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42 Cards in this Set
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Who is Abraham's servant?
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Haran
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What did Abraham's servant tr to find foe Isaac?
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a bride
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Who agrees to leave her homeland in order to marry Isaac?
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Rebekah
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How old is Abraham when he dies?
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175
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What is Abraham's age an example of and what is it showing?
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-exateration
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What do Isaac and Rebekah have?
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Twin boys named Jacob and Esau
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What does Rebekah believe from the time of her pregancy?
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that Jacob should be the heir to Isaac's goods and leadership
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What does Rebekah devote the rest of her life to?
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Moving Jacob into the heir of Isaac's goods and leadership
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How does Rebekah decieve Isaac?
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She dressed Jacob up in goat skin and trick him because he was blind
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Where does Jacob escape to?
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Haran
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What does Esau vow to do?
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Kill Jacob
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What does Jacob dream of while in Haran?
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Angles acending a ladder and hears God repeat the covenant promise that was first given to Abraham
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What does Javob name this place?
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Bethel
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What does Bethel mean?
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house of God
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Who does Jacob stay with while in Haran?
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Laban his uncle
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What does Laban trick him to do?
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Marrying Leah and Rachel
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Who are the two concubines?
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Zilph and Bilah
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What new name does Jacob get?
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Israel
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What does Israel mean?
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one who has contended with divine and human beings
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How does God intiate the family into worship of the God of ISRAEL?
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He goes to Bethel and builds an alter Gods tells them to rid themselves of trappings and redecided themselves to the one true God
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Who is Joseph the son of?
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Rachel and Jacob
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Who is the faviorte of Jacob?
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Joseph
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Who is Joseph's full brother?
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Benjamin
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Why do the other sons hate Joseph?
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-he is a tattle tale
-he was his father's faviorte -Joseph gets a special tunic -Joesph gets special dreams |
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What are the brother's original plan o geet rid of Joseph?
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To thow him down the well and killing him
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Who decides not to throw him down the well?
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Reuben
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Who decides to sell him into slavery?
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Jueda
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How to the sons trick their father?
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by dipping the coat in goats bood and telling him he was killed by wild animals
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What does Joesph become the interperter of?
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Dreams
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Who does Joesph marry?
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Asenath
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What is Joesph's sons names?
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Manasseh and Ephriam
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What strikes the Middle East?
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famine
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What does predict years eariler?
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a famine
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What does Jacob send the brothers to buy?
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Grain
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Who do the brothers meet in Eygpt?
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Govenor Joseph
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Which brother is kept as a ramsom?
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Simeon
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What brother does Joesph want?
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Benjamin
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Jacob is forced to send Benajamin, what does this show?
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conversion from decit and greed to sacrifice and love
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What s the story of Joseph a story of?
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recocilation and redemption
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Through the stories of Abraham Sarah Isaac Rebekah Jabob Leah Rachel and Joesph what did God work with?
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Simple flawed human beings to bring about his promise that we would become a "light to the nations" the people through whom he will save the world
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At the End of Genesis where are the Isralites living?
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Egypt
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what does this set th stage for?
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the Exodus
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