Bible Bowl                             Genesis 50

     ------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

       1. Gen. 50:1,2 - What did Joseph's physicians do to his father after

     Israel died?

 

        A) dissected him  B) embalmed him  C) cremated him  D) revived him

     Correct answer B.

                          ------------------------------

       2. Gen. 50:3 - How many days did it take to embalm Israel after he

     died?

 

                             A) 3  B) 12  C) 25  D) 40

     Correct answer D.

                          ------------------------------

       3. Gen. 50:3 - How many days did the Egyptians mourn for Israel after

     he died?

 

                            A) 50  B) 60  C) 70  D) 80

     Correct answer C.

                          ------------------------------

       4. Gen. 50:4 - Joseph had sworn on oath to bury his father in the

     land of Canaan.  Pharaoh's officials accompanied him as well as members

     of Joseph's and Israel's households.  Who stayed behind in Goshen?

 

                         A) children, flocks and herds

                         B) Israel's wives

                         C) Pharaoh's court dignitaries

                         D) Manasseh and Ephraim

     Correct answer A.

                          ------------------------------

       5. Gen. 50:10,11 - Joseph and everyone traveling with him to bury his

     father stopped near the Jordan river for a seven-day mourning period.

     The Canaanites who lived there saw the Egyptians mourning and named the

     place Abel Mizraim.  At what location did this occur?

 

                       A) the field of Machpelah

                       B) the threshing floor of Atad

                       C) the field of Atad

                       D) the threshing floor of Machpelah

     Correct answer B.

                          ------------------------------

       6. Gen. 50:12,13 - Jacob's sons buried him in the cave in the field

     of Machpelah, near Mamre.  Who had bought this from Ephron the Hittite?

 

                     A) Abraham  B) Isaac  C) Jacob  D) Joseph

     Correct answer A.

                          ------------------------------

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                     PAGE 1

               Bible Bowl                             Genesis 50

     ------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

       7. Gen. 50:15-17 - After Israel's death, Joseph's brothers sent word

     to him concerning a request from their father before he died.  The

     request was that Israel wanted Joseph to forgive his brothers of the

     sins and wrongs they had committed against Joseph.  When this message

     came to Joseph, what did he do?

 

                           A) he became angry

                           B) he rejoiced

                           C) he wept

                           D) he went to Disney World

     Correct answer C.

                          ------------------------------

       8. Gen. 50:18 - Joseph's brothers came and threw themselves down

     before him.  What did they say they would be for him?

 

               A) assistants  B) slaves  C) soldiers  D) bodyguards

     Correct answer B.

                          ------------------------------

       9. Gen. 50:22 - How many years old was Joseph when he died?

 

                           A) 80  B) 90  C) 100  D) 110

     Correct answer D.

                          ------------------------------

      10. Gen. 50:24,25 - Before Joseph died, he assured his brothers that

     God would eventually return their descendants to the promised land of

     Canaan.  What did the sons of Israel swear on oath to Joseph that they

     would carry up from Egypt?

 

                             A) his wealth

                             B) his descendants

                             C) grain and livestock

                             D) his bones

     Correct answer D.

                          ------------------------------

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                     PAGE 2