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Review Questions Review Questions Old Testament 2 POINTS TO EMPHASIZE: 1. Review O.T. 2 Bible Facts Flashcards (provided under O.T. 2 Bible Facts on curriculum Web site) 2.

What was Abram s dad s name? (Terah) 2. What were Abram s two brothers names? (Nahor, Haran) 3. Where did Abram go when he left Ur? (Haran, the place) 4. Where did God speak to Abram? (Ur) 5.

God would bless the world through a descendant of Abram) 7. Where did Abram go when he left Haran? (Shechem) 8. Where did Abram go after Shechem? (Between Bethel and Ai) 9.

Why did Abram and Lot separate? (Because their herdsmen were so many that they were fighting each other) 2. What was Lot s dad s name? (Haran) 3. Where did Lot move? (Sodom) 4.

1 Review Questions Review Questions Old Testament 2 POINTS TO EMPHASIZE: 1. Review O.T. 2 Bible Facts Flashcards (provided under O.T. 2 Bible Facts on curriculum Web site) 2. Use the activities and visuals from the lessons to help review. 3. Utilize the following questions to review each lesson. Lesson 1: Ur: God Calls Abram God s Promises to Abram 1. What was Abram s dad s name? (Terah) 2. What were Abram s two brothers names? (Nahor, Haran) 3. Where did Abram go when he left Ur? (Haran, the place) 4. Where did God speak to Abram? (Ur) 5. How many promises did God make to Abram? (Three) 6. List the three promises God made to Abram? (1. God would give him many descendants; 2. God would give his descendants a special land; 3. God would bless the world through a descendant of Abram) 7. Where did Abram go when he left Haran? (Shechem) 8. Where did Abram go after Shechem? (Between Bethel and Ai) 9. What was Abram s wife s name? (Sarai) 10. What was Abram s nephew s name? (Lot) 4/3/17 Lesson 2: Jordan River Valley: Abram is Unselfish toward Lot 1. Why did Abram and Lot separate? (Because their herdsmen were so many that they were fighting each other) 2. What was Lot s dad s name? (Haran) 3. Where did Lot move? (Sodom) 4. Why did Lot go that way? (Because it was better land) 5. In what book and chapter in the Bible is this story found? (Genesis 13) 6. Where did Abram move when he and Lot separated? (Hebron) 7. Did Abram make a good choice when dealing with Lot? (Yes) 8. Why did Abram make a good choice when dealing with Lot? (He was unselfish.) 9. Which of the two (Abram or Lot) was once a prisoner? (Lot) Page 1 O.T. 2 Review Questions

2 10. Who rescued Lot? (Abram) Lesson 3: Sodom and Gomorrah: Lot is in Bad Company 1. What was the spiritual condition of the city that Lot chose? (Wicked) 2. Who informed Abraham about what was going to come upon Sodom and Gomorrah? (God through angels) 3. Did Abraham find out that Sodom and Gomorrah were going to be saved? (No) 4. What did Abraham do when he was told that Sodom and Gomorrah were going to be destroyed? (He tried to reason with God not to destroy the cities if there were as few as 10 righteous people in Sodom) 5. What did the angels do to the men at Lot s house? (Struck them blind) 6. Did Lot s sons-in-law leave when Lot told them to? Why or why not? (No, because they thought that Lot was joking) 7. Was Lot destroyed in Sodom? (No) 8. When angels appeared to Lot, what did he do? (Invited them inside his home) 9. What did the angels tell Lot? (He was instructed to leave his home.) 10. What happened to Lot s wife and why? (She was turned into a pillar of salt because she disobeyed God by looking back at Sodom s destruction) Lesson 4: Mamre: Promise of a Son A Son is Born 1. How old was Abraham when God promised him a son? (75) 2. How old was Abraham when he had the son of promise? (99) 3. What did Sarah do when she heard that she would have a baby boy? (Laughed) 4. Who was Abraham s first son? (Ishmael) 5. What was the name of the son of promise? (Isaac) 6. How many years did Abraham wait for his promised son? (25) 7. What was Ishmael s mother s name? (Hagar) 8. How old was Ishmael when Isaac was born? (14) 9. How old was Abraham when Ishmael was born? (86) 10. What does the name Isaac mean? (Laughter) Lesson 5: Mount Moriah: Abraham Offers Isaac 1. How did God test Abraham s faith? (Commanded Abraham to offer Isaac) 2. Who was the son of promise? (Isaac) 3. Where was Abraham when God commanded him to offer Isaac? (Beersheba) 4. Where did Abraham offer Isaac? (Moriah) 5. How far of a journey is Moriah from Beersheba? (Three days) 6. What question did Isaac ask Abraham? (Where is the lamb for a burnt offering?) Review Questions Page 2

