commandment of love

Question 50

10 commandments is divided into two parts:

Answer 50

LOVE OF GOD (first three commandments) (chief obligations owed to God) LOVE OF NEIGHBOR (last seven commandments) (obligations to one another)

Question 51

what is stated in Jesus' new commandment of love

Answer 51

"love God above all" | "love your neighbor as yourself"

Question 52

by the Israelites accepting the covenant with God, Israel became what

Answer 52

one nation

Question 53

the first in a long history of communal acts of idolatry

Answer 53

WORSHIP OF THE GOLDEN CALF

Question 54

the high priest _____ and the leaders of the twelve tribes abandon their covenant with God and begin offering sacrifices to the golden calf

Answer 54

AARON

Question 55

how many days after the covenant at mount sinai was the worship of the golden calf

Answer 55

less than forty days

Question 56

the two prophets who prophesized about the covenant through prophetic oracles in the old testament

Answer 56

JEREMIAH (Jeremiah 31:31-32) | EZEKIEL (Ezekiel 16:60)