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JACOB

ABIMELECH (from the time of the Judges)

RUTH NAOMI

METHUSELAH

Cut apart these squares. You can glue them randomly onto a copy of the following page with the blank squares, or you can just set out these name squares on the table, forming them into a 5 by 5 square shape. If you use the no-glue method, you can rearrange the squares between games if you want to.

TIP: If you want to use the no-glue method, consider copying the name squares onto heavy card stock paper.

Old Testament people Bingo

Clue set 1: 1) As a child, he heard calling his name. (Samuel) 2) She had a baby when she was 90. (Sarah) 3) He got tricked into marrying a woman he did not love. () 4) He had 3 sons after his 500th birthday. (Noah) 5) She died while giving birth to her second son. (Rachel) 6) He won a battle with only 300 soldiers... and a of help from God! (Gideon) 7) His name means “my father is king.” His father was Gideon. (Abimelech) 8) She was born in the land of and became an Israelite through marriage. () 9) She went to the Tabernacle to pray to God to give her a child. (Hannah) 10) He was the first person ever to be born. (Cain) 11) His name means “laughter.” (Isaac) 12) He was born in the land of Egypt and had an older brother and sister. (Moses) 13) She was the only woman to lead the army of Israel into battle. (Deborah) 14) She was the mother of 6 of the 12 sons of Jacob. (Leah) 15) He spoke to Pharaoh because Moses was afraid. (Aaron) 16) He was the high priest at the Tabernacle when Samuel was young. (Eli) 17) He holds the record for the longest living human (that we know of). () 18) She lost her husband and both sons in the land of Moab. (Naomi) 19) He was Moses’ assistant. (Joshua) 20) God told him to leave his home. (Abraham) 21) His sons were named and Manasseh. (Joseph) 22) She led Israel in a celebration dance after the Red Sea closed. (Miriam) 23) He caught foxes and tied burning torches to their tails. (Samson) 24) He had a son named . (Adam) 25) He lost his first born son in the 10th plague. (Pharaoh)

Clue set 2: 1) He chopped down his father’s idol in the middle of the night. (Gideon) 2) God told him to take off his shoes. (Moses) 3) God removed one of his ribs. (Adam) 4) This woman’s name means “pleasant.” (Naomi) 5) She was taken by the King of but promptly returned when God spoke to the king. (Sarah) 6) He commanded the sun to stand still. (Joshua) 7) He worshiped Ra, the sun god. (Pharaoh) 8) She was the oldest daughter of . (Leah) 9) He told a riddle at his wedding reception. (Samson) 10) His sons were named Hophni and Phineas. (Eli) 11) His father was taken straight to heaven without dying. (Methuselah) 12) He threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and it became a snake. (Aaron) (not Moses!) 13) Her husband’s name was . (Hannah) 14) His wife gave birth to twins. (Isaac) 15) She complained about her brother and God punished her by giving her leprosy. (Miriam) 16) This person worked with an army general named . (Deborah) 17) This person’s name means “rest.” (Noah) 18) He had 12 sons and 1 daughter. (Jacob) 19) He became ruler of Egypt second only to Pharaoh. (Joseph) 20) He anointed as king. (Samuel) 21) She was the great-grandmother of King . (Ruth) 22) He killed his 70 brothers. (Abimelech) 23) God told this man that would be destroyed by fire. (Abraham) 24) God marked this man so that no one would kill him. (Cain) 25) Her husband worked for 14 years to earn the privilege of marrying her. (Rachel) Clue set 3: 1) He fell over dead when he was told that the ark of God was captured. (Eli) 2) His nickname was Jerub-, meaning “he contends with Ba’al.” (Gideon) 3) A woman dropped a heavy millstone on his head. (Abimelech) 4) She had a maid named . (Leah) 5) She was the first person to be buried in the cave of Macpelah near . (Sarah) 6) His father’s name was Nun. (Joshua) 7) This person wrote a long victory song, recorded in the . (Deborah) 8) He lived ten generations before Noah. (Adam) 9) This man was called “blameless among the people of his time.” (Noah) 10) He spent several years in an Egyptian prison. (Joseph) 11) She asked Pharaoh’s daughter if she needed help. (Miriam) 12) She had a maid named . (Rachel) 13) He returned to earth for a brief time after he died, to deliver one final message to Israel’s first king. (Samuel) 14) He married a woman he had never met. (Isaac) 15) His enemies cut out his eyes. (Samson) 16) Her husband’s name was Elimelech who was from Bethlehem. (Naomi) 17) His great-great-great grandsons learned to forge bronze and iron, and also to make harps and flutes. (Cain) 18) His name means “when he dies the judgment comes.” (Methuselah) 19) His father was named . (Abraham) 20) She gave her son to the Lord when he was only about three years old. (Hannah) 21) She met her husband during the barley harvest. (Ruth) 22) He had a twin brother. (Jacob) 23) He commanded the largest army of his day. (Pharaoh) 24) Two of his sons were named Nadab and Abihu and they perished by God’s fiery wrath. (Aaron) 25) He was raised as a prince, then became a shepherd. (Moses)

Clue set 4: 1) He lived in the land of Nod. (Cain) 2) He was one of the two spies that Moses sent out to spy out . (Joshua) 3) God changed his name to mean “exalted father.” (Abraham) 4) One of her sons was , the tribe that would come from. (Leah) 5) He was born holding his brother’s heel. (Jacob) 6) She was Abraham’s sister by a different mother. (Sarah) 7) She had grandsons named Ephraim and Manasseh. (Rachel) 8) He had the privilege of anointing not one, but two kings. (Samuel) 9) He never drank any wine or grape juice nor ate any raisins. (Samson) 10) This man was compared to a thorn bush in a parable told by Jotham, son of Gideon. (Abimelech) 11) She was the great-great grandmother of King David. (Naomi) 12) This man had a grandson named Canaan. (Noah) 13) Her first husband was named Mahlon, which means “sick.” (Ruth) 14) His wife’s father was named . (Moses) 15) He is responsible for the thistles in your garden. (Adam) 16) He helped the to make a . (Aaron) 17) He asked his men to each give him a gold earing from the plunder and he made them into an idol. (Gideon) 18) His name means “He will add.: (Joseph) 19) Her name means “grace.” (Hannah) 20) This judge held court under a palm tree in the hill country of Ephraim. (Deborah) 21) His daughter had an adopted son. (Pharaoh) 22) Her father was and her mother was . (Miriam) 23) God punished this man and his family by declaring that no one in the family would ever reach old age but would die tragic early deaths. (Eli) 24) He probably died the year began. (Methuselah) 25) He had 12 grandsons. (Isaac)