The Book of Genesis. THE WORD FOR THE WORLD STUDIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT Written by Copywrite (c) Bill DeLaughter

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1 The Book of Genesis A study using 18 questions per chapter The purpose of this study is to find out What the Bible says. THE WORD FOR THE WORLD STUDIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT Written by Copywrite (c) Bill DeLaughter

2 INSTRUCTIONS or suggestions as to how to conduct this study. I can only suggest how this study was originally conducted and it was very successful. First of all, we tried to arrange a very informal atmosphere with the folks sitting in a loose circle. We would begin the session by having tea, or cokes and an informal time of fellowship. Then we would have a prayer time with everyone suggesting names of those for whom we should pray. It was also mentioned each session that we expected that each individual have at least one person for whom they would agree to pray for in regards to that person s salvation. To actually begin the study the entire chapter would be read aloud with each one willing to read, taking the number of verses and dividing it by the number of people present and each one reading a portion. Then the first one on the left (a habit of mine) would begin by reading the first question and giving their answer. The verse where their answer was found must also be given. Then the leader asks if everybody agrees. Let discussion carry on as necessary but not too long. Then go to the next question and the next person until all of the fifteen questions are answered. For the discussion questions (numbers ) each person present should give their answer once again going from the first one on the left and so on. Answer one question at a time, with each person present giving their reasons for their answer to each question. Discussion can be long or short depending on how the group feels. Do not carry the class session on too long. Encourage each one to prepare his answers BEFORE the session begins if at all possible only because they will get more out of the discussion if they have thought about it. SUGGESTIONS FOR PRINTING. Just print out normally if you want one lesson per sheet, printed on one sheet of paper. However if you want to print on the back, follow these suggestions. The margins are set with a binding margin on the left side of the paper. The margin setting is: L = 1.2" R=.5" T=.5" B=.5" use these settings to print the odd pages. Then go back to page 1 and set the margins as follows to print the even numbered pages: L=.5" R=1.2" T=.5" B=.5" and it will come out very close to give you the binding margin you need for stapling or binding in any way you like. If you are printing from the PDF file, disregard these instructions. QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY: (The following questions could be used in place of or in addition to the ones in the lessons for those who are more advanced in Bible knowledge.)

3 GENESIS - CHAPTER 1 1. After God created the heavens and the earth, what did he make next? 2. What did the land produce? 3. On what day did God make the two great lights and what do we call them today? 4. What part of God's creation first received his blessings? 5. What had God made when he said it was VERY good? 6. The first mention of the Spirit of God is in verse The author of Genesis does not tell us what happened to the water above the expanse. 8. The purpose of the lights in the heavens is to give light on the earth. 9. The word "evolution" appears in Genesis Chapter In Chapter 1 God says that he gave every green plant for food for the animals and for man. 11. Did God create the earth 6000 years ago? 12. Does Genesis Chapter 1 refute the theory of evolution? 13. Was God alone when he created man? 14. Did God forbid the eating of meat in Genesis Chapter 1? 15. Did the day in Genesis begin as the sun came up? 2

4 GENESIS - CHAPTER 2 1. Why did God bless the seventh day? 2. What two processes were involved in this chapter when man was made? Underline your choice: (Good and Bad) (Philosophical and metaphysical) (physical and spiritual) Verse 3. Name the two trees that God planted in the Garden of Eden. 4. Where did God look for a suitable helper for Adam? 5. What is the reason that a man shall leave his father and his mother? 6. There was no rain so nothing grew. 7. Every tree was pleasing to the eye and good for food. 8. Gold was found in the land of Cush. 9. Adam names every animal that God had made. 10. The purpose that God had in making woman was to be a suitable helper for him. 11. Does creation still go on today? 12. Was man free to eat the fruit of every tree? 13. Is it good for man to be alone? 14. Did God form the animals out of nothing? 15. Was Eve called Adam's wife in this chapter? 3

5 GENESIS - CHAPTER 3 1. What did Eve add to God's warning when she spoke to the serpent? 2. Where was Adam when Eve ate of the fruit? 3. What did Adam and Eve do when they heard the sound of God walking in the garden? 4. Who did Adam blame for his disobedience? 5. How did Adam and Eve cover themselves, and how did God cover them?,. Verse 6. The serpent denied what God said. 7. Because they knew they were naked, God knew they had disobeyed. 8. The serpent's punishment included that his heel would be struck. 9. Eve's punishment was that she should become man's slave. 10. Adam is condemned for listening to his wife? 11. Was the serpent entirely to blame for the sin of Eve? 12. Do you know the signigicance of the term,"he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel"? 13. Would God use the plural pronoun if he were alone? 14. Is farming more difficult because of Adam's sin? 15. Was the reason for banishment from the garden to keep them from the Tree of Life? 4

6 GENESIS - CHAPTER 4 1. Would Cain's offering have been accepted if he had done right? Discuss this. 2. Who said it and why? "AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?" 3. Why did God put a mark on Cain? 4. Who is mentioned as the first man to have two wives, and what were their names? 5. When did men begin to call on the name of the Lord? 6. Able was a farmer and Cain a shepherd. 7. Two men are curded in this chapter? 8. A mark was put on Cain so all would know he was and could chase him away. 9. Tubal - Cain was the first iron worker. 10. Eve had no other children until Seth was born. 11. Are poor crops a punishment to Cain for his sin of murder? 12. Was the Lord's presence in the Land of Nod? 13. Was the name of the first city - Enoch? 14. Does this chapter name 5 women? 15. Were all the following names of Adam's grand- children? Enoch - Mehujael, and Enosh. THINK YOUR YOURSELF 5

