Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-07
BIBLE QUERY CONTEST
BROUGHT TO A CLOSE
Prize Winners Will Be Announced
June "a at First Congrega-
tional Church.

| fare department of the District o
Columbia Federation of Woman!
Clubs through The Star. has beer
brought to a close and the answers t.
| the last twenty live of the 100 ques
| tons are announced here.
! The prize winners are to be an
| nounced al a big meeting to be held
| First Congregational Church, 10th ant
| G. streets, at o'clock on the night o.
June "a. 1t is expected member OF
Congress will address the children
who have competed in the contest ant
will also award the prizes.
Many letters commencing the confess
have been received by the committed
in charge and scores of answers nave
been received by The Star.
rs. The name of Jacob was changed
to Israel. Israelites of today claim
to be descendants of Jacob. and there
fore bear the maine of Israel Gen
esis. 32.2S and 35.10D
a. Jacob was evidently twice told
that his name no longer would be
Jacob but Israel. Genesis. So.2S and
35.10D
rs. In wrestling with the man tan-
geld the muscle of Jacobs thigh was
strained and contracted so that he
was obliged to halt on his journey
the following day. For that reason
his descendants would not "eat of the
sinew that shrank." Genesis, S2.25,
81 and 32)
10. Jacob had twelve sons, each of
whom became the head of a tribe of
people-1 Reuben, co Simeon, 90
Levi, (4) Judah, 60 Dan. co Naph-
tall. 90 Cad. (s) Asher. 90 Issachar,
90 Zebulon. GD Joseph. 12) Ben
jamin. (Genesls. 1882 to 80: sos, s,
II. 10, is. 90. "a: 35.1s. See also 1929
so. Benja amin, Jacobs youngest
oh of
day of his birth. His mother named
him Ben-oni. but his father. for some
unknown reason. called him Benja :
min. Genesis. 1915 to is.
81. Joseph when lad had dream
that at first displeased his father,
his dream being that the sun, moon
and eleven stars bowed down before
him. This Jacob Interpreted to mean
that he. the mother and Joseph's
eleven brothers would some time bow
themselves down before Joseph,
which really did happen later. Gen
esis. 37.5 to II. See also his dream
of the wheat, verses 6 to 81
50. Rachel carried idols from her
fathers house and hid them in her
camers furniture. then sat upon them
to keep them. from being found. thus
bringing much anxiety and trouble
upon her husband. Genesis. 1892 to
By
SO. To Abram God revealed that the
families of his great-grandchildre
would be in bondage in strange
land EgypD for 400 years. Gen
esis. 1913 to 16.
81 The first man in history to con-
serve food for a nations approaching
famine was Joseph. Genesis, 41.33 to
So: also verses Al to 40 and So to SD
SIS. Jacob and his sons were shep-
herds; to be a shepherd. meant social
ostracism in Egypt. In other words
the occupation was an abomlnatlon to
the Egyptian Genesis, 46.34.)
&C. The first instance. in the Bible,
of a body being embalmed after death
is that of Jacobs body. Genesis,
50.2)
81. The funeral of Jacob, the first
to be described in Bible history. was
very elaborate; % the body was first
embalmed; (2) the body was then,
evidently. kept for forty days to test
the embalming; go there was then a
time of mourning by the people of
Egypt that lasted seventy days; 90
the body was then taken to Canaan,
Jacobs former home: 90 in the pro-
cessfon were servants and elders from
the kings household: C6) and all the
children and relatives of Jacob except
the little ones; 90 there were also
chariots and horses; go on the way
the procession halted, CD and there was
a special mourning that lasted seven
days: 1O) the body was finally buried
in Hebron-in the cave of Machpelah
where Abraham. his wife Sarah and
his son Isaac. were buried. Genesis,
500 to 49,
50. The second funeral is not SO
fully described, but we are told that
Joseph's body was also embalmed
(2) that his body was laid in coffin
(3) and that the body was laid away
to rest in the land of Egypt. (The
funeral of Joseph was not really COM
L. liz
carried to Canaan) Genesis, 1928
and 26)
SO. The Christ like counsel given by
Jacob to his. sons. just before his
death was. that he should ask their
brother Joseph to forgive them for
the evil they had done him. (Gene-
sis. 5o.16 and I'D
90 The performance of circumcis-
ion, established by Abram, according
to Gods instructions. became religi-
Gus rite among his descendants
Genesis, 17.9 and 27)
81 Manasseh and Ephraim, sons of
Joseph, were blessed by their grand
father crossing his hands as he laid
them upon their heads Genesis
4Ss to 20.),
90. The sons of Heth said to Abra-
ham, Thou art mighty prince among
us Genesis, 1850
SO. The selling of Joseph is the first
Bible account of the buying and sell.
ing of a human being. His brothers
did the selling. and the hmeelites die
the buying. Genesis, 37.2SD
a. Benjamin, a little hoy. was the
first person in history to be falsely ac'
cused of stealing. Genesis, 44.9 tc
12D
95 The words spoken to Joseph by
his father-in-law that are. today uset
very often for the closing of religious
services are, The Lord watch between
me and thee when we are absent one
from another. Genesis. 31.49D
Sc The longest chapter in Genesi:
is the twenty-fourth; it tells of the
selection of Isaac's wife. or in Other
words. of Isaac's courtship. (No ref
\ erenceD
81. God is mentioned in the frs
chapter thirty-two times. although
there are but thirty-one verses in thu
| chapter (No reference
| 9S. Joseph is the first person on rec
| ord to be imprisoned and after being
! released from prison to be imme
diately given a position of power mex
only to the king. Genesis, 1920 ant
: 81 4 and 44D
! 80. God revealed to Joseph that hi
! relatives would some day carry hi
: bones to Canaan. Genesis. 1924 ant
/ 50
/ 200 In his last words to his sons
Jacob said that the scepter would no
, depart from Judah till Shilow come
thus indicating another and create
ruler (Some interpret it till all m
come to Shilow, or to Worship, whicl
stin refers to another ruler. Genesis
i 49.10D
THREE PARTIES WILL HIKE.