An Overview of Genesis Chapters 42-50 Questions

1. Who saw that there was corn [grain] in Egypt?

2. How many brothers of Joseph went to buy corn [grain] in Egypt?

3. Which of Joseph’s brothers did not come to Egypt and why was he left behind?

4. Did Joseph’s brethren recognize him as they came to purchase corn [grain]?

5. “And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are ____________” (_______________).

6. Who did Joseph require his brothers to bring unto Egypt?

7. Why did Joseph weep (the first time in the chapters we are studying)?

8. Did Jacob allow ___________________ to be brought unto Egypt?

9. Why did Joseph weep the second time?

10. Why did Joseph have his silver cup put into Benjamin’s sack?

11. Why did Joseph weep for the third time?

12. Why did Joseph tell his brothers not to be grieved nor angry with themselves for selling him into Egypt?

13. Was Pharaoh happy with Joseph inviting his family to come unto him?

14. What was Jacob’s reaction to the news that Joseph was still alive and that he was governor over all the land of
Egypt?

15. Was God pleased with Jacob going down to Egypt?

16. What were the names of Joseph’s sons (this is not just a review, it is in the current text too)?

17. How did Jacob and Joseph receive one another when they were reunited?

18. What were shepherds unto the Egyptians?

19. “Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the
land, in the land of ________________, as _________________ had commanded” (___________________).

20. When the money was spent and there were no more cattle, what did the people sell to Egypt for seed (with the
exception of the priests)?

21. Did Jacob want to be buried in Egypt?

22. Did Ephraim and Manasseh receive the blessing of Jacob?

23. Why was Ephraim set before Manasseh?

24. What is meant when Jacob told Joseph, “I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of
the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow”?

25. Of which tribe was it said, “thy father's children shall bow down before thee”?

26. “And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to ______________ his father: and the physicians
________________ Israel” (_________________).

27. Who went to bury Jacob?

28. What did Joseph’s brothers think would happen to them now that their father was dead?

29. Was Joseph hateful towards his brethren after the death of Jacob?

30. Would the children of Israel live in Egypt forever?

31. What did Joseph want done with his bones when he died and how old was he when he died?

Having A Basic Understanding of Some Old Testament Truths
Part 5 – Joseph’s Brothers Coming to Egypt Through Joseph’s Death (Genesis 42-50)

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