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Religion Chapter 5
Question | Answer |
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Patriarch | A father, or founder,of a clan, a group of related families |
Canaan | An area in Western Palestine that included most of present-day Israel |
Faith | A gift from God that enable us to believe in him and accept all that he has revealed |
Providence | God plan for and protection of all creation |
Pharaoh | The king of Egypt |
The Age of the Patriarchs | The last six verses of Chapter 11 of Genesis |
Matriarchs | Important woman in Gods family |
Canaanites | Inhabitants of Canaan |
Abram and Sarai | They changed their names to Abraham and Sarah to symbolize their new life |
Abraham and Sarah | God gave him a son named Isaac |
Isaac | Inherited Abraham's job as Patriarch and married Rebekah and has twin sons named Esau and Jacob |
Rebekah | Woman who helped Jacob trick Isaac to give Jacob the final blessing |
Esau and Jacob | Jacob tricked Esau into selling him his birthright and Jacob got the final blessing from Isaac |
Israelites | The Chosen people of God |
Rachel | Married Jacob and had 12 sons |
Joseph | God contacted him through his dreams to indicate God's Plan |
Leah | Married Joseph |