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Q1: Where did Jacob meet his future wife, Rachel, for the very first time?
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Q2: Who were the four women who bore children to Jacob?
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Q3: What was the name of Rachel’s firstborn son, which finally ended her period of barrenness?
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Q4: What trick did Laban play on Jacob on his wedding night after Jacob had already worked for seven years?
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Q5: What reason did Laban give for executing this wedding night trick?
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Q6: How many total years did Jacob end up working for Laban just to secure Rachel as his wife?
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Q7: What plant did Reuben find in the field that caused a major dispute and a subsequent bargain between Rachel and Leah?
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Q8: Laban constantly changed Jacob's wages. How did Jacob successfully build his own wealthy flocks despite this?
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Q9: Why did Jacob suddenly decide to secretly pack up his family and flee from Laban?
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Q10: What did Rachel steal from her father Laban before they left, and how did she successfully hide it when he searched her tent?
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Q11: What life-changing event happened to Jacob all alone at night by the Jabbok River?
A mysterious "man" (a manifestation of God\/Angel) wrestled with him until daybreak.
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Q12: What was the name of the covenant pillar\/heap of stones erected by Jacob and Laban to mark their peaceful parting?
Galeed (also called Mizpah).
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Q13: What strategy did Jacob use to appease his brother Esau when he heard Esau was coming to meet him with 400 men?
He divided his people and flocks into two camps (so if one was attacked, the other could escape), sent massive waves of livestock gifts ahead, and prayed desperately.
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Q14: What new name was given to Jacob after his wrestling match, and what are its two meanings?
Israel. It means "struggles with God" or "princes with God."
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Q15: How did Esau react when he finally saw Jacob face-to-face?
He ran to meet Jacob, embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, kissed him, and they both wept.
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Q16: What tragic event happened near Ephrath (Bethlehem) as Jacob's family was traveling?
Rachel died while giving birth to Jacob's twelfth and final son.
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Q17: Where did Jacob eventually settle and buy a piece of land after parting ways with Esau, and what did he name the altar he set up there?
Shechem, in the land of Canaan. He named the altar El Elohe Israel (God, the God of Israel).
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Q18: What tragedy befell Jacob’s daughter, Dinah, in Shechem?
Shechem, the son of Hamor (the local ruler), violated\/raped her.
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Q19: What did God command Jacob to do before moving his family back to Bethel?
Get rid of all foreign gods\/idols, purify themselves, and change their clothes.
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Q20: What did Rachel name her final son as she was dying, and what did Jacob rename him?
Rachel named him Ben-Oni ("son of my trouble"), but Jacob renamed him Benjamin ("son of my right hand").
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