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| What did God promise Abram? |
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| What did Abram lie about? |
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| He said that his wife Sarai was his sister because he was afraid the Egyptians would find her appealing, take her and kill him. He was trying to save his own life. |
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1)Priest of God Most High
2)King of Salem |
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| 1)Sarai's Egyptian servant girl 2)Ishmael's mother 3)Abraham's concubine |
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1)Abraham's wife
2)Isaac's mother |
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| Where did people try to attack the 2 visitors (angels)? |
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| What was the supreme test of Abraham's faith? |
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| What is interesting about God's promise to Abram to make him a great nation? |
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| Great nation means he would have many descendants, yet when God promised him this, Abram was childless. |
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| What land was Abram in when God gave him the promise of land? |
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1)first patriarch
2)father to Isaac and Ismael |
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| Theory claims that Salem is the old name for which city? |
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| Non-Hebrew tablets that made it clear that a childless family could adopt their slave as an heir |
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| 1)cutting off of the male foreskin 2)symbol of the covenant with God |
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| appearance of the divine to a human being |
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| Two sons of Lot resulting from incest with his daughters |
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| promised son of Abraham and Sarah |
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-Story of Abraham obeying God by sacrificing his son, yet God provides a lamb just in time
-"binding of Isaac" |
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| tradition site of Sarah's burial sacred to Muslims and Jews |
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| Discovered that Rebekah was not actually Isaac's sister, but his wife |
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1)Older twin brother of Jacob
2)Son of Isaac and Rebekah
3)outdoorsman |
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| First born son was first in line to become the next Patriarch, as long as a blessing was secured |
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| 1)brother of Rebekah 2)willing to give her up when he saw the rich gifts from Abraham |
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| Cousin of Laman who Jacob fell in love with and had to work 7 years to afford her |
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| Who are the possible heirs? |
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1)Eliezer - servant of Abraham
2)Ishmael - son of Hagar
3)Isaac |
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| Who were Abraham's three visitors? |
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| What does Sarai most likely mean? |
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| How were Moab and Ammon conceived? |
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| Lot's daughters got him drunk, had sex with him, and both became pregnant |
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| Lot is father, by incest, to which two nations? |
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1)Place where Lot lives
2)Sinful place which God destroys |
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| Place where Abraham wants to bury his wife Sarah |
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| What kind of covenant is made to acquire the burial plot of Sarah (Cave of Machpelah)? |
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| Parity covenant (similar to a business agreement) |
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| Place where God told Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac at |
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| How does Isaac find a wife? |
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| Abraham sends his servant back to their home nation |
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1)Father of Leah and Rachel
2)Master of Jacob for 14 years for his two wives (Leah and Rachel) |
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| What nation descends from Esau? |
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| Meaning or derivation of the name Esau |
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| Which sister does Jacob fall in love with? |
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| Non-aggression treaty between Jacob and his father-in-law Laban |
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| Site of Jacob's theophany where he wrestles with God and his name is changed to Israel |
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| What does the name "Israel" mean? |
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| One who strives/struggles with God |
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| What does Jacob name Jabbok River after his theophany? |
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| Describe the events surrounding the rape of Dinah. |
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| Dinah meets this man who rapes her and eventually wants to marry her. Jacob says that he needs to become circumcised, so in the middle of the night, while they were all still in pain, Dinah's brothers kill them all. |
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| Why was Tamar more righteous than Judah? |
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| Who tried to seduce Joseph in Egypt? |
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| Why did Jacob send Joseph's brothers to Egypt? |
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| To get food because of the famine |
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| The closest male relative could marry the widow and produce off-spring in order to pass the namesake down. |
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1)Son of Judah
2)Spills his semen in disobedience instead of sleeping with Tamar and is killed |
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1)Cupbearer
2)Baker
3)Pharoah |
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| What do the 7 fat cows and 7 skinny cows represent in Pharoah's dream? |
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7 fat cows - 7 years of prosperity
7 skinny cows - 7 years of famine |
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| Where does Jacob's family end up in after the famine? |
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| What was the most likely year of the Exodus? |
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| Pharoah of oppression during the Exodus |
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| Where did Moses encounter God in the burning bush? |
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| What were Moses' excuses? |
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1)Why me?
