Name: Date: Score: The Story of Creation (Gen 1.1 2.4) The Book of Genesis Chapters 1-11 1. What does the word genesis mean? 2. What existed before God began his work of creation? [1.2bc] 3. What did God create first? [1.3] 4. How did God create? 5. What did God create on day two? [vv. 6-8] 6. What was the purpose of the sky? 7. What did God do on day three? [1.9] 8. What did God create on day three? [vv. 10-13] 9. Name three things that God created on day four. [1.14-19] 10. What kind of animals did God create on day five? [1.20-23] 11. What kind of animals did God create on day six? [vv. 24-25] 12. What did God create last? [1.26] 13. When God said, We will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us, who was he talking to? [1.26a] Explain. 14. What is the first commandment God gave to human beings? [1.28] 15. What kind of food did the first humans eat? [1.29] 16. What kind of food did the animals eat? [1.30] 17. What did God do on the seventh day? [2.2] 1
Name: Date: Score: The Garden of Eden [Gen 2.4b-25] 18. How did God create the first man? [2.7] 19. What did God make next? [2.8] 20. Name two of the trees God put in the Garden. 21. What kind of work did God give the first man? [2.15] 22. Which tree was forbidden? 23. What was the penalty for eating from the forbidden tree? 24. Why did God create the animals? [2.18] 25. How did God create animals? [2.19] 26. Why did God create a woman? [2.20] 27. How did God create a woman? [2.21] 28. What did the man say when he saw the woman? 29. Please copy 2.24: 30. One man, one woman, one flesh: What one English word describes this perfect marriage? 31. In chapter one, the Creator of the world is called by what name? 32. Beginning with 2.4b, what name is given to God? 33. Why is the word LORD printed with uppercase letters? (Find the answer in the footnote to 2.4b.) The Temptation and Disobedience of Man [Gen 3.1-24] 34. How is the snake described in 3.1? 35. What did the snake ask the woman? 36. What lie did the snake tell? [3.4] 37. From what tree did the man and woman eat? 2
Name: Date: Score: 38. What was the first consequence of their disobedience? [3.7] 39. What was the second consequence of their disobedience? [3.8] 40. What did the man say when God asked him if he had eaten from the forbidden tree? 41. What did the woman say? 42. What curses did God put on the snake? 43. What curses did God put on the woman? 44. What curses did God put on the man? 45. Give two examples from this chapter in which God appears to be very much like a human being. [3.8] [3.21] 46. After Adam and Eve sinned, what could they no longer do? [vv. 3.22-24] 47. What happened to the Garden of Eden? [3.24] Cain and Abel [Gen 4.1-26] 48. Who was Adam s first son? 49. Who was Adam s second son? 50. What was Cain s occupation? 51. What was Abel s occupation? 52. Why did Cain and his brother Abel offer sacrifices to God? 53. Why did Cain kill Abel? 54. What did Cain say when God asked him about Abel? 55. Why did God reject Cain s offering? (See Hebrews 11.4) 3
Name: Date: Score: 56. What was Cain s punishment? 57. What was the purpose of the mark that God placed on Cain? 58. Why would God want to protect a murderer? 59. Give five examples from the first 17 verses of chapter four that show that other people existed when Cain murdered Abel. (Please use complete sentences.) 4.14b 4.15a 4.15b 4.17a 4.17b 60. Who built the first city? 61. What did Lamech brag about? [4.23-24] 62. What kind of revenge did Lamech threaten? 63. What was unusual about Lamech s marriage? 64. What did Lamech s sons do? 65. Name the third son of Adam and Eve: 66. When did people first start using God s holy name? 67. Define these words: Exile Nomad Polygamy 4
Name: Date: Score: The Descendants of Adam [Gen 5.1-32] 68. Chapter five establishes a link between Adam and Noah. How many names are listed between these two men? 69. What happened to Enoch? [vv. 21-24] 70. Did he die? Yes or No? (See Hebrews 11:5 for the answer.) 71. Why is Methuselah famous? The Angels Who Sinned [Gen 6.1-4] 72. Why did the angels leave their heavenly home and come to earth? [vv. 1-2] 73. What limit did God place on human life? [v. 3] 74. Where did the giants come from? The Great Flood [Gen 6.5 8.19] 75. Why did God want to destroy the world? [6.5 10] 76. Can you find four examples of wicked persons earlier in the Book of Genesis? Be specific. 77. Why did God spare Noah? [6.9-10] 78. List the eight people spared from the flood: 79. How many animals of each kind did Noah take with him on his boat? Check these verses: 6.19-20 7.8-9 7.13-16 7.2-3 80. Why the extra animals? [See 8.20] 5
