1. Why was Laban and his sons angry with Jacob? He was prospering more than them.
2. Why did Jacob leave Laban? God told him to return to his homeland.
3. How many times did Jacob say Laban had changed his wages? 10
4. How long had Jacob been gone before Laban found out? 3 days.
5. How long did it take Laban to catch up with Jacob? 7 days.
6. What did God telol Laban concerning Jacob? Not to speak good or bad to Jacob.
7. Who stole Laban's images? Rachel.
8. How long had Jacob served Laban? 20 years: 7 for Leah, 7 for Rachel and 6 for the cattle.
9. What did Jacob say Laban would have done to him if God had not intervened? Sent him away empty.
10. What did they name the heap of stones they set up as a witness between them? Name one of the three. Galeed, Mizpah or Jegar-sabadutha.
11. What was the name of the country Esau lived in after he left home? Edom.
12. How many men came out with Esau to meet Jacob as he returned home? 400
13. What was the first thing Jacob did when he feared Esau meant him harm? Divided the people and flocks.
14. What was the second thing Jacob did? Prayed.
15. What did Jacob send to Esau? A present of animals.
16. What happened to Jacob that night while he was alone? He wrestled with a man (angel).
17. What part of Jacob's body did the angel touch and place out of joint? The hollow of his thigh.
18. What did Jacob require of the angel? That he bless him.
19. What did the angel change Jacob's name to? Israel.
20. What question did Jacob ask the man (angel)? What his name was.
21. Why did Jacob name the place where he wrestled with the angel Peniel? He said he had seen God face to face and lived.
22. What was the order that Jacob divided his family to meet Esau?
1)Handmaids with their children; 2)Leah with her children; 3)Rachel and Joseph.
23. How did Jacob and Esau greet each other? Jacob bowed 7 times to Esau; Esau ran and kissed Jacob.
24. How did Jacob's wives and children greet Esau? They bowed down.
25. Did Esau accept Jacob's gifts? Yes.
26. Did Jacob return home with Esau? No.
27. Where did Jacob go after he met Esau? Succoth.
28. What did Jacob do at Succoth? Build a house and barns.
29. What did Jacob do at Padan-aram? Bought land.
30. What did Jacob build on the land he bought from the children of Hamor? An altar - Elelohe-Israel or God the God of Israel.
31. What did Dinah, Lean's daughter do in Gen. 34? She was curious and went out to see how other girls her age lived.
32. What did Shechem, prince of the country, do when he saw Dinah? He took her, lay with her and defiled her.
33. Did Shcechem treat Dinah badly? No, he treated her kindly because he loved her.
34. What did Hamor, Shechem's father, ask of Jacob? For him to let Dinah marry his son and their daughters intermarry with his sons so they would become one people.
35. What did Jacob's sons do when they learned of this request? Agreed to it.
36. What condition did Jacob's sons place on the agrement with Hamor? That all their men be circumcised first.
37. Did all the men of the city agree to be circumcised? yes
38. What happened 3 days after all the men of Shechem were circumcised? Simeon and Levi killed them all.
39. What did Jacob's other sons do after all the men of the city were slain? Took the women, children and all the cattle and spoiled the city.
40. What did Jacob do after finding out what his sons had done to Shechem? Fled in fear of the other cities around him.
41. In chapter 35, where did God tell Jacob to return to and build an altar? Bethel
42. What did every one in Jacob's household give to him before they went to Bethel? Their strange gods and their earrings.
43. What did Jacob do with the things the people gave him? Hid them under an oak tree.
44. Who died at Bethel? Rebekah's nurse, Deborah.
45. What did God change Jacob's name to (for the second time)? Israel.
46. What did God promise Jacob? That he would father great nations and kings and He would give him the same land promised to Abraham and Isaac.
47. How did Rachel die? In childbirth.
48. A. What did Jacob name his last son? B. What did Rachel name him before she died? A. Benoni (son of my sorrow; B. Benjamin (son of my right hand).
49. Name Jacob's 12 sons - the 12 tribes of Israel. Sons of Leah: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun; Sons of Rachel: Joseph, and Benjamin; Sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid: Dan, and Naphtali; Sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher.