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Lesson # 4

Egyptian Bondage

Text: Genesis 37 - Exodus 14


1. How old was Joseph when he was sold into Egypt? (37:2) _ _ _ _ _ _ What was Joseph's brothers' attitude toward him? (ch. 37) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Why? (v.4, 8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did they first conspire to do with Joseph? (v.18-28) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who saved him from this fate? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who suggested selling him? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who were the traders? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


2. What was told Jacob?_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ To whom was Joseph sold in Egypt? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What position did Joseph have? (39:1-6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The results? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ Who gave a false report against him? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did this result in? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


3. How did Joseph help the king's butler and baker? (ch. 40) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What dreams did Pharaoh have (Ch. 41) 1._ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ 2._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who could not give an interpretation (v.8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Whom did Joseph give credit for the interpretation? (v.16) _ _ _ _ _ _ _


4. What was the interpretation? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What plans were made? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ How old was Joseph now? (v.46) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How bad was the famine (v.56,57) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


5. How many of Joseph's brothers went into Egypt first to buy corn: (42:1-4) _ _ _ _ Who did not go? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What type of appearance did Joseph give before them? (v.7)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Of what did Joseph accuse them? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ In v.13 what is meant by the statement "and one is not"? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


6. Upon what condition would he let them go? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who was kept as hostage? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What was placed in their grain sacks? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ When Joseph saw Benjamin what were his emotions? (43:29-30) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ After they left and were stopped what was found in Benjamin's sack? (ch.44) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who told Joseph the whole story? (ch. 44) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did he propose (44:33,34) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


7. Where were the Israelites to dwell in Egypt? (45:10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What was the significance of the blessing Jacob gave Judah in 49:10? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did Joseph say was God's purpose in him being sold into Egypt? (50:15-20) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What kind of a new king arose? (Exodus 1:8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


8. What kind of work did the Hebrews do?_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How did the Egyptians first think they could stop the Hebrew multiplication (v.9-ff)? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did the Egyptians propose to the Hebrew midwives? (v.15-19) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What was Pharaoh's final charge in the matter? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


9. Why was Moses so named? (2:) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ When Moses went out unto his brethren what did he see? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did he do? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did he see the second day? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


10. What did Pharaoh seek to do to Moses? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Where did Moses flee? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What was his occupation there? (3:) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How did the Lord appear to Moses? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ For what purpose? (v.7-10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER(S)`


_____1. Moses was from the tribe of: 1. Judah; 3. Benjamin; 3. Levi; 4.Dan.


_____2. Moses: 1. was eager to return and free Israel; 2. made excuses; 3. said he couldn't speak well enough. (Ex 4)


_____3. Moses was given: 1. Aaron; 2. Joshua; 3. Levi; to be his spokesman.


_____4. As a sign to make the Israelites believe in him, when he cast his rod down it became a: 1. dog; 2. rabbit; 3. frog; 4. snake.


_____5. Pharaoh decided after Moses' first visit: 1. to lessen the Israelites' load; 2. to make them gather their own straw; 3. to make them continue turning out the same number of bricks. (ch. 5).


_____6. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob did not know God by the name: 1. God Almighty; 2. Lord God; 3. Jehovah. (Exodus 6:1-5).


_____7. The order of the first plagues were: 1.blood, frogs, lice, flies; 2. frogs, lice, blood, flies; 3. lice, frogs, flies, blood.


_____8. The plagues of: 1. murrain; 2. boils; 3. hail; did not touch the Land of Goshen.


_____9. The plague that caused Pharaoh to let the Israelites go was: 1. locust; 2. death of firstborn; 3. darkness; 4. hail; 5. boils.


____10. The Jewish feast then instituted in memorial of this escape of the last plague is called: 1. the Harvest Feast; 2. Pentecost; 3. Passover.



MATCHING (Group I )

1. Goshen ____Saved his family from starvation
2. Jacob ____Made Joseph second in authority
3. Dan ____Took all his family into Egypt
4. Joseph ____The place where Israel lived in Egypt
5. Egyptians ____The tribe Shiloh (Christ) to come from
6. Pharaoh ____Shall judge his people as one of tribes
7. Pharaoh's daug. ____To kill Hebrew boy babies / (Gen. 49)
8. Ark ____Fearful of Israel's multiplication
9. Judah ____The salvation of Moses
10. Midwives ____Had compassion on a Hebrew child

MATCHING (Group 2 )

1. Shepherd ____Raised as an Egyptian (2:)
2. Pharaoh ____Smitted a Hebrew (2:)
3. An Egyptian ____Two quarreling with each other (2:)
4. Plagues ____Moses fled (2:)
5. Moses ____Had seven daughters (2:)
6. Hebrews ____Moses occupation (3:)
7. Priest ____Hardened his heart
8. Firstborn ____To convince Pharaoh to let Israel go
9. Midian ____Died at midnight (12:)
10. Passover ____A memorial of the escape from death

YES or NO

_____1. Had God told Abraham about the period of bondage in Egypt before they would receive the promised land (Gen 15:13, 14).


_____2. Moses' parents were from the tribe of Judah.


_____3. Moses tried to excuse himself from the task that God had for him. (4:27f)


_____4. Moses and aaron had to convince the Hebrews before going to Pharaoh.


_____5. To afflict them more, the Israelites were to gather their own straw.


_____6. Do the plagues seem to strike at the gods of Egypt?


_____7. Does ch. 12 tell of the first Passover?


_____8. Was Joseph's remains left behind? (13:19)


_____9. Did Pharaoh pursue them with chariots, horsemen and his army? (Exodus 14)


____10. Was the number of Israelites men over 600,000? (Exodus 12:28; 38:26)


TRUE or FALSE

_____1. The Hebrews built treasure cities for the Egyptians (Ex. 1)


_____2. The more the Israelites were afflicted the more they multiplied (Exodus 1)


_____3. The midwives had no fear of God. (Exodus 1)


_____4. Moses' rod, when cast down, turned into a frog. (ch. 4)


_____5. The plague of darkness prompted Pharaoh to let Israel go.


_____6. The Passover feast memorializes "passing over the Red Sea."


_____7. A pillar of fire by day and cloud by night led the israelites. (13)


_____8. The Israelites were never afraid in their escape. (ch. 14)


_____9. The cloud pillar worked a hinderance to the Egyptians (Ex.14)


____10. The Red Sea was passable because of a drought. (14:21-22)


(SUGGESTION: Print the scripture location near your answer or question)

   

Windell Gann
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