Bible Bowl                             Genesis 49
    
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       1. Gen. 49:3,4 - Israel said, "You
are my firstborn, my might, the
     first sign of my strength, excelling in
honor, excelling in power. 
     Turbulent as the waters, you will no
longer excel, for you went up onto
     your father's bed, onto my couch and
defiled it."  Which son was this?
 
                     A) Reuben  B) Simeon 
C) Levi  D) Judah
     Correct answer A.
                         
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       2. Gen. 49:5-7 - Israel said,
"(They) are brothers - their swords are
     weapons of violence.  Let me not enter their council, let me not
join
     their assembly, for they have killed men
in their anger and hamstrung
     oxen as they pleased.  Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their
     fury, so cruel!"  Which brothers were they?
 
                             A) Levi & Dan
                             B) Gad and Dan 
                             C) Simeon and
Levi 
                             D) Joseph and
Benjamin 
     Correct answer C.
                         
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       3. Gen. 49:8-12 - Israel said,
"Your brothers will praise you; your
     hand will be on the neck of your enemies;
your father;s sons will bow
     down to you.  You are a lion's cub... The scepter will not depart from
     (him)... His eyes will be darker than
wine, his teeth whiter than
     milk."  Which son was this?
 
                     A) Reuben  B) Simeon 
C) Levi  D) Judah
     Correct answer D.
                         
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       4. Gen. 49:13 - Israel said, "(He)
will live by the seashore and
     become a haven for ships."  Which son was he?
 
                     A) Issachar  B) Zebulun 
C) Dan  D) Gad
     Correct answer B.
                         
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       5. Gen. 49:14,15 - Israel said,
"(He) is a rawboned donkey lying down
     between two saddlebags.  When he sees how good is his resting place
and
     how pleasant is his land, he will bend
his shoulder to the burden and
     submit to forced labor."  Which son was he?
 
                     A) Issachar  B) Zebulun 
C) Dan  D) Gad
     Correct answer A.
                         
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       6. Gen. 49:16,17 - Israel said,
"(He) will provide justice for his
     people as one of the tribes of
Israel.  (He) will be a serpent by the
     roadside, a viper along the path, that
bites the horse's heels so that
     its rider tumbles backward."  Which son was he?
 
                     A) Issachar  B) Zebulun 
C) Dan  D) Gad
     Correct answer C.
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               Bible Bowl                             Genesis 49
    
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       7. Gen. 49:19 - Israel said, "(He)
will be attacked by a band of
     raiders, but he will attack them at their
heels."  Which son was he?
 
                     A) Issachar  B) Zebulun 
C) Dan  D) Gad
     Correct answer D.
                         
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       8. Gen. 49:20 - Israel said,
"(His) food will be rich; he will
     provide delicacies fit for a
king."  Which son was he?
 
                   A) Naphtali  B) Asher 
C) Joseph  D) Benjamin
     Correct answer B.
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       9. Gen. 49:21 - Israel said, "(He)
is a doe set free that bears
     beautiful fawns."  Which son was he?
 
                   A) Naphtali  B) Asher 
C) Joseph  D) Benjamin
     Correct answer A.
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      10. Gen. 49:22-26 - Israel said,
"(He) is a fruitful vine... With
     bitterness archers attacked him... But
his bow remained steady...
     because of the hand of the Mighty One of
Jacob... Your father's
     blessings are greater than the blessings
of the ancient mountains...
     Let all these rest on the head of (him),
on the brow of the prince
     among his brothers.  Which son was he?
 
                     A) Gad  B) Asher 
C) Joseph  D) Benjamin
     Correct answer C.
                         
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      11. Gen. 49:27 - Israel said, "(He)
is a ravenous wolf; in the morning
     he devours the prey, in the evening he
divides the plunder."  Which son
     was he?
 
                   A) Naphtali  B) Asher 
C) Joseph  D) Benjamin
     Correct answer D.
                         
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      12. Gen. 49:29,30 - Israel gave
instructions that he be buried in the
     cave in the field of Machpelah, near
Mamre in Canaan.  Who sold this to
     Abraham as a burial place?
 
                           A) Lot 
                           B) Melchizedek king
of Salem 
                           C) Ephron the
Hittite 
                           D) Jabba the Hutt 
     Correct answer C.
                         
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      13. Gen. 49:31 - In addition to Abraham,
Sarah, Isaac, and Rebekah
     being buried in the cave in the field of
Machpelah, who had Jacob
     buried there?
 
                     A) Leah  B) Rachel 
C) Bilhah  D) Zilpah
     Correct answer A.
                         
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