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Q. How many chapters are there in the Old Testament?
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A. 825
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Q. How many chapters are there in the New Testament?
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A. 251
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Q. When did animals, fish, birds and all the rest of the wildlife first become afraid of man?
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A. Genesis 9:1 = Right after Noah got off the ark.
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Q. Who lived the longest of any man?
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A. Genesis 5:25-27 = Methuselah lived 969 years.
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Q. Who lived a shorter time during these long lives?
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A. Genesis 5:23-24 = Enoch lived only 365 years. He was also the only early man mentioned to have a close relationship with God, and God "took him up" without his first dying.
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Q. What does "Noah" mean?
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A. Genesis 5:28 = Relief; comfort; Noah's father, Lamech, prophesied that he would bring them relief from the labor of tilling the ground.
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Q. Giants: Real or myth?
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A. Genesis 6:4 = Real! They were half-human and half-angel. We get our legendary heroes from these biblical characters!
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Q. Why did God shorten our human life span?
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A. Genesis 6:1-3 = Because of the sin of laying with angels.
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Q. Why was Noah spared from the flood?
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A. Genesis 6:9 = Noah enjoyed a close relationship with God - consistently!
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Q. Where did the flood waters come from?
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A. Genesis 7:11 = It gushed up from underneath the earth and fell down from the sky.
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Q. How long was the earth covered with flood waters?
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A. Genesis 7:24 = 150 days.
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Q. How high were the flood waters?
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A. Genesis 7:20 = 22 feet above the highest mountain peak.
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Q. What was the fate of a murderer in Noah's time?
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A. Genesis 9:5-6 = God demanded death to man and beast who kill.
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Q. God's covenant with Noah was sealed with what?
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A. Genesis 9:12-17 = The rainbow.
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Q. Who were the first sailors?
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A. Genesis 10:2-4 = Noah's son Japheth's children
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Q. Who was the first known heroic warrior? (He was also an emperor and made a household name).
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A. Genesis 10:8-9 = Nimrod, mighty in the Lord's sight! He was emperor of Babylonia (Babel City), eldest son of the accursed Ham. Nimrod built Nineveh.
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Q. Did God make a covenant with wildlife?
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A. Genesis 9:12-17 = Yes. Wildlife share in Noah's covenant.
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Q. Why is the rainbow so significant?
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A. Genesis 9:12-17 = God remembers His covenant with Noah each time He sees a rainbow -- even now!
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Q. What did Noah do for a living after the flood?
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A. Genesis 9:20 = He became a farmer and had a vineyard.
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Q. What happened to Noah's youngest son, Ham?
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A. Genesis 9:22-27 = He looked on his father's nakedness and Noah cursed him and his children for doing it. At the same time, he blessed his other sons, Shem and Japheth. Ham (ancestor to the Canaanites) would serve his brothers.
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Q. Who were the Philistines' ancestors?
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A. Genesis 10:13 = Mizraim, Ham's 2nd son.
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Q. Who were Canaan's ancestors?
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A. Genesis 10:15-19 = Ham's 4th and youngest son. From him eventually came Sodom and Gomorra.
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Q. Who was Sheba's ancestor?
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A. Genesis 10:28 = Shem, Noah's eldest son, from whom also came Abraham.
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Q. When were the people dispersed by different language groups?
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A. Genesis 10:24 = During Peleg's lifetime. Peleg was a descendant of Shem.
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Q. Why different languages?
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A. Genesis 11:1-9 = So they would leave and disperse. God wanted the whole earth populated since Adam. After the flood, they were all in one place, near Noah.
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Q. Was sin involved in God's decision to disperse the people?
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A. Genesis 11:1-9 = Yes. Noah's descendants made the tower of Babel in honor of themselves. They were half-finished when God intervened.
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Q. Did they know that God wanted them to disperse?
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A. Genesis 11:4 = Yes. Babel represented their will to stay together. Blatant disobedience!
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Q. Who were Abraham's ancestors?
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A. Genesis 11:
.......from Noah's son, Shem were
...........Peg,
...............Sheba and
...................Terah was Abraham's father.
(There are less-known ancestors too!)
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Q. How long after the flood was Abraham born?
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A. Genesis 10:1, 21-30; 11:10-26 = Eleven generations after the flood.
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Q. How was Abraham related to Lot?
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A. Genesis 11:27 = Lot was Abraham's brother, Haran's son, so Lot was Abraham's nephew.
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Q. Lifespans shortened in the generations after the flood. How?
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A. Genesis 11:10-26, 32 =
.........Noah's son, Shem (600 years)
...........his grandson Arphaxas (438 years)
..............his great-grandson Shelah (433 years)
................his great-great grandson Eber (464 years)
But then Peleg lived a much shorter time (239 years - he was 6th generation from Noah
Rea lived to age 239 also - he was 7th generation from Noah
Serug lived to age 230 - he was 8th generation from Noah
Nahor lived to age 148 - he was 9th generation from Noah
Terah lived to age 205 - he was 10th generation from Noah and Abraham's father.
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Q. Did Abraham have any weird stuff come out of his family?
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A. Genesis 11 = Yes. His brother, Nahor, married their brother's daughter, Milcah, his niece.
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Q. Why did Abram take Lot with him when God told him to go to a certain land?
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A. Genesis 11:27 = Lot's father, Haran, died, and so Lot became part of Abram's household.
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Q. What took Abram and his family to Egypt?
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A. Genesis 12:10 = A severe famine came over the land that God had led Abram to. Egypt was not touched by this famine.
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Q. Did Abram trust God for protection in Egypt?
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A. Genesis 12:11-13 = No. He was so afraid they'd kill him that he lied, hiding behind Sarai, even willing to give her up for his safety. (Like Adam hiding behind Eve before God (see Genesis 3).
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Q. What happened to the Egyptians as a result of the deception?
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A. Genesis 12:17 = A plague came on Pharaoh's family.
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Q. How did Pharaoh react?
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A. Genesis 12 = He reprimanded Abram for lying and sent him away.
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Q. How did Abram get rich?
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A. Genesis 12:16-20; 13:1 = Pharaoh had given Abram riches because he wanted to court Sarai and it was customary in the land to show respect for the family, in honor of Sarai, in this case. (Pharaoh may have taken Sarai anyway, had he not been cursed with God's plague). Because Abram lied, he became rich -- not a good way to get rich!
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Q. Did Lot have his own money?
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A. Genesis 13:5 = Yes.
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Q. Why did Abram and Lot separate?
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A. Genesis 13:8-9 = Their herds were squished!
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Q. Was Lot treated fairly in the solution to the problem?
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A. Genesis 13:8-9 = Yes. Abram offered to be the one to move away.
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Q. Lot chose to move. Where did he go?
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A. Genesis 13:10 = To the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley, which were beautiful and green, but inhabited by wicked people too. Not a good choice!
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Q. What was the difference between Abram and Lot?
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A. Genesis 12-13 = Neither man was perfect! Lot did not worship God. Abram sinned, but he didn't let sin stop him even once; thanking God and building for Him monuments and altars in His honor.
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Q. So what happened to Lot after his move to Jordan Valley?
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A. Genesis 14:12 = He was captured in battle by King Kedorlaomer.
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Q. Was that the end for Lot?
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A. Genesis 14 = No. Abram took his 318 family members and chased King Kedorlaomer's army. Abram attacked from several directions and rescued Lot and his household.
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Q. What is the significance of this war?
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A. Genesis 14:18 = It was Abram's first battle. Melchizedek, the King of Salem and the first of God's priests that we read about in God's word, blessed Abram. Abram, in turn, tithed to him. It is the first tithe mentioned in the bible.
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Q. Did Abram get richer from defeating Sodom?
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A. Genesis 14:23 = No. Abram gave everything back to the Sodomites so that no one would believe that he got his riches from Sodom.
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Q. Did Abram worry about the consequences of that battle?
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A. Genesis 15:1 = Yes. And God went to him in a vision, assuring him of His protection.
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Q. When God called Abram out and promised him that he would be the father of many people, Abram obeyed and went. He lived in a land that had a famine, had to fight for Lot's family and basically, had the cares of this world to deal with. He still fellowshiped with God through it all. But Abraham also dialogued with God. What did God say in response to his fears and doubts?
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A. Genesis 15 = God took him outside and showed him the stars and assured Abram that he would have it, in great detail (as many as the stars in the sky). God encourages US, reassures US and never condemns US for asking for confirmation because we doubt.
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Q. How did Abram respond to God's affirmations?
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A. Genesis 15:6 = He believed God for the seemingly impossible -- just because God could and would make it happen. God delighted in his faith in Him, as He also delights in our faith.
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Q. Did God's answer satisfy Abram?
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A. Genesis 15:8-21 = No. Abram wanted further assurance, so God gave him futuristic details.
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Q. What were these futuristic details?
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A. Genesis 15:18 = Abram's descendants would be strangers in a foreign land, slaves for 400 years, then rich and free; 4 generations later, they would return to this land, which would include 10 territories.
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Q. How would God provide Abram's descendants land?
