Posted in Genesis, tagged Bible Study, Biblical Literacy, Genesis, Joseph on September 20, 2016|
Read Genesis 46
1. What did Jacob/Israel do when he reached Beersheba?
Note: Beersheba was the last border town before they would cross the desert.
2. What promises did God make to Jacob in the visions in the night?
3. Who came with Jacob to Egypt? Who stayed behind? (No need to give individual names.)
4. What does Joseph tell his father regarding how the Egyptians view shepherds? Where does Joseph propose his family live?
Posted in Genesis, tagged Bible Study, Biblical Literacy, Genesis, Joseph on August 30, 2016|
Read Genesis 43
1. What causes Jacob’s sons to return to Egypt? What does Judah tell his father? How does Jacob respond? How is the matter resolved?
2. From Genesis 43:16-34, answer the following questions: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?
Read Genesis 44-45
3. Summarize what happens in these chapters in your own words.
4. What does Joseph tell his brothers in Genesis 45:5-8?
5. What is Israel’s reaction in Genesis 45:28?
6. What do we know about God’s plans and purposes towards us from the following verses?
Psalm 16:11
Psalm 36:7-10
Psalm 145:19
Romans 8:28-30
2 Peter 2:9
Posted in Genesis, tagged bible study Genesis, Biblical Literacy, Genesis 42, Joseph and his brothers on August 28, 2016|
Read Genesis 42
1. Who does Jacob (Israel) send to Egypt to buy grain?
2. Who does he keep with him? Why?
3. Review Genesis 37:5-8. What similarities do you see with Genesis 42:6?
4. What does Joseph do when he sees his brothers? What does he accuse them of doing?
5. What does he do with them?
6. After three days what happens?
7. What do they find when they open their packs?
8. When the sons return to Jacob, what does Reuben ask of his father? What is Jacob’s response?
9. What do the following verses teach us about those who do us wrong and taking our revenge?
Proverbs 24:17-18
Luke 6:27-36
Romans 12:14
10. Is there someone who had done evil to you? Did you respond biblically? Explain.
Posted in Genesis, tagged Biblical Literacy, Genesis 41, Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dream on August 25, 2016|
Read Genesis 41
1. How does Joseph come to meet Pharaoh?
2. What does Joseph tell Pharaoh in Genesis 41:16?
3. What do you learn from 1 Peter 4:11?
4. What does Joseph tell Pharaoh about his dreams?
5. What happens to Joseph after he interprets Pharaoh’s dream?
6. What do you learn about the faithfulness of God from the story of Joseph so far?
7. What do the following verses teach you about the faithfulness of God?
□ Deuteronomy 7:9
□ 1 Corinthians 10:13
□ Lamentations 3:22-23
8. Give an example from your own life of how God was faithful to you.
Posted in Genesis, tagged Biblical Literacy, Genesis 40, God will never leave you, Joseph in Prison on August 21, 2016|
Read Genesis 40
1. For Chapter 40, answer the following questions: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?
2. Copy Genesis 40:23 here.
3. Copy Job 19:14 here. Ever feel like that? Joseph probably had is doubts by the end of Chapter 40. But God is not finished yet.
4. Copy Isaiah 40:31 here.
5. God has promised to never forget us – to never leave us. Copy Deuteronomy 31:6 here. Meditate on this awesome promise of God.
Posted in Genesis, tagged bible literacy, bible study Genesis, Genesis 39, Joseph on August 19, 2016|
Read Genesis 39
1. What happened to Joseph after his brothers sold him to the Ishmaelite traders?
2. What happened to Joseph’s master when Joseph became the overseer?
3. What does Joseph say/do when Potiphar’s wife propositions him?
4. What happens to Joseph based on her false accusations?
5. What do you learn from Genesis 39:21? How was this played out in Joseph’s life?
6. Copy Psalm 1:1-3 below. How do you see Joseph in these verses? Do you see yourself? Explain.
7. What do you learn from the following verses?
a. Joshua 1:8
b. Jeremiah 17:5-8
Posted in Genesis, tagged Biblical Literacy, Genesis 38, Judah on August 17, 2016|
Between Genesis 37 and 39 which both talk about Joseph, is a chapter about Judah (Chapter 38). Judah is the son of Jacob from which the Messiah (Deliverer) is promised, so we will want to pay attention to his story. The story returns to Joseph in Genesis 39
Read Chapter 38
1. What do you learn about Judah from the opening verses of this Chapter?
2. Who are Judah’s son’s and how are they described?
3. Who is Tamar? What happens to her? Why does she return to her father’s house?
4. Read verses 12-30. Answer the following questions: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?
5. Copy Deuteronomy 25:5 here. What does it tell you about the story of Judah and Tamar?
6. What do you learn about Tamar and her son Perez from Matthew 1:3?
7. Consider the story of Tamar. What does the story teach you about the heart of God?
Posted in Genesis, tagged Biblical Literacy, Genesis 37, Joseph, Joseph's dreams on August 11, 2016|
The saga continues with the descendants of Abraham and Sarah. We are now moving on to the story of Joseph which begins in Genesis 37 and continues through the end of the book of Genesis. Joseph is the older of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, Jacob’s second and most beloved wife.
Read Genesis 37
1. What do you learn about Joseph from Genesis 37:3?
2. Describe Joseph’s first dream.
3. Describe Joseph’s second dream.
4. What happens to Joseph at the hands of his brothers?
5. Which brother comes up with the idea to sell Joseph?
6. What do Jacob’s sons tell him about Joseph’s disappearance? What proof do they provide?
7. What do the following scriptures teach?
□ Proverbs 27:4
□ Proverbs 14:30
□ James 3:16
8. What happens to Joseph at the end of Chapter 37?
Posted in Genesis, Uncategorized, tagged Biblical Literacy, Genesis 35, Jacob, Reuben on August 6, 2016|
Read Genesis 35
1. Where does God tell Jacob to go in Genesis 35? Why?
2. What does Jacob tell is household to do in preparation?
3. What does Jacob do when he arrives in Bethel (Luz)? Why?
4. What happens in Genesis 35:9-15?
5. What happens to Rachel in Genesis 35:16-20?
6. What does Jacob’s son, Reuben, do in Genesis 35:22?
7. What do you learn about this event from 1 Chronicles 5:1?
8. What does Leviticus 20:11 have to say about this type of activity?
9. What do we learn about Isaac at the end of Genesis 35?
10. What do the following verses say on the subject of raising godly children and grandchildren?
□ Deuteronomy 6:7-9
□ Psalm 78:4-6
□ Ephesians 6:4
□ Proverbs 22:6
Read Chapter 36 (skim)
11. This chapter is a genealogy of Esau. Sometimes there can be little tidbits of important information in such genealogies. What do you learn from Genesis 36:43?
12. Record any other things you find interesting in this genealogy.
Posted in Genesis, tagged Biblical Literacy, C, Dinah, Genesis 34, Jacob on August 4, 2016|
Read Genesis 34
1. Who is Dinah? What happens to her in the opening of Genesis 34?
2. What does Shechem tell his father that he wants to do with Dinah?
3. What does his father, Hamor, do?
4. What is the response of the sons of Jacob in Genesis 34:7 to what has happened?
5. What to they propose in Genesis 34:13-17?
6. How does the story end?
7. What do you learn about the spiritual condition of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi?
8. What is Jacob’s reaction to what Simeon and Levi did? How do they respond?
Rooted and Grounded 