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Joshua 16 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Land for Joseph's Sons

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolGod Gives a Home

treepeoplePathmountain

Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenA Home

TREE → picture 2CITY → picture 4PATH → picture 1FAMILY → picture 3

Grade 1Joseph's Sons

Joseph had two sons. → picture 2Their names were Manasseh and Ephraim. → picture 4Their land went to Bethel. → picture 5Ephraim got land in the hills. → picture 1They got cities too. → picture 3

Order:

1. The lot came out for the children of Joseph2. Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance3. the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim4. the Canaanites who lived in Gezer

Grade 2Land for Ephraim

  1. Who were Joseph's two sons? Manasseh and Ephraim (circle)
  2. How did their land come? By lot (circle)
  3. Where did the land go up to? Through the hills to Bethel
  4. Where did Ephraim's land go? All the way to the sea
  5. What city did Ephraim not drive people out of? Gezer (circle)
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Grade 3The Children of Joseph

  1. Where did the lot for Joseph's children begin? At the Jordan at Jericho
  2. Who were the children of Joseph? Manasseh and Ephraim
  3. Where did Ephraim's border go west? To the sea
  4. Where were some of Ephraim's cities set apart? Inside the land of Manasseh
  5. Who stayed in Gezer? The Canaanites
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Grade 4A Double Portion for Joseph

  1. Why did Joseph's line receive a double share? Joseph's family received land as two tribes.
  2. Where did the lot of Joseph's sons climb to? Bethel
  3. Where did some of Ephraim's cities lie? In the middle of Manasseh's land
  4. What did partial obedience leave in the land? Problems

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5Settling for Less

  1. Who had taken Joseph's sons as his own? Jacob
  2. What did the lot of Joseph's children go up through? The hill country
  3. Where were some of Ephraim's cities set apart? In the middle of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh
  4. What did Ephraim gain by not driving out the Canaanites? Workers
  5. What do God's gifts call for, according to the book of Joshua? Full obedience
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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