Afterward who came to be called by this title?
Answer
"Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; . . . Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and
Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. . . . Joseph." Ex. 1: 1-5.
NOTE - In other words, the descendants of Jacob, the grandson of Abraham, were known as the
twelve tribes of Israel.
Through whom will Abraham receive the promise of the future inheritance?
How necessary is faith?
What is declared to be the chief advantage possessed by the Jews?
To whom was this covenant-promise later renewed?
From what statement do we learn that these ordinances related to the sacrificial system?
How are the people described who are developed by the threefold message here referred to?
Will even this terrible judgment lead men to repent?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle