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Monthly Bible Quiz Competitions
Quiz Number - 54
Bible Section : Genesis 47, 48
Closing Date : 2018-06-30

(Some questions have more than one correct answer, all correct answers must be selected)

1. What was the ancestral occupation of brothers of Joseph?

2. Why did the brothers of Joseph went to Egypt from the land of Canaan?

	Because of their sickness
	Because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan
	For there is no pasture for the flocks
	Since Egypt is a beautiful country
	Nothing of the above

3. In which part of Egypt did the brothers of Joseph settle, as Pharaoh said?

4. What had Pharaoh said to Joseph , who stood along with his brothers?

	Your father and your brothers have come to you
	The land of Egypt is before you
	Settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land
	Let them live in the land of Goshen
	And if you know that there are capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.

5. “How many are the years of your life?” – How did Jacob react to this question of Pharaoh?

	The years of my earthly sojourn are one hundred thirty;
	The years are few
	And hard have been the years of my life.
	They do not compare with the years of the life of my ancestors during their long sojourn.
	The years of my earthly sojourn are one hundred and forty

6. Fill in the blanks:

“Only the land of the ------------ he did not buy; for the priests had a fixed allowance from Pharaoh”

7. What did Joseph ask Egyptians in exchange for the food?

8. Fill in the blanks:

“Jacob lived in the land of Egypt ------------------ years”

9. What did Joseph say to the Egyptians, who lost all their possessions?

	Now that I have this day bought you and your land for Pharaoh
	Here, is seed for you
	Sow the land
	And at the harvests you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh
	And four-fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and as food for yourselves and your households, and as food for your little ones.

10. Who were the sons of Joseph?

11. On which grandson’s head did Jacob lay his right hand and bless?

12. What did Jacob say to his Joseph about his place of burial?

	Bury me in Egypt
	Do not bury me in Egypt
	When I lie down with my ancestors, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place
	Bury me in Galilee
	Bury me in Africa

13. What had God promised, when God appeared to Jacob at Luz?

	I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers
	I will make of you a company of peoples,
	And will give this land to your offspring after you for a perpetual holding
	I did not expect to see your face
	And here God has let me see your children also

14. How did Jacob bless Ephraim and Manasseh by laying his hands on their heads?

	The God before whom my ancestors Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
	The angel who has redeemed me from all harm, bless the boys;
	And in them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my ancestors Abraham and Isaac;
	And let them grow into a multitude on the earth.
	Bring them to me, please

15. What did Jacob say to Joseph on his death bed?

	I am about to die
	But God will be with you
	and will bring you again to the land of your ancestors.
	I now give to you one portion more than to your brothers, the portion that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.
	Put them in charge of my livestock