7 GENESIS - CHAPTER 5 1. Name all the men in this chapter who lived more than 900 years.,,,,,,. Verse 2. Who was the youngest man to have a son in this chapter and how old was he?,. Verse 3. What two men in this chapter do not have their deaths mentioned?, 4. Who was the oldest man in this chapter?. Verse 5. How old was Lamech when Shem, Ham, and Japeth were born?. Verse 6. God created Adam and Eve in His own image. 7. Seth is also the image and the likeness of his father Lamech. 8. There is only one man mentioned in this chapter of whom it is not said, "he had other sons and daughters." 9. There is a span of 1546 years in this chapter. 10. This chapter deals with Cain's descendants. 11. Did men live longer then than they do now? 12. Is each man listed, a first born son? 13. Does the term "God took him away" mean that Enoch did not die? 14. Did Noah have children before he was 500 years old? 15. Was Lamech 682 years old before he had any grandchildren? 6

8 GENESIS - CHAPTER 6 1. In your opinion, who were the sons of God?, and who were the daughters of men? 2. When this type of marriage displeased God, what two things did he say? 3. What three things resulted from these marriages? 4. What did God say He would destroy, and how would he do it? 5. What was to be the measurement of the ark? 6. God said that man is immortal. 7. The children of this unnatural marriage were heroes and men of renoun. 8. The ark was to have rooms in it, was to be coated with pitch inside and out, and have 3 decks. 9. Seven people, besides Noah were to be put into the ark. 10. The animals would come to Noah on their own. 11. Was the beauty of the women the only reason they were taken as wives? 12. Was the ark big enough to hold all of these animals? 13. Did anyone think about doing good? 14. Is violence a result of evil? 15. Were all men and women to be destroyed except Noah, his wife, 3 sons, and their wives? THINK FOR YOURSELVES 7

9 GENESIS - CHAPTER 7 1. How many of each animal type was to be taken into the ark? 2. How long was it going to rain?. Verse 3. Where did all of the water come from at the time of the flood? 4. Who shut the door of the ark?. Verse 5. How deep was the water during the flood? 6. Noah did everything God had commanded him to. 7. Noah did not have to gather the animals. 8. The flood came in exactly the 600th year of Noah's life. 9. Every land animal and every man not in the ark died in the flood. 10. The water covered the whole earth for 150 days. 11. Was Noah to enter the ark because he was righteous in God's sight? 12. Did Noah enter the ark a week before it rained? 13. Did water come from the earth and the sky to cause the flood? 14. Did every one of God's creatures die that was not in the ark? 15. Does this chapter insist on a universal flood? 8

10 GENESIS - CHAPTER 8 1. State three things mentioned that caused the flood to stop.,,. Verse 2. Where did the ark come to rest?. Verse 3. What birds were sent out from the ark? 4. What was the first thing that Noah did when he came out of the ark? 5. In your own words tell what God now promises to Noah. 6. The waters continued to receed for about 2 and 1/2 months. 7. Noah opened the window and it was at least 14 days until the dove did not return to the ark. 8. The waters dried up when Noah was The animals and Noah and his family were to multiply and increase in numbers on the earth. 10. Since there were only 2 of each animal and bird in the ark, when Noah offered sacrifices, many animals became extinct. 11. Had it ever rained on the earth before? 12. Did an olive leaf prove that the waters had gone down? 13. Did Noah leave the ark immediately after he knew that the water had gone down? 14. Did the animals come out of the ark in an orderly fashion? 15. Is the promise to Noah still in effect today? 9

11 GENESIS - CHAPTER 9 SHORT ANSWER 1. What new source of good food was now given to Noah? 2. What two warnings were given concerning blood? 3. What was the covenant with Noah that God made, and what was its sign? 4. Who was the first man to become drunk as recorded in this chapter? 5. Who was Canaan and what happened to cause him to be cursed? 6. Animals were to have a fear and dread of man from this time on. 7. All mankind wwas vegetarian up intil this time. 8. Capital punishment for murder was commanded by God at this time. 9. The people over the whole earth came from Noah and his family. 10. Every time Noah's sons are mentioned, they are mentioned in the order of their birth. 11. Does this chapter contain a command for not eating meat from a strangled animal? 12. Is the fact that man was made in the image of God important? 13. Was the covenant made between God and all living creatures? 14. Did Shem, Ham, and Japheth see their father's nakedness? 15. Was the punishment for Ham that he should be Shem and Japheth's slave? 10

12 GENESIS - CHAPTER How many children did each have.before. the flood? Shem _ Ham _ Japheth_Verse 2. Who was Nimrod's father?. Verse 3. In whose time was the earth divided?. Verse 4. Whose land stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the hill country? 5. Whose descendants spread over the whole earth to populate the whole world? 6. The descendants of Japheth became sailors. 7. Nimrod was a warrior, a hunter, and a builder. 8. Canaan built the city of Babylon. 9. Each clan had its own language. 10. Japheth was the oldest of Noah's sons. 11. Was Nimrod the son of Cush? 12. Were the nations of the Hittites and the Jebusites the descendants of Ham? 13. Were the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah in the land occupied by Japheth's descendants? 14. In your opinion was the earth (land mass) undivided, up until the time of Peleg? 15. Were there other people on the earth bsides the descendants of Noah? 11

13 GENESIS - CHAPTER What was the purpose of the city and the tower that mankind was going to build? 2. How many languages were spoken until now?. Verse 3. What, in your opinion, was the reason for repeating the list of Shem's descendants? 4. Where was Haran born?. Verse 5. When they left Ur, where were they going? 6. This is the first account in the Bible of using bricks for building. 7. The tower designed to reach the heavens was made of water-proof materials. 8. The people stopped building the city because of labor disputes. 9 Lot and Milcah were brother and sister. 10. Tereh and 5 members of his family went to Haran. 11. Would the presence of tar in this story indicate the possibility of oil in the area? 12. In your opinion, was the tower a protection against the flood? 13. Was God alone when he confused the languages? 14. Is there a trend in this chapter toward a shorter life span? 15. Did Abraham have any children at this time? 12

