Chapter Genesis 49 Question/Answer 1 Question 1 1. Why does Jacob say that Reuben won't excel? Answer 1 v 4 ... you shall not excel; because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch. (see Genesis 35 v 22) Question/Answer 2 Question 2 2. Which of Jacob’s sons was blessed with the promise of being like a lion and ruling over his brothers? Answer 2 v 8 and 9 ... Your father’s sons will bow down before you. Judah is a lion’s cub. ... Question/Answer 3 Question 3 3. Who did Jacob want to be buried with in the cave in the field of Machpelah? Answer 3 v 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
