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Answers to Bereishis Quiz 2
Here are the answers to the Bereishis quiz from the Kislev 5766 Bulletin, by Dr. Leibe Warner:
1)
Which man asked for a
city to be saved and had his request fulfilled?
Lot (19:18 - 21).
2)
Where is honey
mentioned for the first time? Yaakov
sent to Yoseph (43:11).
3)
Identify twice that
the number 17 is mentioned.
Yaakov
was sold at age 17 (37:2) and Yaakov lived 17 years in Egypt (47:28).
4)
The number
100 is mentioned in connection with each of the three Avos.
Identify each instance.
Avraham
was 100 years old at the time of Yitzchak's birth (21:15).
Yitzchak found "meah shearim"
(a hundredfold) (26:12). Yaakov bought land for a hundred kesitahs
(33:19).
5)
Identify a passuk
that ends with the two words "yayomer
Yaakov". 32:28.
6)
How many years did
Yishmael live? 137
(25:17).
7)
Where are
teeth mentioned for the first time? Yehudah's
blessing (49:12).
8)
Identify a passuk
that all its words end with the same Hebrew letter. (32:15).
9)
Name three
men who each had twelve children.
Should
have read 12 sons! a) Nachor (22:20-24). b)
Yishmael (25:12-15). c) Yaakov (35:22).
10)
Identify
two passukim
that each contain five consecutive two-lettered words. (5:32)
and (35:17).