Ruth
What country was Ruth from in the bible?
Moab
What country did the story of Esther take place and who was the king?
Persia, King Ahasuerus (Xerses)
What book is the story of Deborah found?
Judges
What was Sarah's original name before God changed it?
Sarai
How many years did Jacob work before he could marry Rachel? He wept when he finally kissed her
14 years
Complete the verses: "Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. ____ ____ ____ ___ __ ___ and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me."
Your people will be my people
What tribe was Esther from?
Benjamin
Who was Deborah's first general?
Barack
Sarah and Abraham were husband and wife, but also half-siblings (Talmud:niece/Bible-Torah:sister). What book later banned these type of marriages?
Leviticus
(Leviticus 18:9)
Rachel's son became the one to save the whole family by being sold into slavery. What was her son's name meaning "Son of the right hand" that the other brothers tried to protect?
Benjamin
Who was Ruth's first husband?
Mahlon
Who was plotting to kill Esther and the other Jews?
Haman
What woman drove a nail through the head of a king while he was sleeping thus freeing Israel while Deborah was in battle ?
Jael
Sarah lived to be 127 years old. Sarah thought it was hilarious and laughed when she was told she was going to have her first son Issac. God got angry because she showed lack of faith. How old is Sarah when she had her first and only son?
90 years old
Rachel's husband Jacob was tricked into marrying another person because he loved her so much. When her husband woke up in the morning, who was actually lying beside him instead of Rachel?
Leah
Ruth second husband was Boaz, King David's great-grandfather. What was the name of Ruth's son?
Obed
What was Esther's real jewish name and what is the name of the holiday Jews use to continue celebrating this event around the world?
Hadassah (Myrtle), Purim
“myrtle,” like an evergreen; myrtle symbolizes peace, joy, generosity, and justice
Deborah was the fourth judge to rule Israel after the death of what previous judge?
Joshua
What did Abrams (Abraham), The King of Egypt, and The King of Philistine notice about Sarah? She was abducted and God had to intervene by making everybody baron.
She was pretty/ beautiful
Rachel was escaping with her husband. Even though, her dad gave the permission to leave, she knew he would do things to make them return. Her dad tricked her husband previously. So what did she do and say when she saw her dad looking for his idols to protect this from happening again?
'Don't be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence; I'm having my period.'
She sat on his idols
What harvest was Ruth gleaning in the fields?
Barley
The name Esther from Old Persian Ishtahar/stāra is commonly known to mean "star" in the language of Persia. In the jewish language Esther is the three letter root in Hebrew: s-t-r ( סתר), "hide, conceal" What was her uncle's name?
Mordecai
What did Deborah prophecies to Barack about his journey that would make the victory not belong to him?
the king would fall to the hands of a woman
Sarah made the great mistake of letting another woman sleep with her husband because she was afraid of him not having any successors. Haggar ended up getting kicked out with her son and an angel had mercy saving them by a miracle. What was Sarah's name before she got married to her husband?
Sarai
Leah (Rachel's older sister) was destined to marry the Esau (Jacob's older twin brother). However, Esau lost his birth right to Jacob, so Leah prayed for God to change her destiny. She still ended up marrying the person carrying the birth right. However, Jacob loved Rachel. What did her name mean? It is important to why he had to marry her for the future of all generations.
phrase vayehi ohr, “and there was light,”
*her children and christians (through Jesus) are the light of the world