1. How many dreams did Pharaoh have in Genesis 41?
Answer: Two.
2. What were Pharaoh’s dreams about?
Answer: Seven fat cows eaten by seven thin cows, and seven healthy ears of grain eaten by seven thin ears.
3. Who remembered Joseph’s ability to interpret dreams?
Answer: The cupbearer.
4. What did Joseph say about dream interpretation?
Answer: "Do not interpretations belong to God?"
5. What was the meaning of Pharaoh’s dreams?
Answer: Seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine.
6. What position did Pharaoh give Joseph?
Answer: Second in command over Egypt (vizier).
7. What was the name Pharaoh gave Joseph?
Answer: Zaphenath-Paneah.
8. Who did Joseph marry?
Answer: Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
9. How old was Joseph when he entered Pharaoh’s service?
Answer: 30 years old.
10. What did Joseph store during the years of plenty?
Answer: Grain.
11. Why did Jacob send his sons to Egypt?
Answer: To buy grain during the famine.
12. Which son did Jacob not send with the others?
Answer: Benjamin.
13. Did Joseph’s brothers recognize him?
Answer: No.
14. What did Joseph accuse his brothers of being?
Answer: Spies.
15. Who was kept in Egypt while the others returned home?
Answer: Simeon.
16. What did Joseph secretly return to each brother’s sack?
Answer: Their silver.
17. Who convinced Jacob to let Benjamin go to Egypt?
Answer: Judah.
18. What gifts did Jacob send with his sons to Egypt?
Answer: Balm, honey, spices, myrrh, nuts, and almonds.
19. How did Joseph react when he saw Benjamin?
Answer: He was deeply moved and wept.
20. What unusual thing did Joseph do at the meal?
Answer: Gave Benjamin five times as much food as the others.
21. What did Joseph put in Benjamin’s sack?
Answer: His silver cup.
22. What did Joseph threaten to do to Benjamin?
Answer: Keep him as a slave.
23. Which brother offered to take Benjamin’s place?
Answer: Judah.
24. What did Joseph do when he revealed his identity?
Answer: He wept loudly and said, “I am Joseph.”
25. What reason did Joseph give for being sold into Egypt?
Answer: God sent him ahead to preserve life.