Jacob, Esau, and Joseph
Workbook
Answer these questions.
1.
What was the name of Isaac’s wife?
2.
What did Isaac do when his wife couldn’t have a baby?
3.
How did God answer Isaac’s prayer?
4.
Why were the babies struggling with each other?
5.
What were the names of Isaac and Rebekah’s sons?
6.
What was the sign that Jacob would rule over Esau?
7.
How many years did God wait to answer Isaac’s prayer?
8.
Why wouldn’t the Deliverer be a descendant of Esau?
9.
Did Jacob believe God?
10. Did Jacob know he was a sinner?
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Draw a üon the line if the man trusted God to send the Deliverer
or a Ï if the person didn’t trust God.
______ 11.
Noah
______ 15.
Enoch
______ 12.
Cain
______ 16.
Isaac
______ 13.
Abraham
______ 17.
Esau
______ 14.
Jacob
______ 18.
Abel
Answer these questions.
19. Why did Jacob leave his father and mother’s home?
20. Where did Jacob go?
21. How did God occasionally speak to people during Jacob’s time?
22. How does God speak to people today?
23. What was God showing Jacob in his dream?
24. When was the stairway or way to God first removed?
25. What two things would the promised Deliverer do?
a)
b)
26. What two things did God graciously show Jacob?
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27. Did Jacob know for certain that the promises given to his grandfather and
father concerning the Deliverer now belonged to him?
28. How many sons did Jacob have?
29. What did God change Jacob’s name to?
30. Out of all his sons, which did Israel love most?
31. Why did Joseph’s brothers hate him?
32. Why do people get angry and hate one another?
33. What did Joseph’s second dream mean?
Answer true or false.
________
34.
Joseph’s brothers made a plan to kill him.
________
35.
Judah heard the plan and defended Joseph.
________
36.
Reuben had the idea to sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for money.
________
37.
They sold Joseph for 20 pieces of silver.
________
38. The Ishmaelites took Joseph into Egypt.
________
39.
God knew Joseph’s future just like He knows your future.
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