3 7. What happened when Abraham went to sacrifice his son? (The Lord stopped him.) 8. What did Abraham sacrifice instead? (A ram) 9. Whad did Abraham s actions reveal? (That he had faith in God and trusted in Him completely) 10. When Abraham left his servants, what did he tell them? (He and his son would return) Lesson 6: Nahor: The Search for Isaac s Wife 1. How old was Sarah when she died? (127) 2. How old was Isaac when his mother died? (37) 3. Where did Abraham send his servant to look for a wife for his son? (Nahor) 4. Why did Abraham send his servant to Nahor instead of the city that he lived in? (He wanted someone from his family to marry Isaac.) 5. Who did the servant ask for assistance to find Isaac a wife? (God) 6. Where did the servant find Isaac s wife? (By a well) 7. How did he know that she was the one? (Because she helped the servant water his camels, and she invited him back to her house, as the servant had prayed) 8. What was Isaac s wife s name? (Rebekah) 9. What did Rebekah do when she saw Isaac? (Got off her camel and covered her face with a veil) 10. How many years had Isaac s mother been dead when he got married? (Three) Lesson 7: Isaac the Peacemaker 1. What does peacemaker mean? (Someone who makes peace) 2. At this time, what had happened in the land? (A famine) 3. Where did Isaac move due to the famine? (Gerar) 4. What peoples lived in Gerar? (Philistines) 5. What did Isaac do when he got to Gerar? (Cleaned out the well) 6. Who dug the well that Isaac cleaned out? (His dad, Abraham) 7. Who was the leader of the Philistines? (Abimelech) 8. What did Abimelech want to do with Isaac? (Make a treaty) 9. Why didn t Isaac fight for the well? (Because he had faith in God and God s promises about having land for his descendants) 10. At first, did the Philistines like Isaac? Why or why not? (No, because they were jealous of his blessings) Lesson 8: Sharing: Jacob and Esau 1. What were the names of the children of Isaac? (Jacob and Esau) 2. What was the name of the hairy child? (Esau) 3. Were Jacob and Esau twins? What does that mean? (Yes; They were born on the same day.) 4. How old was Isaac when his sons were born? (60) Page 3 O.T. 2 Review Questions

4 5. Which son was the oldest? (Esau) 6. What was the color of Esau s hair? (Red) 7. What was Esau s skill? (Hunting) 8. What was Jacob s skill? (Cooking) 9. Which son gave up his birthright, for what, and for what reason? (Esau; for a bowl of soup; because he was hungry) 10. Who was Rebekah s favorite son? (Jacob) Lesson 9: Rebellion: Jacob Deceives His Father 1. Who was Isaac s oldest son? (Esau) 2. Who was entitled to the birthright? (Esau) 3. Who ended up with the birthright? (Jacob) 4. How did Jacob get the blessing? (Deceived his father by putting fake hair on his hands and neck) 5. What does the name Jacob mean? (Deceiver) 6. Where was Esau when Jacob was stealing his blessing? (Out hunting) 7. What did Esau do when he found out that his blessing had been taken? (Plotted to kill his brother) 8. Who found out that Esau was going to kill Jacob, and what did she do? (Rebekah; She told Jacob to leave.) 9. Where did Jacob go? (Padam Aram) 10. To whom did Jacob go after he left his mom and dad? (Laban) Lesson 10: Arranged Marriage to Leah and Rachel 1. Who was Jacob s first wife? (Leah) 2. Who was Jacob s second wife? (Rachel) 3. What deal did Laban make with Jacob concerning a wife? (Jacob would work for him for seven years so he would be able to marry Rachel) 4. Why did Laban say that Jacob had to marry Leah first? (Because in that culture they gave their older daughter in marriage first) 5. How was Leah s identity hidden until after they were married? (She was wearing a veil) 6. Who was Jacob s favorite wife? (Rachel) 7. How long did Jacob have to work for Laban for his wife Rachel? (Fourteen years) 8. Was it God s wish for Jacob to have two wives? (No, God intended for one man to be married to one woman) 9. How many sons and daughters did Jacob have? (12 sons and 1 daughter) 10. What was one consequence for Jacob having two wives? (They were jealous of one another, which caused a lot of strife for Jacob) Review Questions Page 4

