CREATION: The Twelve Tribes
(Study 1-G)

In our last study we found that Yah chose Abraham with whom to establish His covenant. He gave him the rite of circumcision, an earthly representation of the "putting off of the flesh," which was to be fulfilled in the life and death of the coming Messiah, and later in the resurrection of the just.

And what of the many descendants promised to the patriarch? What of the offspring who would be as innumerable as the stars in heaven? (Gen 15:5) The history of this great family is of some significance even now, for as the story of Creation comes to a close, we find a people ready to unfold the plan of salvation to all the world. From this chosen people came our Lord and Savior in the flesh, and it is therefore profitable to search their origins for spiritual truth.

QUESTIONS:
01) Who were born to Isaac, son of Abraham? (Gen 25:21,23-26)
02) Which was chosen to perpetuate the covenant given to his grandfather? (Gen 27:26-30, 28:10-15)
03) What deception was used by one brother on another, and what did this result in? (Gen 27:1-4,15-19, 41-43)
04) What were the names of Jacob's wives? (Gen 29:21-23, 25-28, 30:1,4,9)
05) What happened while Jacob was returning home to reconcile with Esau? (Gen 32:22-24)
06) Who was this that he encountered? (Hos 12:3-5, Gen 32:30)
07) What was said to Jacob after the encounter? (Gen 32:28)
08) How did Esau receive Jacob? (Gen 33:4)
09) How many sons did Jacob have, and what were their names? (Gen 35:23-26)
10) How did Reuben lose his prestige as firstborn? (Gen 35:22)
11) What was done by the second and third sons to anger their father? (Gen 34:1,2,24,25,30)
12) Who was Jacob's favored son? (Gen 37:3)
13) What special gift did this son possess? (Gen 41:15,16)
14) How did this ability cause his brothers to regard him? (Gen 37:4,5)
15) What did they plan to do to him? (Gen 37:18-20)
16) Which two brothers defended him? (Gen 37:21-26)
17) What was done with him instead? (Gen 37:27,28,36)
18) Which children were given the greatest of Israel's final blessings? (Gen 49:8-12,22-26)
19) Where was Jacob buried after his death? (Gen 49:29-33)
20) What were Jacob's children now called? (Gen 49:28)