Survey of the Old Testament

Week 2 — The Patriarchs

Genesis 12-50
The three great patriarchs are —

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Abraham and Sarah were born with the names ____________________ and
____________________.

According to Genesis 11:31, Abraham was from _______________ of the

______________________________, which is in modern day
____________________.

Abraham’s father, Terah, moves them to ____________________, which is modern-day

____________________.

When God called Abraham he was told to leave his ____________________ and his
____________________, but took his ____________________, ______________.

Later, Abraham ____________________ from ____________________. After this he

is ____________________ by _____________________________ (Gen. 14:19-20).

According to Hebrews 7-8, ____________________ is a ____________________ in

the ____________________ of ______________________________.

In Genesis 15, God makes a ____________________ with Abraham.

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Abraham and Sarah give birth to Isaac when he is __________ and she is __________.

God tells Abraham to ____________________ Isaac, even though he is the long awaited
____________________.

According to Hebrews 11:17-19, Abraham believed God would ______________________

_______________________________________________________________.

Isaac has two sons named ____________________ and ____________________.

Jacob shows his character by

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God changes Jacob’s name to ____________________.

Jacob had __________ sons but loved ___________________ more than any of them.

This, along with his visions, almost got ____________________ killed but, instead, he
was __________________________________________________.

____________________ overcomes his ___________________ status by eventually

becoming ____________________ second in command.

God providentially put ____________________ in his position to save

____________________ and his family from ___________________.
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Genesis 6:5-8 says God was ____________________ he had made man and it
_________________________ him in his heart. Therefore, God decided to
____________________ man, but ____________________ found favor with God.

The flood waters fell ____________________ days and ____________________

nights and covered every ____________________.

The flood water remained for ____________________ days before receding.

Rather than “fill the earth” as God had told Noah and his descendants to do they built a
____________________ and a ____________________ to the heavens.

God then forced them to fill the earth by ____________________ their

____________________.