Divine Speech
"The ground on which you are lying I will assign to you and your offspring. Your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth...."
What is: What did God say to Jacob the night he slept at Beth El?
"Go to the flock and fetch me two choice kids…"
What is: What did Rebecca say to Jacob when she planned to help him steal the blessing from Esau?
The region in which Israel settled in Egypt.
What is Goshen?
The English translation of he phrase:
וַיֹּ֣אכַל וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ וַיָּ֖קָם וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ וַיִּ֥בֶז עֵשָׂ֖ו אֶת־הַבְּכֹרָֽה׃
What is: "And he ate and he drank and got up and he went and he spurned, Esau (did), the birthright" (Genesis 25:34)?
The explanation for the name of Leah's second son, Simeon.
What is: "This is because YHWH had heard [שמע] that hated am I" (Genesis 29:33)?
"Two nations are in your womb, Two separate peoples shall issue from your body..."
What did God say to Rebecca in the oracle she went to during her pregnancy?
"May God give you of the dew of heaven and the fat of the earth/Abundance of new grain and wine…"
What is the blessing Isaac gave Jacob when he thought he was Esau?
The town from which Jacob departed when he made his escape from his brother, Esau.
What is Beer-sheba?
The English translation of the phrase:
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אָכֵן֙ יֵ֣שׁ ה׳ בַּמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וְאָנֹכִ֖י לֹ֥א יָדָֽעְתִּי
What is: "And he said, 'Indeed! There is YHWH in this place, and I had not known" (Genesis 28:16)?
The Biblical reason for Esau also being known by a second name, Edom.
What is:
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר עֵשָׂ֜ו אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֗ב הַלְעִיטֵ֤נִי נָא֙ מִן־הָאָדֹ֤ם הָאָדֹם֙ הַזֶּ֔ה כִּ֥י עָיֵ֖ף אָנֹ֑כִי עַל־כֵּ֥ן קָרָֽא־שְׁמ֖וֹ אֱדֽוֹם׃ (Genesis 25:30).
"I am El Shaddai. / Be fertile and increase; / A nation, yea an assembly of nations, shall descend from you."
With what words did God bless Jacob after Jacob returned to Beth El from Paddan Aram?
"See, your abode shall enjoy the fat of the earth/And the dew of heaven above…"
What is the blessing Isaac gave Esau - when he knew it was Esau?
What Rachel sat on to cover the stolen terafim which were underneath.
What are camel cushions?
The Hebrew for the common expression, "She conceived and bore a son"
What is:
וַתַּ֤הַר X וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֔ן
The biblical words that explain the reason Jacob names the place where had the vision.
What is:
אֵ֣ין זֶ֗ה כִּ֚י אִם־בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֔ים (Genesis 28:17)?
"I Myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I Myself will also bring you back..."
What did God say to Jacob when Jacob traveled to Egypt to see Joseph?
"It is not the practice in our place to marry off the younger before the older…"
What is: What did Laban say to Jacob after he arranged for Jacob to marry Leah instead of Rachel?
The place to which "the man" sent Joseph when the latter was wandering around Schechem looking for his brothers.
What is Dothan?
The English translation of the verse:
וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָהַ֤ב אֶת־יוֹסֵף֙ מִכָּל־בָּנָ֔יו כִּֽי־בֶן־זְקֻנִ֥ים ה֖וּא ל֑וֹ וְעָ֥שָׂה ל֖וֹ כְּתֹ֥נֶת פַּסִּֽים׃
What is: "And Israel loved/had loved Joseph more than all of his sons, for a son of ages was he to him, and he made/had made for him a cloak of passim (Genesis 37:3)?
The reason Rachel gives for naming Bilhah's son Dan by that name.
What is:
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר רָחֵל֙ דָּנַ֣נִּי אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְגַם֙ שָׁמַ֣ע בְּקֹלִ֔י וַיִּתֶּן־לִ֖י בֵּ֑ן עַל־כֵּ֛ן קָרְאָ֥ה שְׁמ֖וֹ דָּֽן׃ (Genesis 30:6)
"El Shaddai appeared to me at Luz in the Land of Canaan, and He blessed me, and said to me, 'I will make you fertile and numerous…"
What is Jacob's quotation of God's speech when Jacob "adopted" Joseph's children?
"Few and hard have been the years of my life, nor do they come up to the life spans of my fathers during their sojourns."
What did Jacob say to Pharaoh?
The two food items that Rebecca prepared, and which Jacob gave to his father Isaac.
What are "the tasty goat meat dish" (מטעמים) - and bread?
The Hebrew original of the verse:
"And YHWH said to her: 'Two nations (are) in your belly, and two peoples from your innards shall be separated/(One) people, more than (another) people shall grow strong, and the elder shall serve the younger [the elder, shall serve, (shall that) younger (serve).' "
What is:
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר ה׳ לָ֗הּ שְׁנֵ֤י גוֹיִם֙ בְּבִטְנֵ֔ךְ וּשְׁנֵ֣י לְאֻמִּ֔ים מִמֵּעַ֖יִךְ יִפָּרֵ֑דוּ וּלְאֹם֙ מִלְאֹ֣ם יֶֽאֱמָ֔ץ וְרַ֖ב יַעֲבֹ֥ד צָעִֽיר׃ (Genesis 25:23)?
The reason Joseph gives for calling his son Manasseh by that name.
What is:
וַיִּקְרָ֥א יוֹסֵ֛ף אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם הַבְּכ֖וֹר מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה כִּֽי־נַשַּׁ֤נִי אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־כָּל־עֲמָלִ֔י וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־בֵּ֥ית אָבִֽי׃ (Genesis 41:51)?