14 GENESIS - CHAPTER What did the Lord tell Abram to leave?,, 2. Who was in the Land of Canaan when Abram arrived there? 3. Why did Abram go down to Egypt?. Verse 4. What did Pharaoh do when he saw how beautiful Sarai was? 5. How did the Lord show his displeasure to Pharaoh? 6. Whoever curses Abram will be cursed. 7. Abram had the promise from the Lord that all this land was to be his. 8. The Lord appeared to Abram after he arrived in Canaan. 9. Pharaoh blamed Sarai as the cause of his serious diseases. 10. Abram left Egypt much richer than when he came. 11. Was Abram and his offspring to be blessed for their sake alone? 12. Was the city of Haran in Canaan? 13. Did Abram stay a long time in Canaan? 14. Did Abram act wisely concerning his wife,sarai? 15. Pharaoh sent Abram out of Egypt because of his deception. 13

15 GENESIS - CHAPTER How was Abram's wealth measured? 2. Where did Abram go after he left Egypt? 3. Name all of those who were living in that area.,,,. Verse 4. Where did Lot chose to go?. Verse 5. Where did Abram chose to live?. Verse 6. Abram and Lot could not get along together. 7. Abram left the decision entirely to Lot. 8. Lot moved into the City of Sodom immediately. 9. The Lord repeated his promise to Abram again after Lot left him. 10. Only small scrub trees grew in Canaan. 11. Was Abram a rich man? 12. Was Lot a rich man? 13. Was Lot's choice a selfish one? 14. Do you know the specific sin the men of Sodom were guilty of? 15. Was Abram a religious man? 14

16 GENESIS - CHAPTER Why was the whole territory of the Amalekites and the Amorites conquored? 2. What did some of the soldiers from Sodom and Gomorrah fall into? 3. Why was Abram interested in this battle?. Verse 4. Who met Abram when he returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and his allies? 5. What did Abram give to each one who came to meet him? 6. Kedorloamer had been a king for at least 12 years. 7. Lot was living IN Sodom now. 8. Abram has many soldiers under his command. 9. Melchizedek was both a king and a priest. 10. Abram took his share of the goods from the king of Sodom. 11. Were the four kings from Abram's own country? 12. Was the decicive battle fought beside the Dead Sea? 13. Was the king of Sodom killed in the battle? 14. Was Melchizedek involved in the war? 15. Would anyone be able to say that the king of Sodom had made Abram rich? 15

17 GENESIS - Chapter Who had Abram selected as his heir since he had no children of his own? 2. What was God's answer to Abram's solution of an heir? 3. How many offspring was Abram to have? Verse 4. What reason did God give for Abram's descendants to wait for the fourth generation to possess the land promised to him?. Verse 5. What covenant did God make with Abram?. Verse 6. Abram held God accountable for his not having any children. 7. A man can actually count the stars. 8. Abram became a righteous man because he believed the promise that God made to him. 9. Even after God credited Abram with being a righteous man, Abram questioned him. 10. God set the boundries of the Promised Land. 11. Did God speak directdly to Abram? 12. Was God's purpose in bringing Abram out of the Ur of the Chaldeans to give him the Land of Promise? 13. In your opinion, was the cutting in half of the heifer, a goat and a ram a part of making of the covenant between God and Abram? 14. Is the term - going to your fathers - another way of saying that Abram was going to die? 15. Was Abram promised a peaceful and long life? 16

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19 GENESIS - Chapter What plan did Sarai have to fulfill God's promise for children? 2. Who did Sarai blame for her suffering?. Verse 3. What promise did the angel make to Hagar? 4. What name did Hagar give to God after that? 5. What kind of a man was Ishmael going to be? 6. Hagar was from Ur of the Chaldeans. 7. Sarai blamed God for her not having children. 8. Hagar was told by the angel that she was right in running away. 9. Hagar saw God. 10. Abram gave Ishmael his name. 11. Was it Abram's idea that he sleep with his wife's servant? 12. When Hagar despised Sarai was she justified in doing so? 13. Was God interested in the plight of Hagar? 14. Was the promise to Hagar the same as the one to Abram? 15. Was the well named Beer Lahai Roi because that is where the angel found Hagar? 18

20 GENESIS - Chapter What did God bind himself to in his covenant with Abram?, 2. What was the sign of this covenant? 3. Both Abram and Sarai's names were changed, what were those new names and what did they mean?. Verse 4. What request did Abraham make because he was so old? 5. What specific promises did God make to Abraham concerning a son to be born to Sarah? 6. God made a new covenant with Abraham in this chapter. 7. Abraham waited for 8 days before he circumcised anybody in his household. 8. When God told Abraham that he and Sarah would have a son, he laughed. 9. God named Isaac even before he was born. 10. Abraham was 35 years older than Sarah. 11. Were both parties bound by the covenant that God made with Abraham? 12. Were only the family members circumcised? 13. Do you see any reason for waiting 8 days before circumcising a baby boy? 14. Was there a difference in the way God would bless Isaac and Ishmael? 15. Was Abraham 100 years old at this time? 19

21 GENESIS - Chapter Who came to visit Abraham near the great trees of Mamre? 2. What promise did the Lord make concerning Abraham and Sarah? 3. How did Sarah react?. Verse 4. Why did the men go down to Sodom? 5. For what did Abraham plead to the Lord for? 6. All three of the men who visited Abraham were angels. 7. Sarah laughed when they said she would have a son, because she was already too old to bear children. 8. Only 2 men went to Sodom. 9. The Lord agreed that for the sake of only 5 people he would not destroy Sodom. 10. Abraham walked part way with the men and then returned home. 11. Did Abraham know at once that God was visiting him on that day? 12. Did Abraham eat with his guests? 13. Was Sarah afraid of these men? 14. Did the Lord have confidence in Abraham? 15. In your opinion, if Abraham had continued to ask until only 3 righteous people could be found, Sodom could have been saved from destruction? THINK FOR YOURSELF 17. What id the key verse? 20

