Meanings of Names
The meaning of Isaac's name
What is 'laughter'
The head head or leader of a household or family
What is "Patriarch"
The homeland of Abraham and his family
What is "Ur"
The meaning of Jacob's name in Hebrew
What is "heel grabber" and "deceiver"
The mother of Joseph
What is, Rachel
The meaning of the name "Jacob" in Hebrew
What is, "Heel Grabber" and "Deceiver"
The wife of Abraham
The three promises given to Abraham in the Abrahamic Covenant
What is land, seed, and blessing
The total number of years that Jacob worked for his uncle Laban
What is 14 years
The reason why Joseph is the favored son of his father Jacob
What is, he was born to Jacob in his old age
The meaning of the name 'Israel' in Hebrew
What is "wrestles with God"
The wife of Isaac
What is, Rebekah
The number of years that Abraham has to wait for his promised son
What is 25 years
The number of sons that Jacob has
What is, his family's sheaves of grain bowing down to his sheave in the field
The meaning of the name "Abraham" in Hebrew
What is 'Father of many' (nations)
Family tree or line of descendants
The reason Sarah gives Abraham her servant Hagar
What is her barrenness (or her inability to bear children)
The amount of time that Jacob was married to Leah before he married Rachel
What is, one week
The reason why Joseph's brothers bow down to him in Egypt
What is, the severe famine in the land
What is "Exalted Father"
God's ongoing involvement with His creation to accomplish His will
What is "Providence"
The significance of God (and only God) passing through the the animal pieces in the ritual of the Abrahamic covenant to make it lasting/binding
What is, God's commitment to take the weight of consequence for both parties (himself and Abraham) if the promise is broken. This is later fulfilled when Jesus comes and dies for our sins.
Three ways in which Jacob lives up to the meaning of his name
1.) Tricking his brother out of his birthright
2.) Tricking his father into giving him his brother's blessing
3.)Tricking Laban into getting more of his flock of sheep
Two reasons we see the providence of God in Joseph's life
What is,
1.) God provides favor and grants success to Joseph in all his circumstances
2.) God allows Joseph's suffering so that he can carry out his greater purpose of fulfilling his everlasting covenant promise to make Abraham's descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky