Answers — The Patriarchs

Stuck on a level? Here are all the hints and answers for the The Patriarchs world of the Bible Words game.

Level 1 — THE CALL

Secret phrase: GET THEE OUT OF THY COUNTRY

  • Mount of blessing opposite Ebal during the covenant ceremony — GERIZIM
  • Term for Esau's rank as the firstborn twin son of Isaac — ELDER
  • Belief Jesus praised in Jairus and the woman with an issue of blood — FAITH
  • Bird noted in scripture for knowing her appointed times — STORK
  • Way the Jordan's waters piled up as the priests stood in the riverbed — HEAP
  • Exiled priest who saw wheels within wheels and dry bones live — EZEKIEL
  • Empire under Cyrus that allowed the exiles to go home — PERSIA
  • Ruler of the feast who tasted the transformed drink at Cana — GOVERNOR
  • Man struck down for touching the sacred chest on its journey — UZZAH
  • One of the nations, with the Amorites, promised to Israel — HITTITES
  • Eloquent preacher taught more perfectly by Aquila and Priscilla — APOLLOS
  • What God promised never to do to Joshua, nor fail him — FORSAKE
  • Trusted counselor whose advice was turned to foolishness — AHITHOPHEL
  • Land the shipwrecked crew swam and floated toward — SHORE
  • Communication with God offered by Jesus before feeding the crowd — PRAYER
  • What fell from Saul's eyes when Ananias laid hands on him — SCALES
  • Mary's role at the wedding in Cana, who told servants to obey him — MOTHER
  • What the ailing woman did to Jesus' hem to be healed — TOUCHED
  • What only one of the ten healed men gave to Jesus — THANKS
  • Psalm 105 word for the irons that hurt Joseph's feet in prison — FETTERS
  • King who was eaten of worms after refusing God the glory — HEROD
  • Wooden frame binding oxen together for plowing — YOKE

Level 2 — THE PROMISE

Secret phrase: SEED AS THE STARS OF HEAVEN

  • Good news record; Matthew, Mark, Luke and John each wrote one — GOSPEL
  • Tishbite prophet who challenged the priests of Baal on Carmel — ELIJAH
  • Word Jesus used to describe the girl who was actually dead — SLEEPETH
  • What Joshua did with Canaan among Israel's twelve tribes — DIVIDE
  • Prophet who foretold a great dearth throughout the world — AGABUS
  • Inner life the Lord restores, according to a famous shepherd's song — SOUL
  • Violent storm that struck Jonah's fleeing ship at sea — TEMPEST
  • Number of days the messengers hid in the mountain from pursuers — THREE
  • Wedding attendees who enjoyed the miraculous wine — GUESTS
  • Mariners who cast Jonah overboard to calm the raging sea — SAILORS
  • Feast day when the Holy Spirit descended with fire and wind — PENTECOST
  • KJV word describing the thin ears scorched by the east wind — BLASTED
  • Beast killed alongside a lion before a famous duel in the valley — BEAR
  • Companion who sang hymns with Paul in the Philippian jail — SILAS
  • What the wise man built his house upon — ROCK
  • Walking tool a shepherd carried, scorned by an armored giant — STAFF
  • Title meaning Anointed One, given to the Messiah — CHRIST
  • Those who carried the ark and blew trumpets around Jericho — PRIESTS
  • Port city where Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia — TROAS
  • Deliverance from sin, offered as a free gift — SALVATION
  • Divine ability by which Jesus performed his wonders — POWER
  • Realm ruled first from Hebron and later from Zion — KINGDOM

Level 3 — THE SON

Secret phrase: ISAAC THE SON OF PROMISE

  • Son of Abraham and Keturah, ancestor of desert traders — MIDIAN
  • Fatherly pronouncement Jacob obtained by deceiving Isaac — BLESSING
  • Wealthy, churlish man of Carmel whose wife later remarried — NABAL
  • Promised land given to Abraham's descendants — CANAAN
  • Southern royal city captured on the second day of siege — LACHISH
  • Joseph's age when he stood before Pharaoh — THIRTY
  • Ruler of Egypt whose dreams Joseph interpreted — PHARAOH
  • Final day of the siege, marked by multiple circuits and a great shout — SEVENTH
  • Host at Thessalonica whose house the angry mob attacked — JASON
  • What Isaac recognized as Jacob's, though hands felt hairy — VOICE
  • Small rock-dwelling creature counted among unclean beasts — CONEY
  • What Jacob refused to accept from his sons after Joseph's loss — COMFORT
  • Blazing structure heated seven times hotter than usual — FURNACE
  • Sacred song, many of which are credited to the shepherd king — PSALM
  • Abraham's wife, mother of Isaac in her old age — SARAH
  • To set apart a king by pouring oil upon his head — ANOINT
  • What the chief butler failed to do for Joseph until later — REMEMBER
  • Philippian officer who was baptized after his household believed — JAILER
  • Restraint device that held the feet of Paul and Silas — STOCKS
  • To make unclean or unholy under the law of Moses — DEFILE

