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Genesis 45-50 By: Edward Short©
1.Memorize Genesis 45:5 (and verse 7 too if you will). [Three Chinese versions follow:] NIV: 5 And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. ...7 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
2.What was Joseph’s attitude toward the following: his brother’s selling him_________ _____________________ God_____________________ _____________________ Benjamin _________________ _____________________ Famine___________________ _____________________
3.It was normal for Joseph to send gifts to his father, but why did he give gifts to his brothers? __________ ________________________ 4.Why did Joseph tell his brothers “Don’t quarrel on the way” (45:24)? ____________________. 5.Jacob was told the good news that Jacob was still alive and was ruler of Egypt. What was Jacob’s reaction? ______________ Do you think the brothers told their father the whole story and expressed repentance? (See Gen. 49:23-24; 50:16-17). ________________ . 6.What did Jacob often do? (See Gen. 31:54; 32:9-12; 33:20; 35:7, 17; 46:1.) Why? ______________ _______________________. 7.Why did God speak to Israel (Jacob) (Gen. 46:2-4)? What did God tell him? Had it been a long time since God had spoken to Jacob? (It seems so, but we do not know for sure.) Why did God speak to Jacob at this time? Why did God not tell Jacob early on about Joseph’s situation and let him know that his beloved son was still alive? __________________. 8.List the twelve sons of Jacob (46:8-25)____________________. 9.All together, how many people were in the family of Jacob and Joseph (46:26-27)? __________ In Acts 7:14, Stephen said there were seventy-five people; why the difference? _____________. 10.Describe the meeting between Joseph and his father Jacob (Israel) (46:28-30)._______________ . 11.What was a culturally distinctive about the Egyptians (46:31-34)? _______________________. 12.Why did Jacob bless Pharaoh instead of Pharaoh blessing Jacob (47:7-10)? How old was Jacob at this time? ____________. 13.Gen. 47:21: Different translations render this differently, such as: Joseph reduced the people to servitude and Joseph moved the people into cities. Explain how Joseph turned the people into Pharaoh’s servants. _______________. 14.What group of people did not need to sell their land to Pharaoh? _____ Why?___________________. 15.How much tax did the people pay? ________________. 16.What did the Israelites do after they moved to Egypt(47:27)? _____________________. 17.What did Jacob make Joseph promise him (47:28-31; 49:29-32)? This request indicated that Israel (Jacob) knew that God had given him. How old was Jacob when he died? ______________. 18.What important thing did Jacob tell Joseph (48:1-7)? Joseph’s two sons became _______ How did Israel bless these two children?
19.Gen. 49: Discuss the blessings Jacob gave his sons. Which blessings sound better/worse? Why so much difference? Explain the meaning of the following “blessings”: Blessing Which Son Event/Meaning 49:3 _______ ________ 49:6 _______ ________ 49:10 _______ ________ 49:23 _______ ________ 49:24 _______ ________
20.Gen. 50: Describe the death and burial of Israel._____________
21.Are the words in Gen. 50:16-17 true or a fabrication due to the brothers’ fear? How fearful were they (v. 18)? Memorize Gen. 50:16-17.
22.What did Joseph tell his brothers (Gen. 50:24-25)? How old was Joseph when he died?_______
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