Worksheet 1 Name: Ernie Hsieh

Abraham-A Model of Faith Read Genesis 11:27-13:18. 1. Why did Abram leave his home? Who accompanied him on his journey?

Abraham left his home because God spoke to him and had an eternal covenant with him. Everything that belongs to Abraham, including his wife. 2. By what ruse did Abram fare well in Egypt? What do you think of this?

He told the pharaoh that his wife Sarah is his sister, in fear that the pharaoh would kill him in order to have love with his wife. I think that hes brilliant to tell the pharaoh, just to avoid problems. 3. Why did Abram and Lot part company? Where did they then reside?

4.

What did Abram do at several stopping places? What does this suggest about his belief in God?

5.

God promised to give Abram ,

and

Read Genesis 15. 7. What prevented the fulfillment of one of the two promises?

8. Write out Genesis 15:5-6.

9. The covenant ceremony depicted here is similar to the covenants made between peoples and tribes of Abram's day. a. What question of Abram will this ritual answer?

b.

What animals were split in two?

c. This action begins the typical covenant ritual of Abram's day. After two parties came to an agreement, both walked between the animals, signifying their commitment to the covenant. Their actions declared, "May I die violently like these animals if I do not keep my part of the agreement." According to Jeremiah 34:18, what would happen to those who transgressed the covenant? In the LORD'S covenant with Abram, what objects passed between the animals, making this covenant distinctive?

d.

Fire symbolizes the presence of God. Where else does this occur in the Bible?

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Read Genesis 16. 11. How did Sarai provide a son for her husband? Note that this practice was customary at this time in history. How did this change the relationship between Sarai and her maidservant? What did Hagar do as a result of these changes?

12. What did the LORD'S messenger command Hagar to do? What promise (lid the LORD'S messenger make to Hagar in the wilderness?

13. What name did Hagar have for God? What was surprising to her? What name did Abram give to Hagar's son?

Read Genesis 17. 14. A second account of God's covenant with Abram is given in Genesis 17. Abram's name is changed to , which means "ancestor of a multitude." Sarai's name is , which means "princess." Sarai is to conceive a son to be which means "he laughs."

changed to named,

15.

What was the mark of the covenant?

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Read Genesis 18-19. 16. What was Abraham's first and important gesture toward the visitors? What did he offer the visitors?

17.

What was the message of the visitors? What was Sarah's reaction? How did this relate to the child's name?

18.

Abraham and Lot both received messengers from God. Compare the hospitality each showed to his visitors. Contrast the reception given by Abraham and Lot with the inhospitableness of the townspeople of Sodom.

Read Genesis 21:1-21. 19. What two things did Abraham do following the birth of his son? When did he throw a great feast?

20.

Why did Abraham send Hagar and Ishmael away? How did God reassure Abraham?

21.

Describe Hagar and Ishmael's plight in the wilderness. What does this scene teach us about God?

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Read Genesis 22-23. 22. What did God ask of Abraham? What do you think Abraham might have thought and felt at that moment? Why do you think God asked this of Abraham?

22.

Copy Genesis 22:12.

23.

Because Abraham acted as he did, his offspring would be as numerous as

Isaac and Jacob-A Promise Fulfilled Read Genesis 24:1-35:29.

1. In Genesis 24:1-4 Abraham made his servant promise that he would not allow his son, Isaac, to marry a . Abraham sent the servant to the land of his kinfolk, where the servant found a suitable wife for Isaac. What was the indication that the servant had found the right woman?

2. What did the servant give the woman and later her family? Was the arrangement acceptable to the woman and her family?

3.

sister of

, became Isaac's wife.

4.

Through Isaac's intercession to the Lord, his wife became pregnant with . What caused her concern?

5. Write out the Lord's response in Genesis 25:23.

6. A message from the LORD is not to be taken lightly! How do you think the LORD'S message affected Rebekah's relationship with her sons?

7. The hairy reddish one was called second).

and was born

(answer: first or

8.

came out of the womb gripping his brother's

10.

Why did Esau give up his birthright?

11. Who instigated the deception of Isaac regarding the blessing? Why? How was Jacob able to impersonate his brother?

12.

Describe Isaac's reaction to Jacob's theft of Esau's blessing.

13.

According to the blessing Esau received, who would be the servant and who the master?

14.

What did Esau resolve to do about this situation? And Rebekah?

15. What were the two reasons for Jacob's journey to Haran in Paddan-aram, the home of Rebekah's brother, ?

16.

What did Jacob see in his dream?

17.

What three things did God offer Jacob? What did Jacob promise in return?

18.

What did Jacob do after he met Rachel for the first time?

19.

Laban agreed to give his daughter to Jacob if he worked for Laban for

years.

20.

How did Laban trick Jacob?

21. 22.

Describe the relationship between Rachel and her sister, whose name is List all of the children of Jacob, and designate each one's mother as follows: Leah (L), Rachel (R), Zilpah (Z), Bilhah (B).

(See Genesis 34:1; 35:23-26.)

23.

With dissension between the house of Jacob and the house of Laban, Jacob decided to return to Canaan. What did Rachel take from her father's household?

24.

What message did Laban receive in a dream?

25.

On what terms did Jacob and Laban part company?

26.

Jacob tricked Esau. Laban tricked Jacob. Jacob tricked Laban. Rachel tricked Laban. Could the author be making a point or points with all this deception? What do you think?

27.

Twenty years had passed since Jacob fled to Haran. What concerns might Jacob have had just before his return to Canaan?

28.

When Jacob sent a message to his brother, he referred to himself as Esau's What is unusual about this.

29.

The messengers reported that Esau was coming to meet him, accompanied by

30.

Jacob wrestled with a mysterious figure for an entire night. Jacob asked the man for a

Jacob's name was changed to , which means "one who strives with God." What do you think is the meaning of Jacob's struggle? What do the following have to do with the meaning of the event: the promises at Bethel in Genesis 28:10-22, the impending meeting with Esau, the hip socket injury, the name change, and surviving the sight of God's face?

31.

Describe the reunion of Jacob and Esau.

32.

Was Genesis 28:13-22 fulfilled? Explain.

33.

Where did Jacob's family settle after they left Shechem?

34. When did Rachel die?