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20 Quizzes

Water is a major source of life. Match the following water bodies with the proper statement about it. 11 Questions.

1. A blind man washed in this pool and received sight,(Jn 9:6-7).

2. Naaman "dipped" in this river and was healed of leprosy (2 Kings 5:14)

3. Daniel saw a vision of a ram in this river,(Dan 8:2-3).

4. Ezekiel saw visions of God here, (Eze 1:3).

5. Elijah slaughtered the prophets of Baal at this valley,(1 Kgs 18:40).

6. Moses led the Israelites through the dry land of this sea floor,(Ex 14:16).

7. Another name for the sea of Galilee,(Jn 6:1).

8. A river which flows out of Eden,(Gen 2:10-11).

9. The water at this place was bitter,(Ex 15:23).

10. Seraiah was commanded to read a book and cast it into this river,
(Jer 51:60-63).

11. Jesus taught in a ship in this body of water, (Lk 5:1-3).


List for matching: (11 Names)

a)Marah, b)Gennesaret, c)Kishon, d)Tiberias, e)Euphrates, f)Pison, g)Red, h)Siloam,

i)Kebar, j)Jordan, k)Ulai.


Answers: 1-11 Questions

1-h, 2-j, 3-k, 4-i, 5-c, 6-g,

7-d, 8-f, 9-a, 10-e, 11-b.
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12. Matthew 1:1 calls Jesus Christ was the son of two fathers. Who were they?

13. In that day the "Root of Jesse" will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious.(Isa 11:10)
Who is the Root, Isaiah talks about and who is Jesse?

14. Who is David's great-grandmother?

15. "He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end." Who delivered this message to Jesus' earthly mother Mary?


Answers:
12. David, and Abraham

13. Jesus, Jesse is the father of David.

14. Ruth (Mat 1:5)

15. The angel Gabriel (Lk 1:32)
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16. 17Do not repay anyone evil for __________. 21Do not be overcome by ________, but overcome _________ with good. (Romans 12:17, 21)

17. What did Martha, the sister of Lazarus, do when she heard that Jesus was coming to their house?

18. What was the question Nicodemus, a Pharisee who held an important role in Sanhedrin(the Jewish ruling council) and Israel's teacher asked of Jesus when he came for secret instruction?

19. Who in the Bible was called, "A man after mine own heart"

20. 104th Psalm(2-30) is a paean to the Lord's
a) propensity to forgive, b) creative power, c)love, d)patience.

(paean = a song of joyful praise or exultation)


Answers:
16. evil, evil, evil

17. She went outside to meet Him.(John 11:20)

18. "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" (John 3:4)

19. David (Acts 13:22)
'I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.'

20. b
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Rachel

18 Questions & Answers

Scripture Reference:Gen 29-35; Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:18 _________________________________________________________________________

#1. Who was Rachel?

Answer:
Rachel was the younger daughter of Laban, the Aramean, the brother of Jacob's mother(Rebekah) , wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin. So Rachel and Jacob were full cousins. Rachel was a shepherdess. For some time, Rachel remained barren.
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#2. What did Jacob do when he saw Rachel as soon as he arrived in Haran(Paddan Aram)?

Answer:
They met for the first time upon the arrival of Jacob at Haran. When attracted by her beauty he immediately fell in love with her, winning her love by his chivalrous act. She immediately became the object of his attention.
Later he signed a contract with Laban for seven years of labor (the usual period of indentured servants);

Gene 29:10-12
10 When Jacob saw Rachel daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and Laban's sheep, he went over and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle's sheep. 11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep aloud. 12 He had told Rachel that he was a relative of her father and a son of Rebekah. So she ran and told her father.
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#3. What did Laban do when he heard about his nephew, Jacob?

Answer:
13 As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister's son, he hurried to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, and there Jacob told him all these things. 14 Then Laban said to him, "You are my own flesh and blood." (Gene 29:13-14)
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#4. What did Jacob do to possess Rachel?

