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# Story 8: God Saves Joseph and His Family #
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## Comprehension Questions and Answers ##
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1. __Why did Joseph's brothers hate him?__
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*_Because Joseph was Jacob's favorite son, and because Joseph had dreamed he would be their ruler. [08-02]_
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1. __What evil thing did Joseph's brothers do to him?__
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*_They kidnapped him and sold him to some slave traders. [08-02]_
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1. __How did Joseph's brothers explain his disappearance to Jacob?__
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*_They put goat's blood on Joseph's robe so that Jacob would think a wild animal had killed him. [08-03]_
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1. __Did God abandon Joseph in Egypt?__
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*_No. In everything Joseph did, God blessed him. [08-04]_
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1. __Why was Joseph sent to prison in Egypt?__
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*_Joseph refused to sleep with his master's wife, so she falsely accused him. [08-05]_
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1. __What ability had God given Joseph?__
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*_The ability to interpret dreams. [08-07]_
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1. __What was the meaning of Pharaoh's dream?__
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*_God was going to send seven years of plentiful harvests, followed by seven years of famine. [08-07]_
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1. __How did Pharaoh reward Joseph after Joseph interpreted his dream?__
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*_He made Joseph the second most powerful man in Egypt. [08-08]_
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1. __How did Joseph prepare for the famine?__
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*_Joseph told the Egyptians to store up large amounts of food during the seven good years, and then he sold the food to the people during the seven years of famine. [08-09]_
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1. __Why did Joseph's brothers come to Egypt?__
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*_They came to buy food, because the famine was severe in Canaan also. [08-11]_
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1. __Before Joseph told his brothers who he was, why did he test them?__
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*_He tested them to see if they had changed. [08-12]_
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1. __How did God cause good to come from Joseph's brothers selling him as a slave?__
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*_Joseph became a powerful ruler in Egypt, and God used him to provide food for his family and many other people during the famine. [08-12]_
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1. __What did Jacob do after he found out that Joseph was alive?__
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*_He moved his whole family to Egypt. [08-14]_
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1. __After Jacob died, who received the promises that God gave to Abraham?__
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*_The twelve sons of Jacob. [08-15]_
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1. __What did the descendants of the twelve sons of Jacob become?__
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*_The twelve tribes of Israel. [08-15]_
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