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1. In the Old Testament of the Jewish and Christian Bible, Abraham is told by God that he would be the father of many nations.
Abraham's offspring, by and by,
Would outnumber the stars in the Eastern sky.
Isaac was his promised boy
But who brought Isaac parental joy?
2. Jacob then to Haran went,
To his Uncle Laban's tent
For one girl's love Jacob was sick
But Laban, by a devious trick,
Being clever through and through,
Made him marry her sister too!
Who were the two sisters Jacob married?
3. Lamech had a righteous son
Who saw that something must be done
To curb the evil in the land
But what? He did not understand
Till God told that son what to do
To save himself and his three sons too.
Who were the three sons?
4. Jochabed was Amram's wife;
Pharaoh sought her baby's life.
She hid him in the River Nile
Where Pharaoh's daughter saw him smile.
She took him up before he sank -
But who was watching from the bank?
5. Ruth had a much better life
When Boaz took her for his wife.
Soon they had a little boy-
Baby Obed,father's joy.
Obed in turn was Jesse's dad,
But who was Jesse's kingly lad?
6. This man had a very long name,
But of Royal stock he came,
All that was left of the house of Saul.
Since his nurse had let him fall,
He was lame in both his feet
At David's table he did eat.
What was his name?
7. Uriah had gone off to war,
When his fair wife King David saw.
He planned for Uriah to lose his life
And then he took Uriah's wife!
Their baby died but God relented
And Solomon was born when David repented.
Who was Solomon's son and successor?
8. Rachel was Jacob's favourite wife
Bearing Joseph and Benjamin then losing her life.
He gave Joseph all his care
And gave him a special coat to wear.
His brothers pretended he was dead
But sold him as a slave instead!
But he became the Pharaoh's friend
And married a princess in the end.
What children did Joseph and the Egyptian princess have?
9. My verse
Is getting worse
So Q9 and Q10
Are in prose again!
After God had given Moses the Law on Mount Sinai he told him that the Israelites should teach his laws to their children and their children's children. What else did they have to do?
10. In what book of the Old Testament would you find the following verse-
"But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord's love is with those who fear him and His righteousness with their children's children."
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balaton
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