Jacob Returns to Bethel Quiz
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- Who told Jacob to go up to Bethel and build an altar?
- God
- His father Isaac
- His brother Esau
- The angel of Laban
- What did Jacob tell his household to put away before the journey?
- The strange (foreign) gods among them
- Their tents
- Their flocks
- Their weapons
- Where did Jacob hide the foreign gods and earrings?
- Under the oak near Shechem
- In a cave at Hebron
- By the well of Beersheba
- Under a pillar at Bethel
- What name did Jacob give the altar and place at Bethel?
- El-bethel
- Peniel
- Mahanaim
- Beersheba
- Whose nurse, Deborah, died and was buried under an oak below Bethel?
- Rebekah's
- Leah's
- Rachel's
- Sarah's
- What name did God reaffirm for Jacob at Bethel?
- Israel
- Abraham
- Isaac
- Immanuel
- When God said 'I am God Almighty,' what did He tell Jacob to do?
- Be fruitful and multiply
- Offer a lamb
- Build a city
- Return to Padan-aram
- What name did Jacob give the son Rachel died bearing?
- Benjamin
- Ben-oni
- Joseph
- Reuben
- Near which town was Rachel buried?
- Bethlehem (Ephrath)
- Hebron
- Shechem
- Bethel
- Who buried Isaac when he died at Hebron?
- His sons Esau and Jacob
- Jacob alone
- Esau alone
- His servants
Jacob Returns to Bethel Quiz Answers & Bible References
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Who told Jacob to go up to Bethel and build an altar?
God
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Genesis 35:1 (KJV) -
What did Jacob tell his household to put away before the journey?
The strange (foreign) gods among them
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
Genesis 35:2 (KJV) -
Where did Jacob hide the foreign gods and earrings?
Under the oak near Shechem
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
Genesis 35:4 (KJV) -
What name did Jacob give the altar and place at Bethel?
El-bethel
And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Genesis 35:7 (KJV) -
Whose nurse, Deborah, died and was buried under an oak below Bethel?
Rebekah's
But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
Genesis 35:8 (KJV) -
What name did God reaffirm for Jacob at Bethel?
Israel
And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
Genesis 35:10 (KJV) -
When God said 'I am God Almighty,' what did He tell Jacob to do?
Be fruitful and multiply
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
Genesis 35:11 (KJV) -
What name did Jacob give the son Rachel died bearing?
Benjamin
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
Genesis 35:18 (KJV) -
Near which town was Rachel buried?
Bethlehem (Ephrath)
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
Genesis 35:19 (KJV) -
Who buried Isaac when he died at Hebron?
His sons Esau and Jacob
And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Genesis 35:29 (KJV)