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All About Joseph

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Joseph's father?

a)

Abraham

b)

Jacob

c)

Isaac

d)

Noah

2.

How many brothers did Joseph have?

(a)  

3.

What gift did Joseph's father give to him?

a)

A sling

b)

A harp

c)

A coat of many colors

d)

A horse

4.

Why did Joseph's brothers hate him?

a)

They hated his mother, Rachel

b)

Joseph was smarter than them

c)

Their father loved Joseph most

d)

Joseph was rude to them

5.

Jacob, the father of twelve sons and a daughter, had wives as well as concubines. Which woman was the mother of his beloved son Joseph?

(a)  

6.

Which of the following men was NOT a son of Leah?

a)

Simeon

b)

Reuben

c)

Benjamin

d)

Levi

7.

How old was Joseph when he was sold to be a slave?

(a)  

8.

Which brother did not want any of Joseph's blood shed?

a)

Simeon

b)

Reuben

c)

Dan

d)

Zebulun

9.

Potiphar was the man who bought Joseph to be a slave. Joseph, with the help of God, grew to be a respected figure in Potiphar's household - so respected, in fact, that only one thing was off-limits to him and landed him in jail. What was that thing?

a)

Potiphar's wife

b)

Potiphar's pool

c)

Potiphar's orchard

d)

Potiphar's hunting dog

10.

Who put Joseph in charge of all that was in the prison?

a)

Potiphar

b)

the cupbearer to the King

c)

Pharaoh

d)

the warden

11.

The Pharaoh's baker was thrown into jail, and told Joseph about his dream. In it, birds ate food from baskets atop the baker's head. How did Joseph interpret this dream?

a)

That the baker was going to be killed

b)

Joseph could not interpret this dream

c)

That the baker would be set free

d)

That there would be a plague of birds in Egypt

12.

Joseph was summoned from jail to interpret the dreams of the King of Egypt. Whose idea was it that Joseph do this?

(a)  

13.

Pharaoh gave Joseph a host of new things: a wife, fine robes, a chariot, and jewelry...and a new name. What was this name?

a)

Israel

b)

Ephraim

c)

Akhenaten

d)

Zaphenath-Paaneah

14.

What were the names of Joseph's sons by his wife Asenath?

a)

Jacob and Aram

b)

Issachar and Ephraim

c)

Ephraim and Manasseh

d)

Ramesses and Gad

15.

When his brothers were leaving for the second time, Joseph wanted to see if they'd changed at all since they sold him into slavery. So he slipped something into Benjamin's sack and accused the boy of theft. Each brother offered to lay down his life to prove Benjamin's innocence. What did Joseph accuse his brother of stealing?

(a)  

16.

Instead of killing Joseph, his brothers _____________.

a)

threw him in a pit

b)

broke his legs

c)

tied him to a tree

d)

stoned him

17.

What office did Joseph hold in Potiphar's household?

a)

Overseer of the house

b)

Butler

c)

Money keeper

d)

Guard

18.

The _________ was restored to his office and the _________ was hanged.

a)

Tailor; baker

b)

Butler; baker

c)

Baker; Butler

d)

Butler; tailor

19.

What food item did people from many countries travel to Egypt to buy?

(a)  

20.

Which brother offered himself as a replacement for Benjamin to be taken captive in Egypt in order to spare their father?

(a)