The Patriarchs

2. However, God had told Rebekah that Jocob would inherit the ___.
7. an area in western Palestine that included most of present-day Israel.
8. They were the people of Israel, or the _____.
11. the oldest son
12. the youngest son
16. Isaac married _____ and they had twin sons.
17. When the _____ heard about this he had Joseph interpret his dreams.
18. a walled city, usually built on a hill, and surrounding countryside
20. Esau got furios with Jacob and vowed to ____ him.
21. Though the life in Haran was marked by constant _____, Jacob prospered.
22. _____ is our Father in Faith.
23. Rebekah sent Jacob away to ____.
24. God tested Abraham by telling him to ______ his beloved son Isaac.
26. Abram did not understand this but knew in his heart he must ____ God at once.
27. is an important woman in God’s family
28. The Pharaoh was so plaesed that he made Joseph ____ over all of Egypt.

1. Joseph had ____ in which he said that someday his brothers and parents would bow to him.
3. Jacob married _____, had children and grew rich.
4. Israel gave him a beautiful _____ which made his brothers very jealous.
5. So Egypt stored grain for the famine and had ____ for all the Egyptians.
6. Abram was renamed Abraham while Sarai was renamed ____.
9. The brothers told Israel that Joseph had been killed by a wild _____.
10. a father or founder, of a clan or a group of related families
11. As a slave in ____, Joseph interpreted dreams of other slaves.
13. We follow his ways to express our faith: with ____ and generosity.
14. Joseph told the Pharaoh that Egypt will have 7 years of great crops followed by 7 years of ____.
15. a gift from God that enables us to believe in him and accept all that he has revealed
19. Joseph's brothers wanted to kill him but they threw him into a well and later sold him as a ____ to Egyptian traders.
24. Abram was a _____ married to Sarai.
25. When Abraham died, his son ___, inherited his father's position as patrirch of the famliy