288 THE HISTORICAL CATECHISM. afterwards became a verygood man, and prayed and prevailed for a blessing from God ; Gen. xxxii. 26, 28. 26. Q. How many sons bad Jacob or Israel ? A. Twelve, who were called the twelve patriarchs, or fathers of the twelve tribes of Israel Gen. xxxv. 22. Acts vii. 8. 27. Q. Who was the most famous of Israel's sons ? A. Joseph, whom his brethren sold into Egypt, and he afterwards became the ruler of the land under Pharoah the king ; Gen. xxxvii. 27. and xli. 40. Acts vii. 9, 10. 28. Q. Did not he then revengehimself upon his brethren ? A. No, he sent for them and their families, together with his father in the time of famine, and fed them all in the land of Egypt ; Gen. Xlv. 4-7. 29. Q. Did the families of Israel continue to dwell in Egypt? A. Yes, till another Pharoah king of Egypt made slaves of them, and drowned their children, and then God delivered them by the hand of Moses ; Ex. i. 11, 22, and iii. 7. and v. 1 30. Q. What was this Moses? A. He was one of the children of Israel who was wonderfully saved from drowning by Pharaoh's own daughter when he was a child ; Ex. ii. 10. 31. Q. How did God appoint him to deliver Israel ? A.. God appeared to him in a burning bush as he was keeping sheep, and sent him to Pharaoh to bid him let Israel go; Ex. iii. 1 -18. 32. Q, What did Moses do to prove that God had sent him ? A. He wrought several miracles or signs and wonders in the sight of Pharaoh ; Ex. iv. 1 -10. 33. Q. How did Moses at last deliver the people from their slavery ? A. When Pharoah refused to let the people go, God gave him power to smite Egypt with many plagues. See the vii. viii. ix. x. and xi. chapters of Ex. 34. Q. What was the last of these plagues which procured the release of Israel ? A. An angel destroyed all the first-horn of the Egyptians, in one night, but he passed over and did not hurt any of the families of Israel ; Ex. xii. 27, 29. 35. Q. Howwas this deliverance of Israel kept in remem- brance to following ages ? A. God appointed the yearly sacrifice of a lamb in every family, which was called the feast of the passover? Ex. xii. 3, &c. 36. Q. When Pharaoh let Israel go out of Egypt how did they get over the red sea? A. Moses with his rod divided the waters of the sea asunder, and the people went through upon dry ground; Ex. xiv, 26, 21, 29. 37. Q. What became óf the Egyptians that followed them ? A. When Moses stetched his hand over the sea, the waters returned upon the Egyptians, and they were all drowned; Ex. xiv. 28.
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