5 Lesson 11: Enlarged Family (12 Sons of Jacob); An Agreement Between Jacob and Laban 1. Were all the children of Jacob full-blooded sisters and brothers? (No, they all had the same father but not the same mother) 2. Leah s sons were jealous of which son of Rachel? (Joseph) 3. What nation would come into being from these brothers and sisters? (Israel) 4. How did Laban trick Jacob? (He agreed with Jacob that if he worked seven years without pay, then he could have Rachel as his wife. Because of a veil and cultural customs, Laban gave Leah to Jacob instead). 5. Did God design the family to be based on the model of this family has? (No. He intended one man for one women for life) 6. Was it right for Rachel and Leah to be jealous of one another? (No) 7. What was Jacob s payment for working for Laban? (Two wives) 8. What did Rachel steal from her dad? (His idols) 9. What did Laban suggest that Jacob do so that their families would know that they were at peace? (Put up a pile of rocks and also a stone pillar) 10. Where did God tell Jacob to go? (Land of Canaan) Lesson 12: Love and Forgiveness 1. Did Jacob and Esau ever meet again after Jacob left his father s house? (Yes) 2. Where did Jacob send a messenger when he was approaching the land of Canaan? (Seir) 3. Who lived in Seir? (Esau) 4. What does the Bible call Esau s descendants? (Edomites) 5. Why did Jacob send a messenger to Esau? (To tell Esau that Jacob was coming and that he wanted to pass through peacefully) 6. What did Esau do when the messenger came to him? (Gathered up 400 men and headed toward Jacob) 7. What did Jacob do when he heard that Esau was coming with 400 men? (He divided his family into two groups) 8. Who did Jacob ask for help and protection from his brother? (God) 9. By what stream did Jacob make camp? (Jabbok) 10. When Jacob and Esau met each other, what did Jacob do to Esau as a sign of respect and humility? (Bowed down seven times) Lesson 13: The Suffering of Job 1. How does the Bible describe Job? (As a good man who loved and respected God) 2. Who got permission from God to hurt Job? (Satan) 3. What did Satan do first to hurt Job? (Killed all of his livestock and his ten children) 4. Did Job sin or accuse God of wrongdoing after Satan s first attack? (No) 5. After Job refused to curse God, what did Satan get permission to do to Job? (To hurt Job s body) Page 5 O.T. 2 Review Questions

6 6. What was Satan not allowed to do to Job? (Kill him) 7. With what did Satan afflict Job? (A terrible skin disease) 8. What did Job s wife tell him to do? (To curse God and die) 9. In Job 2:10, what was Job s reaction to his wife s advice? ( Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity? ) 10. For what did Job s three friends think he was suffering? (They believed he must have sinned against God and that he needed to repent.) 11. What did Job call his three friends? ( Miserable comforters ) 12. What did Job want from God? (A reason for his suffering) 13. What are the names of the last two animals that God described to prove His power? (Behemoth and Leviathan) 14. At the end of the book of Job, how did Job act toward God? (With humility and respect) Review Questions Page 6

Several generations passed after

Abraham Several generations passed after the Flood until a man by the name of Abram was born. Abram grew up in a city called Ur. Ur was near the place where the ark had landed after the Flood. Abram learned