Level 4 — THE LADDER

Secret phrase: A LADDER REACHED UP TO HEAVEN

  • Feast Israel kept in the plains of Jericho after crossing the Jordan — PASSOVER
  • Brass headgear worn by the Philistine champion of Gath — HELMET
  • Companion of Daniel later known by the name Abednego — AZARIAH
  • Sect that denied the resurrection and opposed the apostles — SADDUCEE
  • Great goddess of the Ephesians whose silver shrines Demetrius made — DIANA
  • What Joseph falsely accused his brothers of being — SPIES
  • Green ground covering where the crowd sat to be fed — GRASS
  • Persian king who decreed that the temple be rebuilt — CYRUS
  • Where five Amorite kings hid from Joshua's army — CAVE
  • Plain near Hebron where Abraham pitched his tent — MAMRE
  • Wooden beam on which the Savior was crucified — CROSS
  • Small plant used to sprinkle blood at the first Passover — HYSSOP
  • Number of stars that bowed to Joseph in his second dream — ELEVEN
  • Coming punishment prophets warned rebellious nations about — JUDGMENT
  • Sharp-sighted bird of prey named among unclean fowls — VULTURE
  • Galilean town that served as a base for Jesus' ministry — CAPERNAUM
  • Strong defense a famous psalm calls God, alongside a rock — FORTRESS
  • Substance the brothers used to stain Joseph's coat — BLOOD
  • Bundles of grain that bowed down to Joseph's own bundle in his dream — SHEAVES
  • Joseph's second son, whose name means fruitfulness — EPHRAIM
  • One who killed unintentionally and could flee to a safe city — SLAYER
  • Venomous creature that fastened on Paul's hand at Melita — VIPER
  • Disciple who briefly stepped onto the water himself — PETER
  • Non-Jewish person to whom Peter and Paul both carried the gospel — GENTILE

Level 5 — THE WRESTLING

Secret phrase: JACOB WRESTLED WITH THE ANGEL

  • Righteous man tested by loss of family, health and wealth — JOB
  • Priest of Bethel who told the shepherd-prophet Amos to flee — AMAZIAH
  • Prophet who foretold Ahab's death despite four hundred false rivals — MICAIAH
  • Precious metal used for the chain Pharaoh placed on Joseph — GOLD
  • What the crowd did before Joseph as his chariot passed by — BOW
  • Farmer in a parable who scattered seed on various soils — SOWER
  • Upper chamber where the disciples waited before Pentecost — ROOM
  • Father of eight sons whose youngest tended sheep near Bethlehem — JESSE
  • Container in which Benjamin's silver cup was hidden — SACK
  • Stew made deadly by wild gourds until Elisha made it safe — POTTAGE
  • Young animal in a parable, loved by a poor man as his own child — LAMB
  • Place named for a well and an oath between two men — BEERSHEBA
  • City on whose road Saul saw a blinding light from heaven — DAMASCUS
  • Number of pieces of silver paid for Joseph — TWENTY
  • One of Daniel's three companions, later renamed Meshach — MISHAEL
  • Son of Adam and Eve, born in place of Abel — SETH
  • What each tribe did with its allotted portion of Canaan — INHERITED
  • Village near Jerusalem, home of Martha, Mary and their brother — BETHANY
  • KJV term for the Spirit of God, third person of the Trinity — GHOST
  • Mother of three of the king's fiercest commanders — ZERUIAH
  • Third companion thrown into the blazing furnace with his friends — ABEDNEGO
  • Time of day when Jesus came walking upon the sea — NIGHT
  • Land where Joseph rose to power under Pharaoh — EGYPT
  • First martyr, stoned after his defense before the council — STEPHEN
  • Describes the thin, ill-favoured cattle in Pharaoh's dream — LEAN

Level 6 — THE TRIBES

Secret phrase: THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL

  • KJV word for Joseph's brothers throughout the narrative — BRETHREN
  • One who inherits; Abram feared a servant would be his — HEIR
  • Female sheep at the heart of Nathan's parable about a poor man — EWE
  • Royal seat promised to be established forever through a covenant — THRONE
  • Vehement element from the east that battered Jonah's fleeing ship — WIND
  • Cupbearer who returned to rebuild Jerusalem's broken walls — NEHEMIAH
  • Substance shaped on a potter's wheel in Jeremiah's object lesson — CLAY
  • Curtain in the temple torn in two at the moment of death — VEIL
  • Endless duration promised to those who believe — ETERNITY
  • Status Paul claimed as a Roman-born man to avoid a beating — CITIZEN
  • Boldness God repeatedly urged Joshua to have, with strength — COURAGE
  • Peter's rooftop experience of a sheet full of animals — VISION
  • Dry remains in a valley that came to life through breath — BONES
  • What Jesus did to the wind before the sea grew calm — REBUKED
  • Whip Paul was nearly beaten with until he claimed his status — SCOURGE
  • Gospel writer who alone recorded the miracle at Cana — JOHN
  • Group of sheep a shepherd leads and guards — FLOCK
  • Unclean animals into which a legion of spirits entered — SWINE
  • Nineveh's response of abstaining from food after Jonah's warning — FAST
  • Costly spice among gifts brought by wise men — MYRRH
  • Disciple replaced by Matthias after his death — JUDAS
  • KJV verb describing how Jacob tore his clothes in grief — RENT
  • Number of sons born to Jacob — TWELVE

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