BIBL105: Old Testament Survey

03 THE PATRIARCHS

THE PATRIARCHS (GENESIS ____ - ____)

- ___________________

- ___________________

- ___________________

- ___________________

- Age: _________ - _________ BC: the beginning of the Hebrew race

ABRAHAM (GENESIS 12-25)

- Genesis 12:1-3 Abrahamic Covenant: 3 Components

o _____________: great nation

o _____________: great name/descendants

o _____________: through Abraham’s family, all nations will be blessed blessing

- Abram lies to _________ (Genesis 12)

- Abram rescues _______ (Genesis 14)

- Abram pays tithes to _________________, King of Salem and priest of God

- Genesis 15:5-6 Abram’s faith is counted to him as ____________.

o God repeats the ___________

o Abram’s descendants will come through a ________________ heir, despite

Abram’s old age

- God’s character

o Freely _____________ himself to Abraham

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o Makes covenant that he ___________ himself to

o Promises Abraham descendants, the land (“___________ _________”), blessing

- Genesis 16 Hagar and Ishmael

o Sarah gives ________ to Abraham

o Hagar has a son named __________

o God promises to protect and bless them even after Sarah throws them out

- Genesis 17 Sign of the covenant: ______________ (Gen 17)

- God renames Abram (“exalted father”) to _____________ (“father of many nations”

- Interlude: Lot

o Lot’s compromise: moves to _________

o Lot’s failure (Genesis 18-20)

ISAAC

- Name means ___________

o Abraham is ______ years old. Sarah is ______ years old

- Genesis 22: the Test

o An ______________ to trust God (not a trap)

o God commands Abraham to sacrifice __________

o Abraham displays great _________ in God

- Isaac marries ____________

- Genesis 25:23 “The ___________ shall serve the ___________”

- They have twins

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o ___________ (“red”) a hunter

o ___________ (“deceiver”) a cook

o ___________favors Esau; ___________favors Jacob

JACOB (GENESIS 26-35)

- Genesis 27-28 Jacob steals Esau’s _______________

o Esau sells it to Jacob for _________

- Jacob steals ___________ _____________ by deceiving __________

o He dresses up in skins

- Genesis 28 Jacob has a dream with a ___________ to heaven

o He names his location Bethel

- God confirms the _________________ __________________ to Jacob

- The deceiver is deceived by ______________

- Jacob marries __________ and _____________

- Jacob has _______ sons

- Genesis 32 Jacob wrestles _________

- He reunites with ________

- Jacob returns to ___________ where God renames him _________

JOSEPH (GENESIS 37-50)

- Israel’s (Jacob) ___________. He gives Joseph a coat of many ___________.

- Brothers sell him into slavery

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- Genesis 38 Judah interlude with his daughter-in-law __________.

- Joseph ends up in __________ and works in _____________’s house

- ____________ ___________ tries to seduce Joseph but he refuses because it would be a

sin against ____________.

- Joseph is in prison but __________ is still (always) with him

- There, he interprets the butler and baker’s ____________.

- Joseph interprets ____________ dream: 7 years of ____________ followed by 7 years of

_____________.

- Israel sends his sons (minus ____________) to Egypt.

- On the second visit _________ steps up to protect Benjamin

o Joseph sits them in _________ _________

- Joseph reveals himself to his brothers

- He moves them to __________

JACOB’S BLESSING

- Birthright goes to ____________

- The ________ line will come from Judah

- After Jacob’s death, Joseph continues to show mercy

- Genesis 50:20 “As you for you, you meant _________ against me, but God meant it for

________”

THE PATRIARCHS AND JESUS

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- Jesus as the ultimate descendent of _____________

o Through him all nations are blessed

- Jesus as the Lion of ___________