22 GENESIS - Chapter What did the men of the city of Sodom want to do before they went to bed? 2. How could Lot have daughters who had never known a man and yet have sons-in-laws? 3. When Lot hesitated to come out of the city, what did the men do to him? 4. What concession did the angels make to Lot? 5. What hapened to Lot's wife and why? 6. The men who tried to break down the door could not find it and left in frustration. 7. The Lord could not punish Sodom as long as Lot was in the city. 8. The Lord saved Lot from destruction because of Abraham. 9. Considering the circumstances, what Lot's two daughters did was not a sin. 10. The two sons who were born to the daughters of Lot both died as their punishment. YES OF NO 11. Were all of the men, both young and old wanting the same thing, with the two angels? 12. Did Lot feel an obligation to the men who had come under the protection of his roof? 13. Did Lot's sons-in-law think he was serious? 14. Did the sulphur come from heaven to punish the city of Sodom. 15. Did the Lord destroy Sodom and Gomorrah only? 21

23 GENESIS - Chapter What threat did God give to Abimelech? 2. Why did Abraham call Sarah his sister instead of his wife? 3. What did God do for Abimelech because he did what he did with a clear conscience? 4. How did Abimelech completely vindicate Sarah? 5. What punishment had God already put on Abimelech because he he had taken Sarah? 6. Abimelech was king of Gerar in the Negev. 7. God indicated his displeasure at taking Sarah in two ways. 8. Abraham and Sarah had agreed together to be known as brother and sister. 9. Abimilech was an innocent man also an generous one. 10. Abraham is a prophet. 11. Does God speak only to Hebrews in dreams? 12. Were all of the officials in the kingdom afraid? 13. Is lying a good way to show love for a husband or wife? 14. Was Abraham a richer man because he lied? 15. Was Abrahams's prayer answered concerning the king and his household? 22

24 GENESIS - CHAPTER What did Abraham do to Isaac when he was 8 days old? 2. Why did Abraham send Hagar and Ishmael away? 3. What promise did the angel make to Hagar? 4. What did Abraham complain to Abimelech about? 5. What two names for God are found in this chapter? (1) (2). Verse 6. Abraham circumcised Isaac because God commanded it. 7. Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born. 8. Hagar was sent away because she mocked Sarah. 9. Abraham and Abimelech made a treaty using 10 ewe lambs. 10. Beersheba is in Canaan. 11. Was a promise made to Sarah as well as to Abraham? 12. Was Sarah happy to have a child? 13. Did Abraham love both Isaac and Ishmael? 14. Was God with Isaac but not with Ishmael? 15. Did Abraham stay a long time in the land of the Philistines? 23

25 GENESIS - CHAPTER When God tested Abraham, what did he tell him to do? 2. When Abraham went to sacrifice to the Lord, what did he take with him?. Verse 3. With Isaac was bound and placed upon the altar, what animal did God provide and how did he do it?. Verse 4. When God said he would bless Abraham, who else would be blessed through his offspring?. Verse 5. The woman, Rebekah, is introduced in this chapter, who was her father? Verse Who was her mother?. Verse 6. God said that Abraham had only one son. 7. Abraham took 3 other men, firewood, a knife, and a lamb to go out and sacrifice to the Lord. 8. Abraham knew that Isaac would not die that day. 9. God approached and spoke to Abraham as an angel. 10. Abraham obeyed God out of fear, not faith. 11. Did Abraham delay a long time before obeying God? 12. Is a ram a lamb? 13. Can an angel in heaven talk to someone on earth? 14. Was Jerusalem the home of Abraham at this time? 15. Did Nahor only have one daughter? 24

26 GENESIS - CHAPTER Sarah died at the age of 127 years, where did she die? 2. Even though Abraham was considered a mighty prince among the Hittite people what did he ask the people to do?. Verse 3. Who owned the land that Abraham wanted to buy?. Verse 4. Where were the negotiations conducted concerning the land Abraham wanted to buy 5. How much did Abraham pay for the field?. Verse 6. Sarah did in Canaan. 7. Abraham was looking for a bargain price for the land 8. Ephron was of Arabic descent. 9. The price Abraham paid for the field included all of the trees on the property. 10. Title deeds for land was not in use in Abraham s day. 11. Are Hebron and Kirith Arba the same place? 12. Did Abraham recognize himself as an alien in a foreign land? 13. Was Abraham uncertain where he wanted to bury Sarah? 14. Did they do land transactions the same then, as we do now? 15. Was this the first land that Abraham owned, did he ever own more land heee? 25

27 GENESIS - CHAPTER Who was told to get a wife for Isaac and where was she to come from? 2. The servant prayed for a sign so that he would know which woman was God.s choice to be Isaac s wife, what was that sign and who fulfilled it? 3. How soon was the servant s prayer answered?. Verse 4. Who made the final decision as to whether Rebekah would go with the servant to become Isaac s wife?. Verse 5. Describe the way in which Rebekah became the wife of Isaac.. Verse 6. If the woman that the servant found to be Isaac s wife refused to come back with him, he was supposed to take Isaac back to his native land. 7. Rebekah was a beautiful girl. 8. Laban, Rebekah s brother, was in favor of the marriage. 9. As they journeyed back to Abraham, the first person they saw upon arriving was Abraham, then he introduced her to Isaac. 10. Even though someone else selected his bride, he loved her. 11. Was it because the daughter s of the Canaanites were ugly that Abraham said, Don t get a wife from among them, but go back to my home country? 12. Did Abraham make his servant swear an oath to do what he was told to do? 13. Did Rebekah s father and brother both agree for her to become Isaac a bride? 14. The servant was asked to stay for 10 days before returning to Abraham, did he do so? 15. Did Rebekah let Isaac see how beautiful she was when she first met him? 26

28 GENESIS - CHAPTER In his old age, Abraham took another wife, what was her name and how many sons did she bear for him?. Verse 2. How old was Abraham when he died, and where was he buried? 3. How many sons did Ishmael have and what were their names? 4. What message did the Lord give to Rebekah concerning the twins within her?. Verse 5. Describe Esau and Jacob.. Verse 6. Abraham divided his inheritance between Isaac and Ishmael. 7. Ishmael s sons became tribal leaders. 8. Ishmael s descendants got along well with everyone. 9. Isaac loved Esau and Rebekah loved Jacob. 10. Esau sold his birthright for bread and a bit of stew. 11. Did Abraham give gifts to his sons from his concubines while he was alive? 12. Were Abrham s two sons together when he was buried? 13. Did Ishmael live more than a hundred years? 14. Did the names of Esau and Jacob have special meanings? 15. Did Esau have another name? 27

29 GENESIS - CHAPTER Why did Isaac stay in Gerar instead of going down into Egypt when the famine came? 2. What action did Isaac take to protect himself that was the same that his father, Abraham had done?. Verse 3. When Isaac planted crops how much of a harvest did he have and why? 4. Who came to Isaac to make a treaty with him?. Verse 5. What was the result of the marriage of Esau and Judith? -. Verse 6. Rebekah Was very beautiful. 7. Isaac became wealthy because he knew business principles very well. 8. Isaac dug new wells rather than reopen the ones of Abraham which the Philistines has stopped up with dirt. 9. The place where Isaac lived was called Beersheba because they found water there. 10. Esau married two women from Edom. 11. Was Rebekah the sister of Isaac? 12. Did the Lord bless Isaac because of Abraham s faith? 13. Was Isaac forced to move away because of jealousy? 14. Was Abimelech concerned about offending the God of Abraham and Isaac? 15. At this time was there a conflict between Jacob and Esau? 28

30 GENESIS - CHAPTER When Isaac grew old, what request did he make of Esau his son? 2. When Rebekah overheard this request what did she do? 3. How did Jacob deceive his father, Isaac?.. Verse 4. What was Esau s reaction to this deception and what request did he then make of his father?. Verse 5. In order to send Jacob away because of Esau s threat to kill him, what did Rebekah propose to Isaac, concerning Jacob?. Verse 6. Jacob decided alone to deceive his father Isaac and get the blessing belonging to the oldest son. 7. Isaac did not recognize Jacob even though he recognized his voice. 8. Isaac could not bless Esau with the same blessing he had given to Jacob. 9. Rebekah sent Jacob to her father, Laban, to get a wife. 10. The reason that Rebekah gave to Isaac for sending Jacob away was true but was not the real reason for sending him away. 11. Did the mother, Rebekah take full responsibility for deceiving Isaac? 12. Was Isaac able to tell the difference between the meat that Isaac brought and the meat that Esau brought? 13. Because the Lord had told Rebekah (chapter 25:23) that the older would serve the younger, even before the twins were born, did that justify the deception? 14. Was Isaac upset when he discovered he had given his blessing to the wrong son? 15. Was there only one blessing that Isaac could give? 29

31 GENESIS - CHAPTER For what two reasons did Jacob go to Paddan Aram? 2. What caused Esau to realize how much his Canaanite wives upset his father and mother? 3. What dream did Jacob have on his way to Haran? 4. What name did Jacob give to the place where he had his dream?. Verse 5. What vow did Jacob make to God because of the dream? 6. Padan Aram and Haran wee two names for the same place. 7. Jacob was told by his father, Isaac, to marry a relative, a sister to his mother. 8. Because Esau saw how much his Canaanite wives displeased his parents, he went out and married another Canaanite woman. 9. Luz and Bethel are two names for the same place. 10. Because Abraham gave a tenth to God and now Jacob makes a vow to give a tenth to God, that is now an example for us to also give a tenth to God. 11. Did Isaac now accept that Jacob would be the one to inherit the blessings of Abraham? 12. Did Esau also marry a relative in addition to his Canaanite wives? 13. Was Jacob afraid because of his dream? 14. Was the stone upon which he laid his head used as a memorial? 15. Was this place also called God s House? 30

32 GENESIS - CHAPTER 29 SHORT ANSWER 1. Describe the difference between Isaac s meeting with Rebekah and Jacob s meeting with Rachael. 2. How did Laban greet Jacob/ 3. What agreement did Jacob make in order to get Rachael as his wife, and was he successful?. Verse 4. How did Laban deceive Jacob? 5. Name the children Leah bore to Jacob. 6. Jacob waited until all the sheep had been gathered before he watered Rachael s sheep. 7. Jacob fell in love with Rachael right away. 8. Since Jacob carried no expensive gifts to pay the bride price, he had to work for seven years to pay the bride price. 9. After fourteen years of work, Rachael became Jacob s wife. 10. Leah s sons names were given and each one had a special meaning. 11. Did Jacob love Rachael right away and that is why he kissed her the first time he met her? 12. Did Laban use the term You are my own flesh and blood when he met Jacob? 13. Were both of Laban s daughter s beautiful? 14. Do you think that Jacob was probably drunk from much wine so he did not recognize Leah when they were together for the first time? 15. Did Jacob marry both of Labans daughters within two weeks? 31

33 GENESIS - CHAPTER When Rachael saw that she did not have any children, what request did she make of Jacob? 2. When both of his wives were not having children, what did they do? 3. When Rachael finally had a son, what name did she give to him?. Verse 4. What had Laban learned by divination? 5. What did agreement did Jacob make with Laban for wages? 6. In those days the children of a husband and a slave became the children of the servants mistress. 7. Leah had children even after she had given her servant girl to her husband as a wife. 8. Only one girl is mentioned among the children that Jacob bore. 9. Laban tried to trick Jacob again by removing all goats from the flocks that were streaked of spotted. 10. All the goats that were weak belonged to Laban and all the strong goats belonged to Jacob. 11. Did Jacob, up to this point have 12 children and one was a daughter? 12. Did the Lord continue to bless Jacob even though he was a deceiver? 13. Was Jacob honest with Laban when it came to the flocks? 14. Did both Laban and Jacob try to deceive each other? 15. In those early days was wealth counted in the size of the flocks, the number of male and female servants and the number of donkeys? 32

34 GENESIS - CHAPTER Why did Jacob ask his wives, Leah and Rachael to come out to meet him where the flocks were?. Verse 2. How many time did Laban change Jacob s wages?. Verse 3. How did Jacob deceive Laban for the last time? 4. What evidence is there in this chapter that Laban worshiped idols? 5. Describe the covenant that Laban and Jacob made with each other before they parted for the last time. 6. The Lord himself told Jacob to go back to the land of his fathers and to his relatives. 7. Leah and Rachael were upset because Jacob wanted to leave and go back home. 8. Jacob did not know that Rachael has stolen her father s household gods. 9. God spoke to Laban as well as to Jacob. 10. Boundaries were set up by Laban and Jacob beyond which neither would do to do harm to the other. 11. Did God speak to these men in dreams? 12. Did Laban find the household gods that Rachael has taken? 13. Do stone pillars and heaps of stone make a witness to an agreement or covenant? 14. Did the agreement include that Jacob was not to take any more wives? 15. Were the names, Jegar Sahadutha, Galeed and Mizpah all name of the same place? 33

35 GENESIS - CHAPTER Who met Jacob first as he headed for his own home?. Verse 2. When Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother Isau, what message did they give to him about his brother?. Verse 3. What did Jacob do when he heard that 400 men were with his brother Esau and why? 4. What two things were the result of the wrestling match that Jacob had with the man on the other side of the river? 5. Why do the Israelites to this day not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip? 6. Jacob prepared to meet Esau with great fear. 7. When the Lord told Jacob that He would be with him and make him prosper when he returned to his own country, Jacob believed Him. 8. After Jacob wrestled all night with the man, he was told the man s name. 9. Jacob saw God face to face and lived to tell about it. 10. Jacob was limping in the morning because he didn t sleep well all night. 11. Did Jacob have great possessions when he first crossed the Jordan on his way to Haran? 12. Is Jacob a rich man when he returns to cross the Jordan? 13. Were there at least 4 groups of animals sent on ahead as a gift to Esau? 14. Was the man who wrestled with Jacob called a man God and an Angel? 15. Was Jacob s name changed to Israel? 34

36 GENESIS - CHAPTER How did Jacob arrange his family when he met Esau? 2. How did Esau greet his brother?. Verse 3. Why did Esau say that he did not want to accept Jacob s gifts to him? 4. After they parted where did Esau go and where did Jacob go? 5. Where did Jacob set up his tent. Verse 6. Jacob was so afraid of his brother that he sent his family ahead of him and he came last. 7. The two brothers were glad to see each other. 8. Jacob accepted his brother s offer to leave some men behind to accompany him. 9. Jacob lied when he said he would meet his brother in Seir. 10. Jacob was the second one of the family of Abraham to buy property in Canaan. 11. Was Jacob overdoing it when he bowed down seven times when he met his brother? 12. Did all of Jacob s family bow down before his brother, Esau? 13. Were both of the brothers rich? 14. Did Jacob set up an altar once he was settled in the land? 15. Was Jacob a God fearing man, a man of faith like Abraham? 35

37 GENESIS - CHAPTER After the family was settled, what happened to Dinah, the daughter of Leah and Jacob? 2. What did Hamor propose to Jacob concerning intermarrying with Jacob s family and why? 3. What did Jacob and his sons insist upon before they said they would give Dinah to Hamor s son in marriage?. Verse 4. What happened three days after all of the men of the city were circumcised? 5. When Simeon and Levi were questioned by their father, Jacob, what reason did they give for killing all of the men of the city? 6. Lying (having sex) with Jacob s daughter was considered a shameful thing by Jacob s sons. 7. Like father like son, Jacob s sons replied deceitfully to Hamor and Shechem in setting a bride price. 8. Harmor and Shechem responded in a deceitful manner as well, when they agreed to do what was requested. 9. Even though Simeon and Levi killed the men, the other brothers looted the entire city. 10. Jacob was very pleased with what all of his son s had done. 11. Was Hamor the leader of that area? 12. Did the men of that day havr to pay a Bride Price in order to get a wife? 13. Was Shechem an influential man in the city? 14. Is circumcision for an adult make a painful process? 15. Was Jacob content to stay in that area? 36

38 GENESIS - CHAPTER God told Jacob to leave where he was and go up to Bethel. Before he left what command did he give to his people? 2. Why didn t the surrounding cities attack Jacob for what his sons did to Shechem? 3. Who was Deborah in this chapter and what happened to her? 4. List the blessings that God promised Jacob in this chapter. 5. Who were the three people who died in this chapter and what was the reason for each death? 6. The people wore ear rings in those days. 7. God appeareed to Jacob again after he returned from Paden Aram. 8. Rachael named her second son but Jacob changed it and called him something else. 9. Reuben did something that upset Jacob. 10. Isaac lived to be 190 years old. 11. Did the members of Jacob s family have idols that they had been worshiping? 12. Were all 12 sons of Israel born in Paddan Aram? 13. Are the names Jacob and Israel used interchangeably in this chapter? 14. Is this the first time that Jacob is called Israel? 15. Did both Jacob and Esau get together to bury Isaac their father? 37

39 GENESIS - CHAPTER Where did Esau get his wives?. Verse 2. List the first born son of each of Esau s wives. 3. Why did Esau move to Seir?. Verse 4. How many children did each of Esau s wives have? 5. How many chief s were descendants of Esau.. Verse 6. Saul Was the father of the Canaanites. 7. Eliphaz had 8 sons who were chiefs. 8. Basemath did not have any sons who were chiefs. 9. Some women were listed among the descendants of Saul/ 10. Hadad is the last king of Edom mentioned in this chapter. 11. Were the chiefs who were descendants of Saul listed more than once in this chapter? 12. Was Esau blessed by God with riches? 13. Did Seir the Horite also live in that region? 14. Were hot springs discovered in the desert? 15. Is the term Israelite used in this chapter for the first time? 38

40 GENESIS - CHAPTER Why was Joseph hated by his brothers? 2. Who resecued Joseph from being killed?. Verse 3. Who suggested that they sell Joseph into slavery?. Verse 4. How did the brothers convince Jacob that Joseph was dead? 5. What happened to Joseph in Egypt?. Verse 6. When Jacob heard of Joseph s dreams he was pleased. 7. When his brothers put him in a cistern, Joseph almost drowned. 8. The Midianite merchants were Ishmaelites. 9. Rueben was not told that the others had sold Joseph into slavery. 10. Jacob s family was able to comfort him in his grief 11. Were the 11 brothers given a bad report by Joseph to their father? 12. Did Joseph s dreams make him popular with his family? 13. Did Jacob treat Joseph like he treated his other sons? 14. Was the silver worth much that the brothers received when they sold Joseph? 15. Did the brothers tell their father that Joseph was dead? 39

41 GENESIS - CHAPTER Who was the first of the 11 brothers to marry and what was his wife s name?. Verse 2. What happened to Er, Judah s first born and why? 3. Why was Tamar sent to live in her father s house until Shelah should grow up? 4. What did Tamar do when she saw that Shelah was now grown up but she had not been given to him as his wife? 5. What is the story of the scarlet threat and the twins? 6.. Tamar was a wicked woman. 7. It was a common practice for a brother to take his brother s wife when he died to raise children for him. 8. Judah did not know that the woman was not a prostitute but his own daughter in law. 9. Judah wanted Tamar put to death for becoming a prostitute. 10. Tamar was never given to Shelah as a wife. 11. Did Judah marry among his own people? 12. Is Judah s friend the Adullamite named in this chapter? 13. Was Judah afraid that he would become a laughingstock if it became known that he slept with a prostitute? 14. Did Tamar produce the items left as a pledge to save her life? 15. Did the child with the scarlet threat come out first? 40

42 GENESIS - CHAPTER Who was Potiphar and what office did he hold in Egypt? 2. How did the Lord treat Potiphar when Joseph was in charge of everything he owned? 3. How did Joseph react to the sexual advances made by Potiphar's wife? 4. What lie did Potiphar's wife tell about Joseph when he fled from her, leaving his cloak behind?. Verse 5. How did Potiphar react to the lie his wife told? 6. Joseph was put in charge of everything in Potiphar's house, nothing was withheld from him. 7. Joseph was physically attractive to women. 8. To sleep with Potiphar's wife would be to sin against God. 9. The Lord was with Joseph until he was put into prison. 10. The prison warden was lazy so he let Joseph do all of his work. 11. Was the Lord's blessing on Joseph only? 12 Was Joseph afraid to even be with Poriphar's wife? 13 Was Potiphar right in believing his wife? 14. Was Joseph put in the ordinary prison? 15. Was Joseph successful even though he is in prison? 41

43 GENESIS - CHAPTER What two officials in Pharaoh's court landed in the same prison where Joseph was? 2. What was the cupbearer's dream? 3. What request did Joseph make when he interpreted the cupbearer's dream? 4. What dream did the baker have? 5. What interpretation did Joseph give to the baker? 6. The cupbearer and the baker knew that Joseph could interpret dreams. 7. The warden of the prison lived in the prison himself. 8. These two men were always having dreams. 9 The Pharaoh released both men and forgave and restored them to their former positions. 10. The cupbearer forgot all about Joseph's request to be remembered. 11. Did the captain of theguard assign prisoners? 12 Is God the interpreter of dreams? 13. Was the interpretation that Joseph gave on both dreams accurate? 14. Were both dreams fulfilled in two days? 15. Was Joseph anxious to get out of prison? 42

44 GENSIS - CHAPTER Pharoah also had dreams, how did he get an interpretation of his dreams? 2. What was the first dream that Pharaoh had? 3. What was the second dream that Pharaoh had? 4. When Pharaoh said to Joseph, But I have heard it said of you that shen you hear a dream you can interpret it. How did Joseph answer him? 5. Why was the dream given to Pharaoh in two forms? 6. It was 5 years before the cupbearer remembered his promise to Joseph. 7. No magicial or wise man in all of Egypt could interpret Pharaoh's dream. 8. The guly cows were very ugly. 9. Pharaoh gave Joseph great power in all of Egypt and only withheld his throne from him. 10. Everything that Joseph predicted came true. 11. Did the cupbearer admit his shortcomings to Pharaoh concerning Joseph? 12. Did Joseph make personal preparations in order to appear before Pharaoh? 13. Did Joseph give God the credit for correct dream interpretation? 14. Was the famine over the entire area of the world? 15. Did Joseph give away the grain to people who were hungry? 43