Answer:
After Jacob had stayed with him for a whole month, according to the custom of the times Jacob contracted with Laban for her possession, agreeing to serve him 7 years as the bridal price (29:17-20). But when the time had passed, Laban deceived Jacob by giving him Leah instead of Rachel. When Jacob protested, Laban gave him Rachel also after the bridal week, on condition that Jacob will serve 7 years more.(Gene 29:21-29)

A wife Jacob did not want was forced on him by deceit, just as he had gotten his father's blessing by deceit. He had begun to reap what he had sown.
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#5. How much time Jacob had to wait for him to lie with Rachel?

a) Fourteen years, b)Seven years, c)Seven years and one week, d)20 years

Answer: c
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#6. Crafty Laban sensed Jacob's deep affection for Rachel. As the wedding day approached, Laban hatched a scheme to trick Jacob. What was it?

Answer: (Gene 29:21-30)
21 Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife. My time is completed, and I want to lie with her."
22 So Laban brought together all the people of the place and gave a feast. 23 But when evening came, he took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and Jacob lay with her. 24 And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter as her maidservant.

25 When morning came, there was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? I served you for Rachel, didn't I? Why have you deceived me?"
26 Laban replied, "It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older one. 27 Finish this daughter's bridal week; then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work."

28 And Jacob did so. He finished the week with Leah, and then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife. 29 Laban gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant. 30 Jacob lay with Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.

The marriage could not be undone. Though Jacob thought 7 years was a good bargain, Laban's convoluted plan of substituting Rachel's unattractive sister Leah, made Jacob serve Laban fourteen years to secure Rachel as wife.

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#7. The marked manner Rachel's character shows the traits of her family. What are they?

Answer:
Cunning and covetousness, so evident in Laban, Rebekah and Jacob. Though a believer in the true God (Gen 30:6,8,22), she was yet given to the superstitions of her country, the worshipping of the teraphim, etc. (Gen 31:19).

Manipulated by her father, she had little say over her own life circumstances and relationships. But rather than dealing creatively with a difficult situation, she behaved like a perpetual victim, responding to sin with more sin, making things worse by competing with her sister, Leah and deceiving her father in return.
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#8. How did Rachel die prematurely and what did Jacob do at that time?

Answer:
Afterwards, on Jacob's departure from Mesopotamia, as they journeyed on from Bethel, Rachel died in giving birth to Benjamin (Gene 35:18, 19), and was buried "in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave". Her sepulchre is still regarded with great veneration by the Jews. Its traditional site is about half a mile from Jerusalem.
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#9. Name the children of Rachel and her maid servant, Bilhah?

Answer:
Of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin
Of Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali

These are the 4 out of 12 sons of Jacob.
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#10. True or False.
a)Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah.
b)Leah was more fertile than Rachel

Answer: a)True, b)True. Both statements are True.
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#11. Jacob, even in his sorrow loved Rachel's second son, and with a father's tenderness, he renamed his little one, Benjamin meaning "son of my right hand" (Gen 35:16-20). What was the child's first name?

Answer:
Perhaps one of the Bible's most poignant scenes is played out when Rachel, in great pain and knowing she was dying during the child birth, named her second son Ben-oni, "son of my trouble".
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#12. After becoming prosperous, why did Jacob gather his flocks, his servants, his children, and prepare to return to the land of Isaac, leaving his uncle's service after 20 years of refuge in Haran?

Answer:
One day God spoke to Jacob, telling him to return to the land of Isaac, his father.
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#13. After 10 days on the road, Laban overtook Jacob and his possessions in the hill country of Gilead, accusing his son-in-law of theft. What was the reason and the end result of Jacob's promise to Laban?

Answer:
Before they leave Haran, Rachel stole her father's household gods, Rachel concealed these household gods in the baggage as she and Jacob fled (31:30-31). These household deities, about the size of miniature dolls, were regarded as indisputable evidence of the rights and privileges of family ownership and inheritance (31:30).
These small idols thought to ensure prosperity.

Unaware of Rachel's deceit, Jacob invited Laban to search the camp, promising to put to death anyone discovered with the idols. Having learned to trick from her crafty father, Rachel tucked the idols into a saddle and then sat on it.. When Laban entered her tent, she greeted him with a woman's ruse, saying, "Don't be angry my Lord, I cannot stand up in your presence. I am having my period". Her trick worked, much as Jacob's had when he deceived his own father. Laban finally gave up the search.
(Later, Jacob made sure that all the old idols were purged out from his household.)
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#14. Two Old Testament and one NT passages, outside Genesis name Rachel. What are they?

