Genesis 44-47 Bible study questions

[Pages:2]Genesis 44-47 Bible study questions

Student Name: 1. What did Joseph order his steward to do about Benjamin's sack in order

to test the attitude of his brothers? Genesis 44:1-13.

2. What did Joseph learn about the attitude of his brothers, compared to what it had been when they sold Joseph into Egypt? Genesis 44:14-34.

3. What was Judah willing to do to save Benjamin from slavery? Genesis 44:33, 34.

4. How did Joseph feel when he made himself known to his brothers? Genesis 45:1-3.

5. How did his brothers feel at first when they learned that it was Joseph? Genesis 45:3, 5.

6. Can God have a good purpose even in trouble that comes on people? Genesis 45:4-8; compare Romans 8:28.

7. Is God so powerful that he can overrule (though he did not cause) the evil things Satan does through people, and bring good results out of them? Genesis 45:4-8; compare the death of Jesus.

8. What did Joseph do concerning his father? Genesis 45:9-13.

9. What did Pharaoh do to help Jacob come down to Egypt? Genesis 45:19.

10. When Jacob was in doubt about leaving Canaan and going to Egypt in his old age, what did God do and say that showed his tender care over Jacob? Genesis 46:2-4.

11. How many persons of Israel's family, including Joseph and his family, came to Egypt? Genesis 46:27.

12. What land did Pharaoh give to Jacob and his family? Genesis 47:6.

13. What did the Egyptians do to get food when their money was gone? Genesis 47:15-19.

14. What happened to the family of Israel after they settled in Egypt? Genesis 47:27.

15. How long did Jacob live? Genesis 47:28. 16. What did Jacob ask Joseph to do? Genesis 47:29, 30.

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