Sunday 29 th November, 2015
Finish Date: Saturday 5 th December, 2015
Completed Bible Study = 15 points
Email Homework by the due date = 5 points
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Monday 30 th November :Read Genesis 15: 1-3 and answer the questions:
1 After these things the word of the L ORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid,
Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
2 But Abram said, “Lord G OD , what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!”
Question 1
Match the following words to their meaning:
Offspring, shield, exceedingly, heir, offspring
Word Meaning
Protect/guard
The person who will inherit from me (usually a son or daughter)
When someone appears to a person as if they are there in the room with them
Very, exceptionally, superbly
Children, descendants
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Tuesday 1 st December: Genesis 15:4-6 and answer the questions:
4 And behold, the word of the L ORD came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.”
5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
6 And he believed in the L ORD , and He accounted it to him for righteousness.

Question 2 a) In the passage above “He” is underlined 3 times. Who is this? b) Who is this person highlighted in yellow in the above passage?
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Wednesday 2 nd December: Read Genesis 15: 7-11 and answer the questions:
7 Then He said to him, “I am the L ORD , who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”
8 And he said, “Lord G OD , how shall I know that I will inherit it?”
9 So He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a threeyear-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10 Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. 11 And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
Question 3
Match following animals to their picture:
Heifer (young cow), female goat, ram, turtle dove, young pigeon.
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Thursday 3 rd December: Read Genesis 15: 12-16 and answer the questions:
12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. 14 And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 15 Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Question 4
God tells Abram what will happen to his people in verses 13-16.
Five things will happen to them in the future. Can you put these five things (listed in the box below) in the correct order? The first and the last one have been done for you
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They will leave a They will be land rich treated badly
They will return to their promised land
They will be servants
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Friday 4 th December: Read Genesis 15: 17-20 and answer the questions:
They will be strangers in a land that is not theirs
17 And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces. 18 On the same day the
L ORD made a covenant with Abram, saying:
“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River
Euphrates— 19 the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the
Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
Question 5
What is meant by a Covenant? a) promise b) date c) surprise d) a warning
Question 6
The Lord made a covenant with Abram. What is this covenant?

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Saturday 5 th December:
Question 8
Look up Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 3 and fill in the missing words.
This is the Lord’s promise to Abram
I will make you a great ; I will you
And make your name ; And you shall be a .
I will bless those who you,
And I will curse him who you;
And in you all the of the earth shall be blessed.
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