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GENESIS CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE

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1. Then God said to Jacob, "Go up to _______ and settle there, and build and altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from _______"
a. Paddan Aram, Esau
b. Canaan, Isaac
c. Bethel, Esau*
d. none of the above

2. What did Jacob say to his household and to all who were with him?
a. Get rid of all the foriegn gods you have with you.
b. purify yourselves
c. change your clothes
d. all of the above*

3. What did Jacob say he would do when they went up to Bethel?
a. he would build an altar to God*
b. he would have a feast
c. he would hide out there for a while
d. a and b

4. Jacob's household gave him all the foriegn gods they had and the rings in their ears, and he buried them under the oak at _______.
a. Bethel
b. Luz
c. Shechem*
d. Allon Bacuth

5. Jacob and his household set out for Bethel and the terror of God fell upon the towns all around them so that _______.
a. no one looked at them
b. no one bothered them
c. no one pursued them*
d. a and b

6. Jacob built an altar at Bethel and he called the place El Bethel, why?
a. because it was there that God helped him while he was fleeing his brother Isaac
b. because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother
c. because it was there that God helped him while he was fleeing his brother Esau
d. both b and c*

7. Who was Deborah?
a. Leah's nurse
b. Gad and Asher's mother
c. Rachel's nurse
d. Rebekah's nurse*

8. Deborah was buried under the oak below Bethel. So it was named ___________.
a. Allon Bacuth*
b. Paddan Aram
c. Kiriath Arba
d. Midgal Eder

9. After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again and _______.
a. blessed him*
b. told him to go back to Shechem
c. a and b
d. none of the above

10. God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob; you name will be ______."
65 a. Abraham
b. Joseph
c. Dude
d. Israel*

11. God said to him, "I am God Almighty; be _____ and _____ in number."
a. cheerful, multiply
b. strong, increase
c. brave, multiply
d. fruitful, increase*

12. Where did God tell Jacob that a nation and community of nations and kings would come from?
a. from him and his body*
b. from Joseph
c. from Levi
d. none of the above

13. God said to him in verse 12, "The land I gave to _____ and _______ I also give to you, and I will give this land to your ________ after you."
a. Abraham, Esau, descendants
b. Abraham, Isaac, descendants*
c. Abraham, Israel, sons
d. Joseph, Israel, descendants

14. What did Jacob do at the place where God had talked to him?
a. he set up a stone pillar, he poured out a drink offering on it, and he also poured oil on it*
b. he set up a wood pillar and he poured out a drink offering
c. he poured out a drink offering and oil on it
d. b and c

15. What did Jacob name the place where God had talked to him?
a. Ben Oni
b. Bethel*
c. Bacuth
d. Succoth

16. Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from ________, _______ began to give birth and had great difficulty.
a. Bethel, Rachel
b. Bethel, Leah
c. Ephrath, Rachel*
d. Ephrath, Leah

17. What did the midwife say to her as she was having great difficulty in childbirth?
a. Don't be afraid, for you have another son*
b. Don't be afraid, you're going to be fine
c. Don't be afraid, you already have Joseph
d. a and b

18. What did Rachel name her son just before she died?
a. Benjamin
b. Joseph
c. Ben
d. Ben-Oni*

19. Where was Rachael buried?
a. On the way to Ephrath*
b. Migdal Eder
c. in Mamre
d. Hebron

20. What did Jacob set up over Rachel's tomb?
a. a stone
b. a tent
c. a pillar*
d. a and b

21. Israel moved again and pitched his tent beyond _____________.
a. Ephrath
b. Hebron
c. Bethlehem
d. Midgal Eder*

22. While Israel was living in that region, ______ went in and slept with his father's concubine _______ and Israel heard of it.
a. Simeon, Zilpah
b. Reuben, Zilpah
c. Reuben, Bilhah*
d. Simeon, Bilhah

23. How many sons did Jacob have?
a. 21
b. 11
c. 3
d. 12*

24. Who was the firstborn of Jacob?
a. Levi
b. Joseph
c. Judah
d. Reuben*

25. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun were the sons of _________.
a. Rachel
b. Bilhah
c. Zilpah
d. Leah*

26. Joseph and Benjamin were the sons of _________.
a. Rachel*
b. Bilhah
c. Zilpah
d. Leah

27. Dan and Naphtali were the sons of __________.
a. Rachel
b. Bilhah*
c. Zilpah
d. Leah

28. Gad and Asher were the sons of __________.
a. Rachel
b. Bilhah
c. Zilpah*
d. Leah

29. Jacob came home to his father ______ in ______, near Kiriath, Arba, where ______ and Isaac had stayed.
a. Isaac, Mamre, Abraham*
b. Abraham, Mamre, Esau
c. Esau, Bethel, Abraham
d. none of the above

30. How old was Isaac when he died?
a. 179
b. 118
c. 181
d. none of the above*

31. Then Isaac breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons ________ and _______ buried him.
a. Jacob, Joseph
b. Esau, Jacob*
c. Reuben, Simeon
d. none of the above
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