Vocab
Jealousy
What is also Envy?
The first Patriarch of the Israelites who God made a covenant with
Who is Abraham?
Father of Many Nations
What does the name Abraham mean?
by saying yes to God and loving actions and no to things that would harm us or other people
How do we sacrifice our wills to God?
We are called to forgive others and take care of our families and friends when they are in need. We should never be envious of others but be thankful for what we have. Who/What did we learn this from?
a gift given to God to give him thanks
What is Sacrifice?
Isaac’s wife who tricks him to giving her favorite son, Jacob the birthright (she received a message from God saying that her younger son would lead God’s people)
Who is Rebekah?
The oldest son’s right to the greatest part of the inheritance and to a special blessing from the father
What is Birthright?
Abraham thought he was to sacrifice his only son Isaac, by tying him to a rock and killing him. But an angel stopped Abraham’s hand from killing Isaac.
How did God test Abraham?
Jacob and Rebekah tricked Isaac. Explain.
Jacob and Rebekah tricked Isaac because he was going blind in his old age and Esau had very hairy arms. So Jacob put goatskin on his arm so he would feel hairy but his voice confused Isaac because he knew it did not sound like Esau
The land God promised to give Abraham for His Chosen people
What is Canaan?
Favored son of Jacob, brothers sell him into slavery to Egypt, becomes the right hand man of the Pharaoh
Who is Joseph?
To signify the beginning of their covenant with God and a new life path
Why God changed Abram’s name to Abraham and Sarai’s to Sarah.
During the Sacrament of Confirmation when we are older. We live out our promises by giving witness to the faith and speaking and acting like Christ. We celebrate the Sacraments.
How we live out the promises of the covenant we made with God at our Baptism?
Jacob wrestled with God. Explain
Jacob was on his way back home to Canaan from staying in Haran with his uncle, Laban. A stranger came up to him and began wrestling with him. Jacob’s hip socket was broken in the process. Jacob was overpowering the stranger but he said he would not let the stranger go until he blessed Jacob. Jacob later realized the stranger was God. The stranger gave him the name “Israel”
The guidance of God over all he has created
What is Divine Providence?
Youngest son of Isaac and Rebekah, steals the birthright from Esau, wrestles with God, God changes his name to Israel, marries Rachel and Leah and has 12 sons who became the 12 tribes of Israel
Who is Jacob?
What did God ask Abraham to do?
God asked Abraham at 75 years old to leave his home land of Haran to journey to Canaan and start a new life and deepen his faith in one God. He was to lead the Chosen People to worship only one true God, while others at the time were polytheistic (many).
Tested them to see if they have changed their ways and when he realizes they have, he forgives them, gives them food to eat and allows them to stay in Egypt.
How Joseph treated his brothers when they were reunited.
Joseph possessed a gift. What was it and how did it help Pharaoh?
Joseph could interpret dreams and figure out the meaning behind them. He told the Pharaoh that his dream meant that they would have 7 years of good harvest and then 7 years of famine. He advises the Pharaoh to collect and store food during those good years so the people will not starve during the famine. He becomes the Pharaoh’s right hand man and governor of all of Egypt.
Term used for the descendants of Jacob, whom God named Israel, God’s chosen people
Who are the Israelites?
Son of Abraham and Sarah, Abraham almost sacrifices Isaac to God; through Abraham’s descendants, God promises would be fulfilled. Isaac goes blind in his old age and was tricked by his wife and son to give Jacob the birthright
Who was Issac?
What were the 4 promises God made to Abraham?
Descendants as numerous as the stars- gave them a son, Isaac
Promised Land of Canaan- for God’s Chosen People
Blessings for him and his descendants (God would take care of them)
Blessings for other nations through them- Abraham would be the “father of many nations” (Christians, Jews and Muslims all trace their lineage back to Abraham)
This helps us build our trust in God and believe in Divine Providence. It deepens our communion with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. In the Our Father, we ask God to give us our daily bread, forgive us, help us to forgive others, help us turn away from sin and temptation. We are trusting that God will guide our lives and so that when evil things happen to us, he makes them work for good if we cooperate with him.
How does praying the “Our Father” help us build trust in God?
Joseph ended up in Egypt. Explain
Joseph’s brothers were envious of the fact that he was Jacob’s favorite (their father). They wanted to kill him but instead Judah and Rueben (2 of his brothers) suggested selling him into slavery to Egypt as a caravan of travelers came through Canaan.