BIBLE TRIVIA GENESIS First Book of MOSES The Beginning. 1. On which day of the creation did God create the Sun, Moon, and stars?

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1 1. On which day of the creation did God create the Sun, Moon, and stars? 1:14 2. On the fifth day of creation, what did God create along with the creatures of the sea? 1: What land did the Gihon river (which also originated from Eden) flow through? 2: Which was the only tree in the Garden of Eden that man was not allowed to eat from? 2: Who named all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air? 2: Which bone did God take from the first man to make the first woman? 2: Which creature convinced the first woman to eat from the tree in the middle of the garden? 3: What did Adam and Eve sew together to clothe themselves after they ate the forbidden fruit? 3: What did God curse as a result of Adam disobeying him and eating the forbidden fruit? 3: Who made clothes for Adam and Eve out of skins? 3: Why did God place cherubim and a flaming sword at the entrance to the garden after he drove Adam and Eve out? 3: Who was Adam's firstborn son? 4:1 13. Abel tended the flocks. What was Cain's occupation? 4:2 14. When both Cain and Abel brought offerings to the LORD, upon which offering did the LORD look with favor? 4: Who said: "Am I my brother's keeper?" 4: What was the name of the land Cain settled in after he left the Lord's presence? 4:16 1

2 17. Which son was born to Adam and Eve to replace Abel, whom Cain had killed? 4: How old was Adam when he died? 5:5 19. Who was the father of Enoch, and lived 962 years? 5: How old was Methuselah when he died? 5: Who was the father of Noah? 5: As men began to increase on the earth, how many years did God limit man's lifespan to? 6: What kind of wood was Noah's ark to be made out of? 6: How long was Noah's ark to be? 6: How many decks was Noah's ark to have? 6: How old was Noah when he entered the ark? 7: How long did the rain fall on the earth while Noah was in the ark? 7: Who shut Noah, his companions, and all the creatures brought to him in the ark? 7: What was the first bird released from the Ark? 8: What was the second bird that Noah released from the ark to see if the waters had receded? 8:8 31. What kind of leaf was in the dove's beak when it returned to Noah on the ark? 8: What was the sign God created as a reminder of his covenant to never again destroy all life with a flood? 9: Which of Noah's sons saw him naked after he had become drunk? 9: How old was Noah when he died? 9:29 2

3 35. Where did the people begin building what would become known as the Tower of Babel? 11: What did the LORD do upon seeing the tower the people were building on the plain in Shinar? 11: How old was Shem when his first son was born to him? 11: What was Abram's father's name? 11: What relationship was Abram to Lot? 11: What was Abram's wife's name? 11: How old was Abram when he (per God's command) set out from Haran with Lot? 12:4 42. When Abram and Sarai entered Egypt, who did Sarai pretend to be? 12: While in Egypt, who took Sarai as his own wife while she pretended to be Abram's sister? 12: Why did Lot and Abram part company after wandering together through the Negev? 13: After Lot parted company from Abram, which city did he eventually pitch his tent near? 13: Birsha, who was one of the 5 kings who fought against Kedorlaomer, was king of what city? 14: What is the Valley of Siddim otherwise known as? 14:3 48. What did some of the men of Sodom and Gomorrah fall into as they fled Kedorlaomer? 14: Why did Abram and his men pursue the men of Kedorlaomer after they (Kedorlaomer's men) had defeated Sodom and Gomorrah? 14: With how many men did Abram pursue Kedorlaomer in order to rescue Lot? 14:14 3

4 51. Of what city was Melchizedek, who blessed Abram after he returned from defeating Kedorlaomer, king? 14: What was the name of the servant who Abram originally thought would inherit his estate? 15: How old were the heifer, goat, and ram the LORD requested of Abram to be? 15: How long, did the LORD tell Abram, would his descendants be enslaved and mistreated? 15: Which of the following did not appear and pass between the halves of animals Abram had prepared? 15: Who was Sarai's Egyptian maidservant who bore a son to Abram? 16:3 57. When Hagar fled from Sarai, where did the angel of the LORD meet her? 16: What did the LORD command Hagar to name her son? 16: What does "Ishmael" mean? 16: What was the spring/well where the LORD spoke with Hagar called? 16: How old was Abram when Ishmael was born? 16: How old was Abram when the LORD changed his name to Abraham? 17: What did God establish as the sign of the covenant he made with Abraham? 17: How old was a male to be when he underwent circumcision? 17: When the LORD changed Abram's name to Abraham, what did he change Sarai's name to? 17: What did God command Abraham to name the son Sarah would bear to him? 17: What does the name "Isaac" means? 17: How old was Ishmael when God established his covenant with Abraham? 17:

5 69. How many men did Abraham see when the LORD visited him on the way to Sodom? 18: Where was Sarah while Abraham waited on the LORD and the men with him? 18: How did Sarah respond when she overheard the LORD tell Abraham she would have a son? 18: When Abraham "deals" with God concerning the people of Sodom, how many righteous people does Abraham start with? 18: When Abraham "deals" with God concerning the people of Sodom, how many righteous people does Abraham end with? Who was the first to meet the two angels when they arrived at Sodom? Where did the angels originally intend to spend the night in Sodom? When the men of Sodom demanded that Lot bring the angels out to them, who did Lot offer to them instead? 19: Not including the angels themselves, how many people escaped the destruction of Sodom? 19: Why didn't the men pledged to marry Lot's daughters flee Sodom with Lot and his family? 19: When the angels commanded Lot to flee Sodom, to what town did he (Lot) request to flee to? 19: How did the LORD destroy Sodom and Gomorrah? 19: Who was turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back on the destruction of Sodom? 19: Who was the King of Gerar who took Sarah to be his wife? 20: Who told Abimelech that Sarah was actually married? 20;3 5

6 84. What "punishment" did the LORD inflict on Abimelech and his household as a result of him taking Sarah to be his wife? 20: Who prayed for Abimelech so that he would be able to have children again? 20: How much silver did Abimelech give to Abraham to cover his offenses with Sarah? 20: How old was Abraham when Isaac was born to him? 21:5 88. Who did Abraham send away from them for mocking Isaac? 21: In which desert did Hagar and Ishmael wander after they were sent away from Abraham? 21: What did Ishmael become when he grew up? 21: From what country did Hagar get a wife for Ishmael? 21: What did Abimelech's servants seize that caused Abraham to complain? 21: How many ewe lambs did Abraham present to Abimelech that he would affirm Abraham's ownership of the well? 21: What kind of tree did Abraham plant in Beersheba, where he called upon the name of the LORD? 21: God tested Abraham by sending him to Moriah to perform a sacrifice. What was to be sacrificed? 22: Who did Abraham take with him when he initially set out to sacrifice Isaac? 22:3 97. When Abraham and Isaac set out alone (to sacrifice Isaac) what was Isaac carrying? 22: What did God provide for Abraham to sacrifice in place of his son? 22: Which of Abraham's brothers was married to Milcah, who bore him 8 sons? 22: How old was Sarah (Abraham's wife) when she died? 23:1 6

7 101. Where did Sarah (Abraham's wife) die? 23: What request did Abraham make of the Hittites when Sarah died? 23: Who owned the specific cave that Abraham requested from the Hittites as a burial site? 23: Where was the cave that Abraham bought as a burial site for Sarah? 23: How much silver did Abraham pay for the cave of Machpelah? 23: Who did Abraham make an oath with to seek a wife for Isaac among his own (Abraham's) relatives? 24: To which town did Abraham's servant go to find a wife for Isaac? 24: What sign did Abraham's servant ask God for that he might recognize the right woman for Isaac? 24: What was the name of the woman Abraham's servant recognized as Isaac's future wife? 24: Who was Rebekah's father? 24: What relationship to Rebekah was Laban, the first man to meet Abraham's servant? 24: What did Abraham's servant tell Rebekah's household that he would not do until he had told them what he came to say? 24: Rebekah's family requested that she remain with them for how many more days before going to Isaac? 24: What was the name of Abraham's second wife, whom he took after Sarah died? 25: How many sons did Keturah bear to Abraham? 25: To which son did Abraham leave everything he owned when he died? 25: How old was Abraham when he died? 25:7-8 7

8 118. With who was Abraham buried? 25: How old was Isaac when he married Rebekah? 25: Which of Isaac's sons was the firstborn: Esau or Jacob? 25: How old was Isaac when Esau and Jacob were born? 25: For what "price" did Esau sell his birthright to Jacob? 25: By what other name was Esau also known? 25: Per the LORD's instructions, where did Isaac stay when there was a famine in the land? 26: Why did Isaac pretend that Rebekah was his sister when they lived in Gerar? 26: What was Isaac's return on the crops that he planted in Gerar? 26: Why did the Philistines stop up all of Isaac's wells in Gerar? 26: What did Isaac name the well he discovered in the Valley of Gerar that no one quarreled over? 26: Who was the army commander who, along with Abimelech, met with Isaac to make a treaty of peace? 26: Of which people were Esau's first two wives, who brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah? 26: What special task did Isaac send Esau to do before he (Isaac) died? 27: Who told Jacob to impersonate Esau and bring to Isaac the game he thought Esau was bringing? 27: What type of "game" did Rebekah tell Jacob to fetch for Isaac when he was to impersonate Esau? 27: Why did Jacob have his hands and neck covered with goatskins when he served Isaac the meal Rebekah had prepared for him? 27:

9 135. To which of his sons did Isaac say: "May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed." 27: After stealing Isaac's blessing, where did Rebekah tell Jacob to flee to until Esau's fury had subsided? 27: Because of whom did Rebekah tell Isaac "I'm disgusted with living because of [them]?" 27: Among whose daughters did Isaac command Jacob to search for a wife? 28: What did Esau do when he heard of Isaac's command to Jacob to not marry a Canaanite woman? 28: What did Jacob see in a dream as he slept using a stone for a pillow? 28: After his journey, Jacob arrived at a well where there were three flocks of sheep. Why weren't the sheep being watered? 29: Where were the shepherds that Jacob met around the well at the end of his journey from? 29: Which daughter of Laban came out to meet Jacob at the well? 29: What was Rachel's (Laban's daughter) occupation? 29: Who rolled the stone away from the well so that Rachel could water her sheep? 29: Which was Laban's older daughter? 29: For how many years did Jacob (initially) agree to work for Laban in return for Rachel? 29: After his initial 7 years of work for Laban, who did Jacob marry? 29: For how many more years was Jacob required to work for Laban (after he married Leah) in return for Rachel? 29: Who was Rachel's maidservant? 29:29 9

10 151. Which of his wives did Jacob love more? 29: In what way did the LORD show compassion on Leah because she was not loved? 29: Who was Jacob's firstborn son? 29: Which of Jacob's sons bear a name that sounds like the Hebrew word for "attached?" 29: Which of Jacob's sons bear a name that sounds like the Hebrew word for "praise?" 29: How many sons did Rachel's maidservant Bilhah bear to Jacob? 30: How many sons did Leah's maidservant Zilpah bear to Jacob? 30: Which of Jacob's sons bear a name that sounds like the Hebrew word for "reward?" 30: Which of Jacob s sons bears a name that means may he add? 30: How many times, according to Jacob, did Laban cheat him by changing his wages? 31: Who warned Laban "...not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad?" 31: How many total years had Jacob worked for Laban before he fled? 31: The heap of stones known as Jegar Sahadutha and Galeed was also known by what other name? 31: Which of the following means "two camps?" 32: Who frightened Jacob such that he prepared a gift of many goats, ewes, rams, camels, cows, bulls, and donkeys to try and pacify him? 32: What name was Jacob given after he wrestled with God? 32: What did Jacob name the place where he wrestled with God? 32: How many men came along with Esau to meet Jacob when he returned? 33:1 10

11 169. Who was the man who defiled Jacob's daughter Dina and then requested her as his wife? 34: What "price" did Jacob's sons insist that Shechem pay in order to take Dinah as his wife? 34: Which of Jacob's sons attacked Hamor's city after they (the men of the city) were circumcised? 34: Where did Jacob bury all the foreign gods his people had brought with them from Paddan Aram? 35: What was the name of Rebekah's nurse, who died and was buried beneath the oak at Bethel? 35: What does Bethel mean? 35: Jacob's wife Rachel died while giving birth to which of Jacob's sons? 35: How old was Isaac when he died? 35: Who was known as "the father of the Edomites?" 36: Which of Israel's sons did he love more than any of the others? 37: In his second dream that he shared with his brothers, what did Joseph say was bowing down to him? 37: When Joseph went looking for his brothers at Shechem, where was he told his brothers had already moved on to? 37: Which of his brothers planned to rescue Joseph from his other brothers, who were plotting to kill him? 37: Of what people were the merchants who passed by after Joseph's brothers threw him into the cistern? 37: Which of his brothers suggested that instead of killing him, they should sell Joseph to the passing merchants? 37:

12 184. Who tore his clothes when he discovered that Joseph was no longer in the cistern? 37: What did Joseph's brothers dip in goat's blood in order to convince Israel that he (Joseph) had been killed? 37: What was the name of the captain of the guard Joseph was sold to in Egypt? 37: Who was the father of Judah's first wife? 38: Where did Judah's wife give birth to her 3rd son, Shelah? 38: After her first two husbands were put to death, who did Judah promise would marry Tamar? 38: Which of Tamar's sons received a scarlet thread around his hand as he was being born? 38: Who did the Egyptian Potiphar purchase from Ishmaelites and put in charge of his household? 39: When Joseph ran out of the house to escape Potiphar's wife, what did he leave behind? 39: How did Potiphar's wife explain the existence of Joseph's cloak to Potiphar? 39: What did Potiphar do to Joseph after listening to his wife's lie? 39: What were the occupations of the Pharaoh s two officials who joined Joseph in prison? 40: In the dream the cupbearer related to Joseph, how many branches were on the vine he saw? 40: In the dream the baker related to Joseph, how many baskets of bread were on his head? 40: What happened to the baker at Pharaoh's birthday celebration? 40:

13 199. What special request did Joseph make of the cupbearer after he (Joseph) interpreted his dream? 40: Who had a dream in which 7 ugly cows ate 7 fat cows? 41: Pharaoh had two dreams; the first of which featured 7 cows. What did the second feature? 41: Which of Pharaoh s officials told him of Joseph, who could interpret his dreams? 41: What, did Joseph explain to Pharaoh, did the 7 lean and ugly cows in his dream represent? 41: To what level of prominence was Joseph elevated after correctly interpreting the Pharaoh s dreams? 41: What was the name given to Joseph by Pharaoh? 41: How old was Joseph when he entered the service of Pharaoh? 41: What were the names of Joseph's two sons, born to him during the years of plenty in Egypt? 41: When Jacob's sons made their first trip to Egypt to buy grain, which son stayed behind? 42: Who did Jacob's sons go to in Egypt in order to purchase grain? 42: When they first arrived in Egypt, what did Joseph accuse his brothers of doing? 42: Which of Jacob's sons promised him: "You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring [Benjamin] back to you." 42: When Jacob asked his sons to return to Egypt to buy more food, which son reminded him that they must bring Benjamin with them? 43: When Jacob finally agreed to let Benjamin return with his sons to Egypt, which son guaranteed his safety? 43:

14 214. When Joseph's brothers arrived in Egypt (with Benjamin) where did they eat dinner? 43: Why did his brothers think they were being taken to Joseph's house after they returned to Egypt? 43: Which of their brothers, who was left behind in Egypt after their first trip, was reunited with Jacob's sons at Joseph's house? 43: In what order were Joseph's brothers seated before him when they ate at Joseph's house? 43: Which of Joseph's brothers was served five times as much food as the others when they ate at Joseph's house in Egypt? 43: What did Joseph instruct his steward to put in Benjamin's sack before he left Egypt? 44: What was Benjamin's punishment to be when he was "caught stealing" Joseph's silver cup? 44: Which of Benjamin's brothers offered to stay as Joseph's slave in place of Benjamin? 44: Who said: "But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance." 45: Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and asked them if his father was still living. Why didn't they answer? 45: When Joseph sent his brothers home to retrieve their father, to which brother did he give 7 1/2 pounds of silver? 45: What special request did Joseph make of his brothers as he sent them off to retrieve Jacob? 45: Who did God promise Israel would "close his eyes?" 46: How many of Jacob's offspring did he take with him to Egypt (that was not already there)? 46:7 14

15 228. When Joseph's father and brothers appeared before Pharaoh, what did they say was their occupation? 47: Where did Jacob and his son's settle after they arrived in Egypt? 47: How old was Jacob when he and his sons went to Egypt? 47: How did the people of Egypt and Canaan buy food from Joseph after their money ran out? 47: How did the people of Egypt and Canaan buy food from Joseph after their livestock ran out? 47: Which people in Egypt did not have to sell their land to Pharaoh to pay for food? 47: As a result of their servitude, how much of their crops did Joseph command the people to bring to Pharaoh? 47: How long did Jacob live in Egypt? 47: What oath did Joseph make with his father just before he (Israel) died? 47: Which of his two grandsons did Jacob "reckon" as his own sons? 48: Who was Joseph's firstborn son? 48: Why was Joseph displeased when Jacob blessed his (Joseph's) children? 48: Who did Jacob take the "ridge of land" from that he gave to Joseph? 48: [Israel's dying words] Which of his sons did Israel describe as "A lion's cub?" 49: [Israel's dying words] Which of his sons did Israel predict "would live by the seashore?" 49: [Israel's dying words] Which of his sons does Israel describe as "a serpent by the roadside?" 49:17 15

16 244. [Israel's dying words] Which of his sons does Israel describe as "a ravenous wolf?" 49: How many days did it take the Egyptian physicians to Embalm Israel? 50: Where was Jacob (Israel) buried? 50: How old was Joseph when he died? 50: What oath did Joseph make his brothers swear just before he died? 50: