As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he hurried to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, and there Jacob told him all these things.

• Genesis 29:13

But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.

• Genesis 33:4

Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

• Genesis 48:10

His left arm is under my head and his right arm embraces me.

• Song of Songs 8:3

Then I said, “Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel. Should you not embrace justice,

• Micah 3:1

Notice the verses above.  It is obvious that Laban embraced Jacob and Esau embraced Jacob.  But sometimes we might embrace an inanimate object.  Sometimes we might embrace a principle, like justice.

I was thinking of creating an answer list, but I decided not to.  The exact wording for some of these questions might not be necessary.  Sometimes the question is a fill in the blank question.  In the other cases, the verse is copied, with a question about defining who the pronouns are in the verse.

The question column will be in biblical order.

The Questions:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin embraced him, weeping. Who embraced Benjamin?	Genesis 45:14	Joseph after revealing his identity to his brothers
2	Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them Who did Jacob embrace by name?	Genesis 48:10	Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph’s sons before Jacob blessed them
3	People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced ____, worshiping and serving them—that is why the Lord brought all this disaster on them.’”	1 Kings 9:9	Other gods
4	Cherish her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you. Who should you cherish, exalt, and embrace?	Proverbs 4:8	Wisdom
5	Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife? Why embrace ____?	Proverbs 5:20	the bosom of a wayward woman
6	His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces _____.	Song of Songs 2:6	“Me”, the Shulammite
7	You, Lord, have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob. They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and embrace ____.	Isaiah 2:6	pagan customs
8	Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Even with ____ in your embrace guard the words of your lips.	Micah 7:5	the woman who lies
9	They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him. Who is being embraced by whom?	Acts 20:37	Paul was embraced by the Ephesians elders before Paul left for Jerusalem where Paul was arrested.
10	By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced ____ was about to sacrifice his one and only son,	Hebrews 11:17	The promises

We should embrace God and the things of God.  God is good.  God is just.  God is holy.  God is love.

God makes promises and He keeps those promises.  God cannot lie.

God can be trusted.  And the faith that God freely gives is sufficient for salvation if we will only accept it.

Embrace Him.

It will be the best hug you have ever had.

And thank you, Kathy, from atimetoshare.me, our conversation by comments probably led to this.

Bible References:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.”	Joshua 24:24	And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.”
2	This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.	Psalm 34:6	This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.
3	Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.	Jeremiah 29:12	Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
4	Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.	Matthew 7:24	Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
5	He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”	Luke 11:28	He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
6	Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you	Philippians 4:9	Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you
7	My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.	James 1:19	My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.
8	Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.	James 1:22	Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
9	This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.	1 John 5:14	This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
10	Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.	Revelation 3:20	Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

Yesterday, I did a lot of research for the story of Babs doing “the Talk” with her step granddaughter, Madison (Maddie) and her boyfriend Mike Lothrop Kildare.

And the idea of God embracing us reminded me of something that Gloria Gaither once said about the Gaither’s first big hit, He Touched Me.  The idea that almighty God would reach down to earth to touch me is overwhelming.  Now, to go further, He embraces us.

Almighty God loves us with that type of intensity.

Here on earth, when we find that kind of love, we never want to let it go.

God loves us with that level of intensity, but can we respond with just one hour each week?

I do not think that is possible.

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The Answers:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.”	Joshua 24:24 – Answer 8	And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.”
2	This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.	Psalm 34:6 – Answer 4	This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.
3	Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.	Jeremiah 29:12 – Answer 1	Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
4	Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.	Matthew 7:24 – Answer 6	Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
5	He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”	Luke 11:28 – Answer 10	He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
6	Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you	Philippians 4:9 – Answer 7	Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you
7	My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.	James 1:19- Answer 3	My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.
8	Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.	James 1:22- Answer 2	Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
9	This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.	1 John 5:14 – Answer 9	This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
10	Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.	Revelation 3:20 – Answer 5	Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

Whether you did well on this quiz or, ummm, not so well, for the first video, here is Embraceable You sung by Judy Garland from the movie Girl Crazy (1943).  I may have to add this one to my list of Old Songs to write about.

Here is New Creation Worship, with Embraced.

Here is Heavenly Harmonies Worship, singing In Your Embrace.

In Your embrace, I am forever whole.

If you like these Saturday morning Bible quizzes, but you think you missed a few, you can use this LINK. I have set up a page off the home page for links to these Saturday morning posts. I will continue to modify the page as I add more.

Soli Deo Gloria.  Only to God be the Glory.