2) Who should I say sent me?
3)They won't believe me
4)I'm not eloquent |
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- Nile turned to blood
- Frogs
- Lice
- Flies
- Livestock disease
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- Hail
- Locusts
- Darkness
- Death of every firstborn
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| Who was Jacob's favorite son? |
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| What/who was God ultimately preparing since Genesis? |
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1)A person
2)A family
3)A people to serve the divine purpose in the world |
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| Why is Moses' call significant? |
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| It is said to be the time when God revealed his personal name |
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| Substitute name for YHWH because it was so sacred |
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| Absolute law that left no room for contradictions |
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| Case law that stated a condition and told the penalty if the condition existed |
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Contained:
1)Laws designed for an agricultural society
2)Civil/criminal laws (including religious offenses) |
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| Passover (Unleavened Bread) |
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| To celebrate Exodus events |
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| Pentecost (Feast of Weeks) |
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| Celebrated grain harvest and came fifty days after Passover |
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| Tabernacles (Feast of Booths) |
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| High Priest entered the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle to make atonement for the sins of the people |
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| Held that a man's actions affected his whole family, either for good or bad, meaning they shared his guilt and his glory |
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| What does Deuteronomy mean? |
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| charging interest on money loaned to fellow Hebrews |
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| Describe the Passover Festival |
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- 1 day a year
- Celebrate Exodus
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| Describe Feast of Booths (Tabernacles) |
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| Describe the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) |
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| Describe the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) |
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| Which tribe did the priests come from? |
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| Who was the first high priest? |
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| Describe the Holiness code |
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| Wilderness where the Israelites stayed for 40 years before entering the promised land |
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| Story of Balak & Balam (Numbers 22-24) |
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| Box attached to forehead or arm filled w/ scripture |
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| box attached to forehead or arm filled w/ scripture |
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- False prophet
- Tithe
- Theocracy (Rule of God)
- Holy war
- Primogeniture
- Virginity
- Divorce & remarriage
- levirate marriage
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| What were the two types of military targets? |
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1) Outside of Canaan
2)Canaanites |
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| Philosophy of war which is completely devoted to destruction (no prisoners of war/spoils are to be taken) |
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| 6 themes of the Pentateuch |
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| Which type of gov't did the Canaanites have? |
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| Gods and goddesses are everywhere and represent natural forces |
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| Male fertility god in Canaan |
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| Female fertility goddess in Canaan |
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| According to Canaanite polytheism, who is El? |
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| According to the Canaanite polytheism, who is Mot? |
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| Attempt to blend together 2 or more religions (both...and) |
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| Prostitute who helped the Hebrew spies |
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| Which conquest account contains a "quick and total" victory? |
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| Which account contains a "slow and gradual" view of conquest?Judges |
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| Where are accounts of the former prophets found? |
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| Joshua, Judges, 1 2 Sam, 1 2 Kings |
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| Kept some of the spoils from the Ai victory and he was killed. |
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| Group responsibility where the group is punished for the sin of one |
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| Why would a person go to a city of refuge? |
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| If they accidentally killed someone and they are at the will of the avenger of blood |
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| Religious confederacy united around a central sanctuary |
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| Sacrificed his daughter after God gave him a military victory |
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| Who was supposed to follow the Nazirite vow? |
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| Reduced his troops to 300 men |
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| Deuteronomic theme in Judges |
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- Sin
- Punishment
- Repentance
- Deliverance
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| Pretender King, son of Gideon |
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| King whom Ehud assassinates |
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- No grape products
- Not cut hair
- Not touch corpses
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