Birthright
Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for this food.
What is pottage / stew?
Though initially unloved by Jacob, this wife turned to God and named her son Judah while praising the Lord.
Who is Leah?
Jealous anger after an offering was rejected led to the first murder recorded in scripture.
Who are Cain and Abel?
Jacob received a new name after wrestling with an angel all night.
What is Israel?
Joseph’s brothers grew angry when he described dreams showing his family doing this to him.
What is bowing down to Joseph?
The birthright included leadership in the family and these covenant blessings from Abraham.What are the Abrahamic covenant blessings?
What are the Abrahamic covenant blessings?
Children from Rachel, Leah, Bilhah and Zilch formed this covenant family.
What are the twelve tribes of Israel?
These twin brothers struggled together even before birth.
Who are Jacob and Esau?
Before the twins were born, the Lord revealed that the older would serve the younger.
What did God tell Rebekah about Jacob and Esau?
Joseph’s brothers became jealous after their father showed favoritism through this special gift.
What is the coat of many colors?
This father intended to give the patriarchal blessing to his oldest son.
Who is Isaac?
Rachel gave this handmaid to Jacob so she could bear children in her name.
Who is Bilhah?
Jacob was forced to work for 14 years to marry his true love for this reason.
What is that Laban deceived him into marrying Leah first, requiring seven additional years of service to marry Rachel?
When God finally opened her womb after years of barrenness, Rachel gave birth to these two sons who later became tribes of Israel.
Who are Joseph and Benjamin?
Before selling Joseph, his brothers first did this to him.
What is throwing Joseph into a pit?
This mother instructed Jacob how to receive the blessing instead of Esau.
Who is Rebekah?
Leah gave her handmaid to Jacob to bear children.
Who is Zilpah?
A father’s divided favoritism created tension between two brothers.
What is that Isaac loved Esau more than Jacob?
After years of rivalry and barrenness, this woman declared, “God hath taken away my reproach,” when her first son was born.
Who is Rachel?
Joseph’s brothers decided to profit from their betrayal by doing this instead of killing him.
What is selling Joseph into Egypt?
These coverings helped Jacob convince Isaac he was his older brother.
What are goat skins?
Six tribes of Israel came from Jacob’s wife Leah.
Which tribes are Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun?
A father’s favoritism toward one son became obvious to the rest of the brothers because of this gift.
What is that Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors?
After the birth of her fourth son, Leah said, “Now will I praise the Lord,” and gave him this name.
What is Judah?
Even when Joseph was a slave in Egypt, scripture says he prospered because of this reason.
What is that the Lord was with Joseph?
This brother cried out with “a great and exceeding bitter cry” after realizing the blessing had already been given.
Who is Esau?
Four tribes of Israel came through the sons of Jacob’s handmaids Bilhah and Zilpah.
Which tribes are Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher?
A struggle for children between two sisters led one of them to say, “Give me children, or else I die.”
What is that Rachel cried to Jacob because she was barren while Leah had sons?
Their stories show that God can work through imperfect families to build this covenant people.
What is the house of Israel?
Joseph chose righteousness when this woman tried to tempt him, even though it led to his imprisonment.
Who is Potiphar’s wife?
The birthright included these three privileges for the firstborn son in the covenant family.
What are a double portion of the inheritance, leadership of the family, and the covenant blessings of Abraham?
This woman finally rejoiced when her son Judah was born and turned her focus toward praising the Lord.
Who is Leah?
Instead of killing Joseph, his brothers profited from their betrayal by exchanging him for this amount of silver.
What is twenty pieces of silver?
President Russell M. Nelson taught that the name Israel means this.
What does “let God prevail” mean?
When Pharaoh asked Joseph to interpret his dreams, Joseph made it clear the answer would come from this source.
Who is God?