Unit 1
Why do we study the Bible?
To know God.
Why did Joseph's brothers hate him?
Jacob loved Joseph most and Joseph's dreams were about them bowing to him.
How did Potiphar's wife falsely accuse Joseph? Double your points if you can name the reference.
She said he laughed and mocked her (Genesis 39:13-18).
What is the lesson on forgiveness from Genesis 40-41? Double your points if you provide the correct New Testament reference that reinforces it.
Forgive even when forsaken, Mark 15:25-41.
According to Acts 7:9, who was with Joseph?
God
What region was formed by the Nile River's rich silt and deposits? Double your points if you can name what the people did there.
The Nile Delta. People farmed there because it was so fertile.
What does it mean that Jacob kept/observed Joseph's dreams?
He was careful to guard his thoughts about the dreams.
What similarities do Judah and Joseph share?
Their father was Jacob and God had a plan for their lives.
What did God ordain Jesus to be for us?
To be sin on our behalf (2 Corinthians 5:21).
Recite a memory passage.
Answers will vary.
Name three themes of geography. Double your points if you can name all five.
Location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, region.
Who did God use to rescue Joseph from being killed?
Reuben and Judah.
Define "patriarch."
A man who controls a family, group, or government.
Who set Joseph over the land of Egypt so the nation of Israel would be spared the famine?
God.
What was God's covenant and to whom was it made in Genesis 28:13-15?
What do the names Jacob and Israel mean?
Jacob - that supplants, undermines; the heel
Israel - who prevails with GodWhich of Jacob's sons was in the lineage of Christ? Double your points if you can name the New Testament reference.
Judah. Matthew 1:1-3.
What two leaders could not find any wrongdoing by Jesus?
Pilate and Herod.
How was the butler part of God's plan?
To move Joseph from the prison to the palace to save the nation of Israel.
Recite a memory passage.
Answers will vary.
According to what verse did Jacob get a new name from God?
Genesis 32:28.
Name at least three types of writing the Bible contains. Double your points if you can name all seven.
(PR) law, history, wisdom, poetry, gospels, letters, and narratives
(JR) law, history, wisdom, poetry, gospels, epistles/letters, and prophetic
What is the Hebrew word for prosper/succeed (Genesis 39:3)?
"Tsalach"
Who else received a dream from God in 1 Kings 3:5-9 and Matthew 1:20-25?
Solomon and Joseph (Mary's husband)
Recite Mark 15:34 (PR) / Mark 15:34-37 (JR).
And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"). When some of those standing near heard this, they said, "Listen, he's calling Elijah." Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down," he said. With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. [Mark 15:34-37 NIV]