Genesis Bible quiz

Question 1

What is the first thing the Bible says God made holy?

Accepted Answer

A day. "God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy" (2:3). When God gives Israel the Sabbath, he points back here: "therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy" (Exodus 20:11).

Question 2

How does the chapter end?

Accepted Answer

Noah did all that God commanded him. "Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him."

Question 3

Terah's family set out for Canaan. Where did they settle?

Accepted Answer

Haran. "They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there."

Question 4

What name did Hagar give the LORD who spoke to her?

Accepted Answer

A God who sees. "She called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, 'You are a God who sees.'" (16:13)

Question 5

Why did Abraham call the place Beersheba?

Accepted Answer

Because they both swore an oath there. "Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there."

Question 6

Why did Abimelech want a covenant with Isaac?

Accepted Answer

He saw plainly that the LORD was with Isaac. "We saw plainly that the LORD was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us.'"

Question 7

What did Laban say at Mizpah?

Accepted Answer

"The LORD watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another". "The LORD watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another."

Question 8

When did the kings of Edom reign, according to 36:31?

Accepted Answer

Before any king reigned over the children of Israel. "These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel."

Question 9

Why did Joseph name his second son Ephraim?

Accepted Answer

"God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction". "The name of the second, he called Ephraim: 'For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.'"

Question 10

Why did Joseph tell them to say they were keepers of livestock?

Accepted Answer

So they could dwell in the land of Goshen. "That you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."

Genesis Bible quiz

What is the first thing the Bible says God made holy?

How does the chapter end?

Terah's family set out for Canaan. Where did they settle?

What name did Hagar give the LORD who spoke to her?

Why did Abraham call the place Beersheba?

Why did Abimelech want a covenant with Isaac?

What did Laban say at Mizpah?

When did the kings of Edom reign, according to 36:31?

Why did Joseph name his second son Ephraim?

Why did Joseph tell them to say they were keepers of livestock?

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