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A. Genesis 15:18 = God would give Ham's descendants' land to Abram along with other lands. (In the New Testament, God said that the unrighteous saves up for the righteous.)
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Q. Did Abram have a child then?
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A. Genesis 16:3 = No. Ten years later and after they got to Canaan (Ham's descendants' land), still there was no child.
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Q. What did Sarai do about it?
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A. Genesis 16:1-2 = She tried to "fix" the problem. (I wonder if she didn't feel sorry for Abram, who must have been obsessing about having a child, along with their continued barrenness. Otherwise, why would Sarai do such a thing as trying to provide God's promise in her own power -- through Hagar?)
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Q. Hagar got pregnant right away. How did Hagar handle it?
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A. Genesis 16:4 = She hated Sarai, treating her badly.
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Q. How did Sarai react to Hagar?
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A. Genesis 16:5 = She blamed Abram!
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Q. How did Abram react to the Sarai's accusation?
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A. Genesis 16:6 = He told Sarai to deal with Hagar as she saw fit and to leave him out of it.
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Q. Did she?
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A. Genesis 16:6 = Sarai treated Hagar harshly in return.
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Q. How did Hagar react?
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A. Genesis 16:6 = She ran away.
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Q. What happened to Hagar?
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A. Genesis 16:9, 11 = The angel of the Lord went to her and told her to return home, gave her the name of her unborn son, which would be Ishmael, who is the father to the Arab nation.
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Q. The first command to Hagar was to go home. How would she be at peace?
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A. Genesis 16:9 = Peace came from submitting to Sarai's authority as her maidservant -- as before her pregnancy. (A foretelling of Arabs submitting to Israel in order to have peace -- still this day!
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Q. How did Hagar respond to these words from the angel of the Lord?
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A. Genesis 16:13 = Happy! She was glad that her children would fight with Sarai's. Happy that she heard from heaven. (My thoughts: Maybe relieved that she wasn't condemned for getting pregnant in this less than desirable way, to a man who didn't love her in return, but merely used her to make children? Excited to receive a promise like Abram, who had received the first child promise covenant. Hagar had the second, along with the first child of promise.)
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Q. Were kings part of God's plan?
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A. Genesis 17:6 = Yes! Right after God made His biggest promise to Abram, He changed Abram's name to Abraham. Abraham would be father to kings of not just one nation, but many.
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Q. What's the catch?
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A. Genesis 17:19 = Obedience! Circumcision, faithfulness for a lifestyle and lifetime.
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Q. What does Abram mean?
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A. Genesis 17 (p.23) = Exalted father.
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Q. What does Abraham mean?
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A. Genesis (p.23) = Father of many.
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Q. What if someone refused circumcision?
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A. Genesis 17:14 = He would be cut off from the family.
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Q. What does "El Shaddai" mean?
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A. Genesis (p.23) = Refers to God as a great mountain; splendor; majesty.
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Q. What is the difference between God's covenant with man and the one made between two men?
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A. Genesis(p.23) = God will not break it when we fail it. Men can break theirs if one fails it. God remains faithful to His contract with us.
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Q. Does God hear us doubt, even when we just think it?
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A. Genesis 18:12 = Yes.
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Q. Do heavenly beings enjoy human food?
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A. Genesis 18:5 = Yes!
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Q. How do heavenly beings appear?
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A. Genesis 18:2 = As human, but somehow distinguished.
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Q. Did the Lord and His angels visit Abraham for a reason?
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A. Genesis 18:10 = Yes. To tell him of his coming child by Sarah.
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Q. Where did these angels go right after delivering Abraham the news?
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A. Genesis 18:16 = To Sodom.
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Q. Does God destroy the innocent with the evil?
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A. Genesis 18:23-33 = No.
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Q. How close was Lot to the city of Sodom?
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A. Genesis 19:1 = Lot was sitting at the gate when the angels arrived -- very close!
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Q. Was Sodom really that bad?
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A. Genesis 19:4-11 = Yes. All the men, young and old, wanted to lay with the two angels -- and pursued them aggressively.
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Q. Did Lot's family obey him about fleeing the city as the angels warned them to?
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A. Genesis 19:14 = The sons-in-law did not. Lot's daughters and his wife were seized by the angels, by their hands and made to leave by force. God is merciful! (Genesis 19:16). Not even Lot left without force.
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Q. Did Lot whine about leaving?
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A. Genesis 19:16, 18 = Yes!
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Q. Then why save him or his family?
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A. Genesis 19:29 = Because Abraham requested it!
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Q. What happened to Lot?
