test 5/ Genesis

Question 1

Compare Jacob with his grandpa Abraham.

Answer 1

j does not trust in god sly and clever
a does trust in god kind and honest

Question 2

What is the deeper meaning of selling the inheritance?

Answer 2

it shows that we are materialistic and that we are wanting more

Question 3

How does Jacob get his inheritance?

Answer 3

he trades it with Easu for a bowl of soup

Question 4

How does Jacob get tricked?

Answer 4

he goes to marry rachel but he gets leah instead

Question 5

With whom can one fall in love the most? Explain

Answer 5

god

Question 6

How does Jacob meet Rachel?

Answer 6

Jacob and Rachel meet by the well he removed the stone off his heart and the well

Question 7

What are some of the signs one is in love with someone else?

Answer 7

Strength willingness to suffer and opens our hearts

Question 8

What happens when Jacob meets Easu?

Answer 8

Easu was coming with an army of men and jacob plans to bribe him with money easu gets off horse and starts crying bc he doesnt know that he has fam

Question 9

How does Joseph’s story set up Exodus?

Answer 9

Joesph was enslaved in Egypt and while there he learned that god sometimes allows bad things to happen to teach us lessons about how to forgive and feel
- sets up exodus bc the Israelites do the same and get the new covenant and the ten commandments

Question 10

What is Jacob’s dream? How is it related to Jesus?

Answer 10

Jacob dreams he sees a staircase that has god and heavan at the top, and humans at the bottom. there are angels going up and down the staircase.

Question 11

What happens at the Jabbok?

Answer 11

Jacob lets his family cross Jabbok while he stays back. Jacob sees his first vision. Jacob fights with God, and god changes his name to Israel.

Question 12

How does Joseph end up in Egypt?

Answer 12

He tells his brothers his dreams, which upset them so they bet Joseph up and leave up to be sold into slavery

Question 13

How does Easu lose his birthright?

Answer 13

Easu was hunting and came home and was very hungry. Jacob tells Easu he can have some soup if he gives Jacob the birthright. Easu agrees because he is materialistic.

Question 14

Who is Joseph?

Answer 14

jacobs son

Question 15

Describe Joseph’s family.

Answer 15

chaotic messy and tramatic

Question 16

How does God change Jacob’s name?

Answer 16

he changes it to isreal (he who fights with god and prevails)

Question 17

How does Jacob try to solve his problems before meeting Easu?

Answer 17

He bribes Easu by sending him all of his animals

Question 18

What happens when Jacob meets Easu?

Answer 18

Easu falls to his knees and crys because Jacob never told him how he had a family. Easu came to reconcile with his brother. Easu/ Jacob says that hes sees the the face of god in his brothers face. here god reveal’s himself through a human face.

Question 19

What are some of the signs one is in love with someone else?

Answer 19

strength
willingness to struggle
open ur heart and life

Question 20

How does Jacob meet Rachel?

Answer 20

Jacob moved the stone at the well. the stone was so heavy it took a whole village to move but Jacob moved it.

Question 21

With whom can one fall in love the most? Explain

Answer 21

god bc we all love him

Question 22

How does Jacob get tricked?

Answer 22

he gets leah under the veil instead of rachel

Question 23

What is Jacob’s dream during his journey to Haran?

Answer 23

Jacob sees the ladder with god at the top, humans at the bottom, and angel going up and down the ladder.

Question 24

How does Jacob get his inheritance?

Answer 24

by tricking his father by dressing up as easu, and tricking easu

Question 25

what is the spiritual meaning of easu selling his birthright

Answer 25

Easu is a materialistic person. symbolizes how we give up god for materialistic things.

Question 26

What are Joseph's two dreams?

Answer 26

1. sheaves of his brothers bow to his sheave 2. stars of his brothers and sun and moon (mother and father) bow to his star (his family will depend on him)

Question 27

what is the meaning of easu forgiving Jacob

Answer 27

easu is like the gentiles and jacob is isreal

Question 28

why do bad things happen in groups

Answer 28

justification of guilt and actions

Question 29

how is joseph the second patriach

Answer 29

joseph is familiar with suffering. he is the suffering servent like jesus. he was stripped and betrayed like jesus.

Question 30

What is the suffering servant?

Answer 30

someone who helps others by taking it upon himself an unjust evil

Question 31

what is the worst thing you can do a human being

Answer 31

objectification

Question 32

what happens with joseph and patiphar

Answer 32

joseph is patiphar slave. patiphar's wife accuses joseph of raping her so joseph has to run away despite being a good slave

Question 33

What are the steps of healing/forgiveness in Joseph's story?

Answer 33

1. admit the hurt. this happens when Judah speak in Hebrew and admits how he wish he never hurt joseph. 2. face the father's pain. when joseph askes for Benjamin and the brothers don't want to bring him because of the father's pain. 3. commit to the good. Judah saves he would become a slave to save Benjamin. 4. ask for forgiveness. when Jacob dies, brother ask joseph for forgiveness.

Question 34

What is the overall meaning of the story of Joseph

Answer 34

The overall meaning of the story of joseph is that God can used evil to draw a greater good.

Question 35

How does the story of Joseph set the stage for the Book of Exodus?

Answer 35

because the Israelites are traveling to Egypt to get for because there is a famine an they here that there is food in Egypt. however. sets up exodus because Egypt takes the Israelites and enslave them. Israelites go through what Joseph went through

Question 36

How do Joseph's brothers meet him?

Answer 36

Joseph's brother meet him because they go to Egypt to get food for the famine. joseph is there at the border

Question 37

Why does Joseph decide not to reveal himself immediately?

Answer 37

he feels his brothers are not ready. they need time to understand.

Question 38

Why does Joseph weep for the first time?

Answer 38

Joseph weeps for the first time because he does not want to reveal himself and sees Benjamin, so he weeps in private. this causes him to put a cup in his brother bags so he can accuse them of stealing and bring them back.

Question 39

How does Joseph end up in jail?

Answer 39

Joseph is a slave to Potiphar and his wife askes him to sleep with him. Joseph says no, he runs away, so she accuses him of raping her. joseph is put in jail for rape.

Question 40

What is the difference between lust and love?

Answer 40

lust is only loving someone for their body where love is loving a person as a

Question 41

Describe what happens inside Potiphar's wife's heart when Joseph left the house.

Answer 41

She feels guilt for what she has done.

Question 42

What where the Pharaoh's two dreams?

Answer 42

7 heathy cows and 7 ugly cows 7 healthy corn and 7 ugly weak corn Interpretation - 7 years of abundance, then 7 years of famine

Question 43

how does judah speak the truth

Answer 43

he says god has revealed our guilt. this has deeper meaning beyond the cup because he is guilt for what happened to joseph. here joseph takes the blame to protect Benjamin