Bible Bowl                             Genesis 35

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       1. Gen. 35:1-3 - Before going to build an altar to God, Jacob told

     his household to get rid of their foreign gods and purify themselves.

     Where did Jacob go to build the altar?

 

                     A) Aram  B) Bethel  C) Chaldea  D) Dayton

     Correct answer B.

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       2. Gen. 35:4 - After Jacob's household gave him all their foreign

     gods and rings in their ears, where did he bury the items?

 

                        A) under the oak at Shechem

                        B) under the fig tree near Bethel

                        C) under the sycamore at Ai

                        D) under the cypress at Cypress

     Correct answer A.

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       3. Gen. 35:6 - What was the other name for Bethel in the land of

     Canaan?

 

                      A) Levi  B) Lachish  C) Luz  D) Lagash

     Correct answer C.

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       4. Gen. 35:7,8 - After Jacob built an altar, he called the place El

     Bethel because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he

     was fleeing from his brother.  At that time, Rebekah's nurse died and

     was buried under the oak below Bethel named Allon Bacuth.  What was the

     nurse's name?

 

                    A) Dinah  B) Diana  C) Delilah  D) Deborah

     Correct answer D.

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       5. Gen. 35:9,10 - After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared

     to him and gave him a new name.  What new name did God give Jacob?

 

                     A) El Jacob  B) Luz  C) Israel  D) Jake

     Correct answer C.

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       6. Gen. 35:11-15 - At Bethel, God promised that a community of

     nations would come from Jacob.  He also gave Jacob and his descendants

     the land that was given to Abraham and Isaac.  Jacob set up a stone

     pillar and poured out a drink offering on it.  What else did he pour on

     the stone pillar?

 

                       A) water  B) blood  C) sand  D) oil

     Correct answer D.

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       7. Gen. 35:16-18 - When Jacob and his family moved on from Bethel and

     were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and

     had great difficulty.  As she breathed her last, Rachel named her son

     Ben-Oni.  What did Jacob name the son instead?

 

               A) Onesimus  B) Ben-Hur  C) Benjamin  D) Gentle Ben

     Correct answer C.

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               Bible Bowl                             Genesis 35

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       8. Gen. 35:19 - Rachel was buried on the way to Ephrath.  What was

     Ephrath also called?

 

                 A) Assyria  B) Bethlehem  C) Corinth  D) Damascus

     Correct answer B.

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       9. Gen. 35:20-22 - After setting up a pillar over Rachel's tomb,

     Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.  While

     Israel was living in that region, who did Reuben sleep with?

 

                 A) Bilhah  B) Zilpah  C) foreign women  D) Dinah

     Correct answer A.

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      10. Gen. 35:23 - Who was the mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,

     Issachar, and Zebulun?

 

                     A) Leah  B) Rachel  C) Bilhah  D) Zilpah

     Correct answer A.

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      11. Gen. 35:24 - Who was the mother of Joseph and Benjamin?

 

                     A) Leah  B) Rachel  C) Bilhah  D) Zilpah

     Correct answer B.

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      12. Gen. 35:25 - Who was the mother of Dan and Naphtali?

 

                     A) Leah  B) Rachel  C) Bilhah  D) Zilpah

     Correct answer C.

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      13. Gen. 35:26 - Who was the mother of Gad and Asher?

 

                     A) Leah  B) Rachel  C) Bilhah  D) Zilpah

     Correct answer D.

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      14. Gen. 35:27-29 - Jacob came home to his father Isaac in Mamre, near

     Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

     Isaac breathed his last and died and his sons Esau and Jacob buried

     him.  How many years old was Isaac when he died?

 

                          A) 150  B) 160  C) 170  D) 180

     Correct answer D.

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