45 GENESIS - CHAPTER When Jacob heard that there was food in Egypt he sent his sons to buy some. Why was Benjamin kept at home?. Verse 2. Why did Joseph accuse his brothers of being spies? 3. What did Joseph tell them they must do in order to prove to him that they were not spies?. Verse 4. What did one of them find when he opened his sack of grain to feed his donkey? 5. Ruben was the one who tried to rescue Joseph, now what does he vow to his father, Jacob? _ 6. Joseph's brothers did not recognize him but he knew them right away. 7. HIs brothers told them things that were all true. 8. Simeon was bound while his brothers were watching and put into prison until they would return with Benjamin. 9. Jacob was not willing that the only other son of his beloved Rachael go down to Egypt. 10. Jacob was convinced that Joseph was dead. 11. Did Jacob send his sons to Egypt to buy food? 12. Was Joseph the man who was in charge of selling the food to those who came to buy? 13. Did Joseph change his conditions after they had been in prison for 3 days? 14. When the brothers all found their silver in their sacks of grain were they freightened? 15. Was Jacob holding his sons responsible for Simeon's being detained and for Joseph's dead (as he believed he was)? 44

46 GENESIS - CHAPTER When they ran out of food to eat, Jacob wanted his sons to return to Egypt to buy more food, what decision did he make concerning Benjamin? 2. What reason did the boys give for Joseph asking that the younger brother come with them when they came again? 3. What offeer did Judah make to his father, Israel, concerning Benjamin? 4. When Jacob agreed for Benjamin to go with them, what else did he telll his sons to take with them? 5. When the brothers were invited to Joseph's house who did they approach out of fear, and what did the the man tell them? 6. Judah offered his own life so that Benjamin would do with them, so that his family could go on living. 7. Balm, honey, spices and myrrh plus some pistachio nuts and almonds were some of the products of the land of Canaan where Jacob lived. 8. Egyptians would not eat with Hebrews because it is detestible to them. 9. The brothers recognized that they had been seated according to their ages, and were astonished that Joseph knew to do that. 10. The 10 brothers did not eat very much because they were very afraid. 11. Did the brothers refuse to go to Egypt unless Benjamin went with them? 12. Was Simeon was released from prison because he knew who Joseph was? 13. Did the brothers know they were going to eat with Joseph? 14. Did Joseph want his brothers to know who he was yet? 15. Did Benjamin have more to eat than his brothers? 45

47 GENESIS - CHAPTER How did Joseph further embarrass his brothers? 2. The brothers vowed that they had not stolen anything and made an agreement with the steward, the steward changed the agreement. What were the differences? 3. When Judah and his brothers returned to Joseph they offered to be his slaves but what did Joseph tell them instead?. Verse 4. Who offered to become Joseph's slave in the place of Benjamin and why? 5. About whom was Judah concerned when he spoke to Joseph? 6. The steward did what he did on his own. 7. The brothers were confident that they had stolen nothing. 8. Jacob favored Benjamin like he did Joseph. 9. Judah was very adament that his vow to his father be kept. 10. Joseph had still not revealed himself to his brothers. 11. Had anything been said before about a cup by which Joseph divined things? 12. Did Joseph say he found out things by divination? 13. Did Judah say that Joseph was equal to the Pharaoh? 14. Was Judah afraid that his father would die if Benjamin did not return with them? 15. Did Judah give a powerful speech before Joseph? 46

48 GENESIS - CHAPTER When Joseph could no longer control himself what did he do? 2. Joseph said someone else had sent him down into Egypt, who was that and why did he send him? 3. Name sll who heard about Joseph's brothers and what reaction did they have? 4. What all did Joseph send back to Canaan with his brothers? 5. How did Joseph treat Benjamin above the others? 6. His brothers were terrified when they found out that he was Joseph their brother. 7. God was working out a plan for his people when Joseph was sold into slavery. 8. Joseph sent for his father and all his relatives because there was going to be 7 more years of famine. 9. Joseph said to his brothers to bring their father to Egypt quickly. 10. Jacob did not believe them at first but when convinced, he was anxious to see his son, Joseph before he died. 11. Did the Egyptians know before this who these men were? 12. Did Joseph claim to be a father to Pharaoh? 13. Did Joseph live near the Land of Goshen? 14. Was Pharaoh pleased when he found out that Joseph's brothers had come? 15. Was Jacob finally convinced that Joseph was alive because of what they told him? 47

49 GENESIS - CHAPTER What happened when Jacob reached Beersheba? 2. What all did Jacob take with him to Egypt? 3. Who among Jacob's descendants died before he took this trip to Egypt? 4. Why did Jacob send Judah on ahead into Egypt? 5. Why was Jacob told he could live in the land of Goshen? 6. God promised Jacob that if he went down into Egypt He would bring him back again to the land He had promised to give to Abraham s descendants. 7. The names Jacob and Israel are used interchangably in this chapter. 8. None of Jacob s sons or grandsons had died before he left for Egypt. 9. Joseph is listed in the accounting of those going to Egypt as well as his sons born to him by his Egyptian wife. 10. Joseph coached his brothers on what to say when they met Pharaoh. 11. Was God still speaking to Jacob in person, face to face? 12. Did Joseph walk out to meet his father Jacob? 13. Were Jacob and Joseph happy to see each other? 14. Did Joseph tell Pharaoh the truth about his father and family? 15. Were Shepherds honored in the land of Egypt? 48

50 GENESIS - CHAPTER When Joseph presented his family to Pharaoh what did Pharaoh tell Joseph to do? 2. After all the money in the land was used up, how did the people of Egypt pay for the food? 3. What arrangement did Joseph make with the people when he gave them seed to plant? 4. How old was Jacob when he died?. Verse 5. What promise did Jacob ask Joseph to make before he died? 6. Pharaoh asked Jacob how old he was. 7. Pharaoh blessed Jacob when he met him. 8. Joseph provided food for all his relatives. 9. Joseph bought all the land of the Egyptians in exchange for food. 10. Jacob worshiped while leaning on his staff. 11. Did Jacob take his whole family up before Pharaoh? 12. Did the brothers plan to stay in Egypt forever? 13. Was Goshen in the district of Rameses? 14. Did Joseph give all of the money he collected for food to Pharaoh? 15. Did Pharaoh reduce the Egyption people to servitude? 49