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1
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What was Haran?

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  • Haran was the original place of the patriarchs in Northern Mesopotamia
  • It is located between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers
  • Terah took his descendants from Ur (including Abraham) and settled in Haran
  • Jacob meets Laban in Haran, where he marries his wives
2
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What was Babylonia?

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  • Area of land encompassing the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the fertile land surrounding them
  • Populated with Amorites in Abraham’s time
3
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Who was Joseph?

A

Jacob and Rachel’s firstborn

4
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Give the highlights of Tamar’s story.

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  • Married Judah’s son Er and then Onan

- Dressed as a prostitute and slept with Judah

5
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What does Peniel stand for?

A

“Face of God”

6
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Who was Zelophehad?

A
  • Descendant of Manasseh who had only daughters

- His daughters were allowed to inherit land but had to marry within their tribe

7
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Name Jacob’s wives.

A
  • Leah
  • Rachel
  • Bilhah
  • Zilpah
8
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Give the highlights of Dinah’s story.

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  • Daughter of Leah and Jacob

- Raped at Shechem

9
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Which two scouts from Kadesh-barnea were permitted to enter the promised land?

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Caleb and Joshua

10
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What is Shinar another name for?

A

It is a Hebrew name for the region of Babylon.

11
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What is the significance of Hebron?

A

Abraham bought a plot of land from a Hittite when Sarah died nearby. The patriarchs and their wives are buried here.

12
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Give the highlights of Levi’s story.

A
  • Leah’s third son
  • Moses’s grandfather
  • Avenges Dinah’s rape at Shechem and gets cursed by Jacob for it
13
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Where in Egypt did Joseph’s family settle?

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Goshen, in the Nile delta

14
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How were Rebekah and Laban related?

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They were siblings

15
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Where is Bethel located?

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  • West of Ai
  • West and slightly north of the Dead Sea
  • Part of Israel but bordering on Judah
16
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What happened at Bethel?

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  • Abraham camped there on his way out of Egypt
  • Jacob sleeps there and has the vision of God
  • Becomes a sanctuary city
17
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Israel is another name for who?

A

Jacob

18
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What was Eden?

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  • Garden created “in the east” by God
  • River watering it flowed outward and was the origin for the Tigris and Euphrates as well as two other rivers
  • Trees with food
  • Tree of life and tree of knowledge of good and evil in the middle
19
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What is Kadesh-barnea?

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The area where the twelve scouts left to scout out Canaan for forty days.

20
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Where is Hebron located?

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In Canaan, west of the Dead Sea

21
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Give the highlights of Miriam’s story.

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  • Sister of Moses, saw him saved and arranges for his mother to nurse him
  • Described as a prophetess
  • Criticizes Moses for marrying a Cushite and is given a skin disease by God and later healed
22
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Who was Zilpah?

A

Leah’s maid, given to Jacob to bear children for her.

23
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Who was Laban?

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  • Rebekah’s sister

- Father to Rachel and Leah

24
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What happened at Shechem?

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Jacob and family camped on their way back from Haran.

  • Dinah raped, Levi and Simeon avenge her
  • Joshua also camped with the Israelites and asked if they would follow God or the pagan gods
25
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Give the highlights of Judah’s story.

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  • Leah’s fourth son
  • Unknowingly sleeps with Tamar, his daughter-in-law
  • Guarantees Benjamin’s life to Jacob and tries to substitute himself
26
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What happened at Peniel?

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Jacob wrestled God or an angel of God and received the new name of “Israel”.

27
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What was Ur?

A
  • Abraham’s home city
  • Located in the southeast part of Mesopotamia, near the Euphrates River
  • Part of a trade route
28
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Who was Manasseh?

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  • Joseph’s older son, who Jacob blesses as younger

- Joseph names him because God made him forget his troubles and his family

29
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Give the highlights of Simeon’s story.

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  • Leah’s second son

- Avenges Dinah’s rape at Shechem and gets cursed by Jacob for it

30
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Who was Benjamin?

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Jacob and Rachel’s second child, who Rachel died giving birth to

31
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Give the highlights of Reuben’s story.

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  • Jacob’s firstborn
  • Slept with Bilhah
  • Wanted to secretly save Joseph
32
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Name Rachel and Jacob’s children.

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Joseph and Benjamin

33
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Who was Ephraim?

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  • Joseph’s younger son, who Jacob blesses as the older

- Joseph names him because God made him fruitful in his land of grief

34
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What is Goshen?

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The area of Egypt in the Nile Delta where Jacob’s family settled.

35
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Who was Bilhah?

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She was Rachel’s maid, given to Jacob to bear children for her.

36
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Who was Potiphar?

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  • Egyptian who buys Joseph
  • His wife falsely accuses Joseph of rape
  • Captain of the palace guard
37
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Who was Balaam?

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A pagan prophet hired by Balak the Moabite to curse the Israelites