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]?
harshly to them (Genesis 42:6-7). 5. “And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies.” (Genesis 42:14) 6. Who did Joseph require his brothers to bring unto Egypt?
and kept him as “insurance” so to speak. 7. Why did Joseph weep (the first time in the chapters we are studying)?
of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes” (Genesis 42: 21-24). 8. Did Jacob allow Benjamin to be brought unto Egypt?
live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time. And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph” (Genesis 43:8-15). 9. Why did Joseph weep the second time?
younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread” (Genesis 43:29-31). 10. Why did Joseph have his silver cup put into Benjamin’s sack?
after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing… And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father” (Genesis 44:4-5; 15-17). 11. Why did Joseph weep for the third time?
man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence” (Genesis 45:1-3). 12. Why did Joseph tell his brothers not to be grieved nor angry with themselves for selling him into Egypt?
am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt” (Genesis 45:4-8). 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?
heart fainted, for he believed them not. And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die” (Genesis 45:26-28). 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?
himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive” (Genesis 46:29-30). 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 Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded” (Genesis 47:11). 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?
and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh” (Genesis 48:17-20). 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”?
2). 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 embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel” (Genesis 50:2). 27. Who went to bury Jacob?
his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company” (Genesis 50:7-9). 28. What did Joseph’s brothers think would happen to them now that their father was dead?
him” (Genesis 50:15). 29. Was Joseph hateful towards his brethren after the death of Jacob?
30. Would the children of Israel live in Egypt forever?
50:24). 31. What did Joseph want done with his bones when he died and how old was he when he died?
my bones from hence. So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt” (Genesis 50:25-26). |
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