Answer:
Ruth 4:11 calls her one who built up the house of Israel. Here, the names of Rachel and Leah occur in the nuptial benediction as the foundresses of the house of Israel.

Ruth 4:11 Then the elders and all those at the gate said, "We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. 12 Through the offspring the LORD gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah."

This name is used poetically by Jeremiah (31:15-17) to denote God's people mourning under their calamities. Jeremiah refers to her weeping over children being taken in Exile. Rachel’s fierce love for her children became an emblem for Israel.
15 This is what the LORD says: "A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are no more." 16 This is what the LORD says: "Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded," declares the LORD. "They will return from the land of the enemy. 17 So there is hope for your future," declares the LORD. "Your children will return to their own land.

This passage is also quoted by Matthew as (Matthew 2:18) Jeremiah's reference of weeping at Bethlehem in connection with Herod's order to kill male children under two.
Matt 2:16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. 17Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:
18"A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more."
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#15. What could be the reason, Rachel's own son, Joseph, suffered grievously, as a result being sold into slavery by his half brothers, Leah's sons?

Answer:
Like her husband, the beautiful Rachel had been both a schemer and the victim of schemes. Tricked by her own father, she viewed her children as weapons in the struggle with her sister. As so often happens, the lessons of treachery and competition were passed on from generation to generation.

Yet through a remarkable set of twists and turns, Rachel's Joseph one day ruled Egypt, providing a refuge for his father and brothers in the midst of a severe famine. Step by step, in ways impossible to foresee, God's plan was unfolding, a plan to heal divisions, put an end to striving, and restore hope.

Using people with mixed motives and confused desires, he was revealing his grace and mercy, never forsaking his promise.
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#16. What could be Rachel's Joy and tragedy?

Answer:
Her Joy: Her husband cherished her and would do whatever was in his power to make her happy. Jacob favored the sons of his beloved Rachel above the sons of Leah.

Her Tragedy: Her longing for children ultimately led her to death in childbirth.
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#17. When we study Rachel, name 4 relevant promises from scripture?

Answer:
1. Gene 30:22 Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and opened her womb.

2. Psalm 25:6 Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.

3. Jerem 15:15 You understand, O LORD; remember me and care for me.

4. Luke 1:49 For the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is his name.
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#18. What is teraphim(KJV)? (Refer question #7)

Answer:
Figures or images associated with pagan worship and the occult practice of divination. It is reported in all periods of OT history, showing the persistence of pagan practices in Israel.
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Points to ponder:

1. When we have been in a situation that caused us to lie or cheat to protect ourselves or someone else, what could/should we have done differently?

2. Discontentment is an insidious thing, trapping us into thinking that which was enough once, is no longer enough, and that which was satisfying once, is no longer satisfying. What we can do to resist such sentiments that we ever feel discontent because we don't "have it all".

3. Add your own and meditate on what you can learn from Rachel's life.
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Glossary:

1. chiv·al·rous = relating to knighthood code: relating to or reflecting the values of the medieval code of knighthood, especially courtesy, self-sacrifice, and a sense of fair play.

2. in·den·ture = contract with apprentice: a contract committing an apprentice or servant to serve a master or employer for a specific period of time ( often plural )

3. ruse = something done to deceive others: a clever trick or plot used to deceive others

4. Foundress = A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes.

5. pa·gan = 1. an offensive term that deliberately insults somebody who does not acknowledge the God of the Bible, Torah, or Koran.
2. an offensive term that deliberately insults somebody's nonbelief in religion, way of life, or degree of knowledge.

6. occult = supernatural or magic: relating to, involving, or characteristic of magic, witchcraft, or supernatural phenomena

7. div·i·na·tion = seeking knowledge by supernatural means: the methods or practice of attempting to foretell the future or discovering the unknown through omens, oracles, or supernatural powers

8. in·sid·i·ous = gradual and harmful: slowly and subtly harmful or destructive.