Genesis 21-50 Test 2 - Characters

Abimelech

Abimelech

son of Gideon; takes over kingdom; kills siblings so that they don't inherit the throne, defied by Abraham and Isaac and Rebekah + Sarah for Abraham claiming Sarah was his sister

Abraham's servant

Named Eliezer, does some favors/errands for Abraham, brough Rebekah/wife back for Isaac

Rebekah

Isaac's wife, mother of Jacob & Esau, daughter of Bethuel, offers her water and to water their camels to Abraham's servant

Laban

Rebekah's brother, Son of Bethuel, greedy and selfish, Jacob worked for him for his daughters' marriage

Bethuel

Name meaning House of God, Nahor's descendant, brother of Kemuel, Father of Laban and Rebekah

Esau

Isaac and Rebekah's oldest son, Jacob's brother, "rough" character traits

Jacob

Isaac and Rebekah's son, Took Esau's right as firstborn, simple man

Israel

Jacob's new name given by God showing his new life and the covenant now with God on his side,

Leah

Jacob's wife, oldest daughter of Laban, Rachel's sister, has a maidservant named Zilpah

Rachel

Jacob's love and wife, he served time with Laban to be with her, has a maidservant named Bilhah, beautiful

Bilhah

Rachel's maidservant, mother of Dan and Naphtali- sons for Jacob/Rachel

Zilpah

Leah's maidservant, mother of Gad and Asher, sons for Jacob/Leah

Dinah

Leah's youngest child, only daughter, abducted and raped by Shechem, although he was in love with her, defensive and violent brothers

Shechem (the person)

Hamor's son, in love and raped Dinah, wanted to intermarry with Jacob's family, killed by Simeon and Levi (Dinah's brothers)

Reuben

Leah's oldest son, defended Joseph among brothers, vowed to protect Benjamin on 2nd journey to Egypt

Judah

Righteous brother, Leah's son, defended Joseph among brothers, wanted to protect Benjamin by offering to be enslaved instead of him—also to protect Jacob's feelings

Tamar

Er's wife, then widow, disguised herself as a prostitute to continue the family line by having a child with Judah

Er, Onan, Shelah

Judah's sons (oldest to youngest), Er and Onan died from disobeying God, Shelah was 'protected' from marrying Tamar by Judah

Joseph

Rachel's oldest son, Jacob's favorite son, has 2 sons (tribes): Manasseh and Ephraim, very close with God and through him became next to Egypt's Pharoh

Benjamin

Joseph's only full brother, Rachel's son, youngest, protected/held back when brothers went to Egypt until Joseph requested his arrival

Potiphar

Pharoh's servant and chief steward of Egypt, Bought Joseph as a slavve, put full trust and power into Joseph

Potiphar's Wife

Tried to lay with Joseph, lied and put Joseph in prison, accusing him of attempted rape

Chief Jailer

Favored Joseph and put him in charge of all prisoners, trusted him because of his closeness with God

Chief Cupbearer

Jailed with Joseph and had Joseph successfully interpret his dreams, where he was restored to cupbearer from vine dream and forgot Joseph for 2 years until Pharoh's dream

Chief Baker

Jailed with Joseph and had Joseph successfully interpret his dreams, where he was impaled and eaten by birds

Pharaoh (in the Joseph cycle)

Needed someone to interpret his dreams, put Joseph in charge of Egypt during the abundance and soon famine

Manasseh

Joseph's son, oldest, was surpassed by youngest, part of 12 tribes, blessed by Jacob

Ephraim

Joseph's son, youngest, surpassed Manasseh, part of 12 tribes, blessed by Jacob