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A. Genesis 19:30 = His two daughters slept with him after they got him drunk and as a result, he became father to two sons, Moab and Ben-Amni. He was unaware of the bedroom act!
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Q. Did he know afterwards?
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A. Genesis 19 = Yes. The boys names mean "from father" and "son of my people," respectively.
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Q. Did Lot trust in God at all?
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A. Genesis 19:16-20 = Lot was a fearful man. 1). He altered the rescue plan because he didn't see God as his own deliverer and 2). Gen. 19:30 = he left his refuge and fled to the caves, fearing for his life. He was so sure that other evil nations would retaliate against the angels!
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Q. Was Abraham a prophet?
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A. Genesis 20:7 = Yes.
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Q. Abraham traveled with Sarah through godless lands, declaring her as his sister only for their protection. True or false?
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A. Genesis 20:12 = True and false. Abraham and Sarah had the same father, but different mothers. Terah was both their fathers. But his motive was always to save himself.
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Q. Abraham lied to Pharaoh in Genesis 12. Did he lie again?
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A. Genesis 20 = Yes. He lied also to King Abimelech, who found out in a dream and in atonement, gave Abraham 25 pounds of silver and sheep and oxen.
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Q. Did Abraham approve of Hagar and Ishmael's being sent away by Sarah?
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A. Genesis 21:11 = It saddened him, but God assured him that he'd watch over Ishmael -- make him a nation -- because Ishmael was Abraham's (eldest) son too.
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Q. Where did Abraham live?
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A. Genesis 21:34 = In Philistine country.
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Q. After Abraham passed the Isaac test, God made His promise to him again. Was it any different this time?
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A. (1) In Genesis 12, God promised to make Abraham the father of a great nation. (2) In Genesis 15, God said his descendants would be like the stars. (3) In Genesis 22:15, God said his descendants would be like the stars and sands. The promise grew as Abraham got older!
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Q. What was Rebekah, Isacc's wife's, lineage?
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A. Genesis 22:20-23; 24:24 = Rebekah was Abraham's brother, Nahor's grandaughter (Nahor's 3rd son, Bethuel's child). Or you could say she was Abraham's grand-niece, Laban's sister.
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Q. At what age did Sarah die?
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A. Genesis 23:1 = at age 127.
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Q. Abraham was rich, but had no land of his own. Where was Sarah buried?
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A. Genesis 23:16-20 = He bought a field with a cave and 3 trees from the descendants of Ham, who were the Hittites. This cave would be the burial ground for generations to come. It was in Hebron.
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Q. Isaac had the opportunity to move to northwestern Mesapotamia to live with his wife. Why didn't he go?
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A. Genesis 24:6-7 = God promised Abraham and his descendants Canaan, where he resided at that time.
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Q. How did Isaac and Rebekah meet and marry?
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A. Genesis 24:67 = They were introduced by Abraham's servant, who fetched her from Nahor's family far away. They consummated the marriage without ceremony, in his recently-deceased mother's tent.
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Q. Did Abraham ever mary again?
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A. Genesis 25:6 = Yes. He married Keturah, who had six sons. They became nations.
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Q. Did Abraham have concubines?
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A. Genesis 25:6 = Yes. And he sent them away from Isaac to live elsewhere -- and gave them parting gifts.
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Q. Did all of Isaac's brothers receive their inheritance equally?
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A. Genesis 25:5 = No. Only Isaac recieved an inheritance.
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Q. How long did Abraham live?
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A. Genesis 25:7 = 175 years -- 38 years longer than Sarah.
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Q. Who buried Abraham?
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A. Genesis 25:9 = Isaac and Ishamael buried him together.
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Q. How did Isaac get richer?
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A. Genesis 25:11 = God poured out rich blessings on him after Abraham died.
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Q. Where did Isaac settle?
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A. Genesis 25:11 = In the Negev -- near Beer-lahairoi.
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Q. What happened to Ishmael?
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A. Genesis 25:12-18 = He had 12 sons, who became 12 tribes, who settled from Havilah to Shur. (Hagar had no other children.)
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Q. Did Rebekah, Isaac's wife, have trouble conceiving?
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A. Genesis 25:21 = Yes. And Isaac begged God for a child.
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Q. When Rebekah finally became pregnant, the twins fought in her womb. What did she do?
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A. Genesis 25:22 = She asked God what was going on.
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Q. What did God say?
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A. Genesis 25:23 = The 2nd child would be stronger than the 1st, causing a conflict-- the eldest expects inherently to be first in line.
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Q. Are there any "stay-at-home" types in the Old Testament? If so, who is mentioned first?
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A. Genesis 25:27 = Jacob was a stay-at-home type of guy.
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