Theology test 5

What did Abraham’s name get changed to?

Abram

What was Abraham’s wife name?

Sarai

What dies it mean to get your name changed in the bible?

You are going to be someone important or do something important

Abram and Sarai are ____

Barren

What does to be barren mean?

To not be able to have kids, you will be important

Where do Abram and Sarai live?

In a place called UR

God sent Abram where?

Canaan ( a promised land)

Where did Abram stop?

Egypt, a place of refuge (saftey)

Who is Hagar?

Sarai’s servant

What did Sarai tell Abram?

To have a kid with Hagar, who ends up getting pregnant, enraging Sarai

What was Hagar and Abram’s son named?

Ishmael

What happens with God’s test for Abraham?

God tells Abraham to sacrifice only son, Abraham follows along and takes Issac to Mt. Moriah, Issac is confused at first, Abraham bounds Issac to wood for sacrifice, an angel stops Abraham and tells him that he passed his obeience with God

What is the covenant between God and Abram?

Circumsicion

What were the promises to Abraham?

• land

• Kings

• Nations

• Descendants

What did Sarai’s name change to?

Sarah

What was Sarah and Abraham’s kids name?

Isaac (laughter)

Anyone who _____ Abraham would be blessed and anyone who cursed Abraham would be ____.

• blessed

• Cursed

Who was Isaac’s wife and who were their kids?

• Rebekah

• Esau and Jacob

Rebekah was _____

Barren

What dies the story of Jacob and Esau represent?

Forgiveness

Traits of Esau:

• red

• Hairy

• 1st born

• Hunter

• Isaac’s favorite

Traits of Jacob:

• grasps brothers heel in the womb

• 2nd born

• Homebody

• Rebekah’s favorite

Esau and Jacob will be what?

Leaders of nations

Who are Laban’s daughetrs?

Leah and Rachael

believe in one god ( rare for the time)

Monotheism

Describe the event where three “men” visit Abraham

3 men come (actually angels from God)

Tell sarai and abraham they will bear a son

Sarah laughs because she thinks shes too old to bear

What are the similarities between Isaac and Jesus?

Only sons, Mts, both willing for sacrifice, both carries wood for sacrifice

What does god say of Rebekah and Isaacs sons?

One will be stronger, and the oldest will serve the younger

How does Jacob take Esaus birth rights and blessing?

birth rights-over stew

blessing- Rebekah hears Issac tell Esau to cook him a meal so he can bless him before he dies and Rebekah tells Jacob to do this, Jacob puts on Esau’s clothes and makes his arms hairy with goats fur, Issac falls for this and blesses Jacob

What were Josephs’ first and second dreams?

Brothers’ sheafs bowing down to Joseph

Joseph standing between the moon and sun with 11 stars (his 11 brothers) bowing down to him

Why do the 11 other brothers not like Joseph?

Jacob favored Issac and even gave him a multi color coat (rare), his dreams

What was the original plan to get rid of Joseph? What did they actually do? What did they tell Jacob?

OG- throw Joseph in a cisterne, tear up rainbow cloak and soak it in blood, say he was killed by an animal

What they actually did- sell Joseph into slavery in Egypt

How does Jacob have each Kid?

Leah- Rouber plus 5 more (Dinah is the daughter who didn’t count)

Leah’s servant- 2 more

Rachel’s servant- 2 more

Rachel- Joseph (firstborn) and Benjamin

What is Jacob’s love life?

Jacob lives with uncle, tells him he will work for him for 7 years to marry Rachel, uncle gave Jacob Leah instead, He then works 7 more years to be with Rachel (barren)

What happens with Jacob and Esau after they meet in 20 years?

Esau and Jacob meet, Esau brings 400 men, Jacob is scared, beforehand brings Esau many gifts through other people, Angel came to Jacob, they wrestle and angel tells him his name is now Israel

Who was Joseph sold to as a servant?

Potiphar

What happens with Joseph and Popithars wife?

wife wanted Jospeh to sleep with her, Joseph said no and runs away, wife takes tunic and accuses Joseph (rape), Popithar puts Joseph in jail               (POPITHAR VERY MUCH TRUSTED JOSEPH)

In jail, who does Jospeh meet?What do each of there dreams say?

Cupbearer- vines, 3 branches, set free in 3 days

Baker- 3 loaves of bread, bird, dies in 3 days (decapitated and imapled)

When the cupbearer gets free, what does Joseph tell him to say? When does this actually happen and how?

Jospeh tells cupbearer to tell pharoh that he can read dreams, 2 years later pharoah has dreams that no one can understand, cupbearer mentions Joseph after 2 years and paroah gets Joseph free from jail to read his dreams

What were Pharaoh’s dreams and what were there meanings?

7 fat cows, 7 skinny cows, skinny cows eat healthy ones

7 healthy heads of grain, 7 unhealthy heads grow, healthy heads swallow unhealthy ones

These ment Egypt would have 7 years of good harvest and then 7 years of famine

How did Joseph’s whole family end up moving to Egypt?

brothers come to Egypt for food, joseph plants silver cup in Benjamin’s bag as test, brothers end up coming back with cup meaning they passed and Joseph told them who he was, whole family moved to Egypt