Name: Date: Score: 81. How long did the Flood last? See these verses: 7.4 7.12 7.17 82. After the rain stopped, how much time passed until the water started to go down? [7.24] 83. How long did it take for the water to drop? [8.3] 84. How many times did Noah release birds from his boat? 85. How many days passed between each release? [8.10-12] 86. How old was Noah when he entered the boat? [7.11-13] 87. How old was Noah when he left the boat? [8.13-19] 88. How long did the flood last? 40 days or one year? Noah Offers a Sacrifice [8.20-22] 89. After the Flood, what did Noah build? [v.20] 90. Then what did Noah do? [v. 20] 91. Why did he do this? 92. Why was God pleased? [v. 21] 93. What did God say? [vv. 21-22] God s Covenant with Noah [Gen 9.1-17] 94. What command did God give to Noah and his sons? [v.1] 95. What permission did God give Noah and his sons? [v. 3] 96. What food was prohibited? [v. 4] 97. What law did God give to human beings? [v. 6] 98. What promise did God make? [v. 11] 99. What is the meaning of the rainbow? [vv. 12-17] 6
Name: Date: Score: 100. Define these words: Altar Covenant The Curse of Canaan [9.18-29] 101. When he got off the boat, what did Noah plant? 102. After he got drunk, what did Noah do? 103. Who saw Noah? 104. What did he do when he saw his father? 105. Why? 106. What Ham did was it right or wrong? Explain your answer. 107. What did Shem and Japheth do when they learned that their father was naked? 108. When Noah sobered up, whom did he curse? 109. Why? What had Canaan done to Noah? The Descendants of Noah [Gen 10.1-32] 110. What happened to the descendants of Japheth? [v. 5b] 111. What happened to the descendants of Ham? [v. 20] 112. Who was the ancestor of the Hebrew nation? [v. 21] 113. What happened to the descendants of Shem? [v. 31] 114. By the time we get to Abraham, knowledge of God has been lost. People worship spirits; people worship their ancestors; people worship false gods made of wood or stone. How does chapter 10 explain how knowledge about God was lost? 7
Name: Date: Score: 115. Please copy 10.32: The Tower of Babel [Gen 11.1-9] 116. A. Summarize in your own words the story of the Tower of Babel. B. God said in verse 7, Let us go down. Who is us? 117. Please copy 11.9: 118. How does this story explain how knowledge about God was lost? 119. Define these words: Polytheism Idolatry 8
Abraham Name: Date: Score: The Call of Abraham [Gen 11.27 12.20] 120. Who was Abraham s father? 121. Who was Abraham s wife? 122. Who was Abraham s only living brother after Haran died? 123. Who was Abraham s nephew? 124. Ur, Abraham s birthplace, was near what river? 125. Ur was in what country? 126. What problem did Abraham s wife have? 127. What city did Abraham s family live in after they first left Ur? 128. What country was this in? 129. What command does God first give to Abraham? 130. What promises does God make at the same time? 131. How old was Abraham at the time? 132. What country does Abraham move to after leaving Haran? 133. Give two other names for this country: and. 134. Who does Abraham take with him? 135. In what country are the towns of Bethel and Shechem? 136. What did Abraham build in Bethel and Shechem? 137. Why did Abraham move away from Canaan? 138. Where did Abraham move? 139. Why did Abraham lie about his wife? 140. What happened to Sarah after the king found out she was so beautiful? 141. What did the king give to Abraham? [12.16] 142. How did God rescue Abraham and Sarah? 143. What orders did the king give? 9
Name: Date: Score: Abraham and Lot Separate [Gen 13] 144. What was the problem that caused Abraham and Lot to separate? 145. How did Abraham solve the problem? 146. What does this solution tell us about Abraham? 147. Name the river valley where Lot settled. 148. Name the town where Lot settled. 149. What was the reputation of this place? 150. Name the town and country where Abraham made his new home. Town: Country: 151. What promises did God make to Abraham in Hebron? 152. What did Abraham build in Hebron? Abraham and the Four Kings [Gen 14] 153. Name the two cities captured in this war. [14.11] 154. Who was kidnapped in the battle? 155. How did Abraham learn about Lot? 156. What title is given to Abraham? [14.13] 157. How many men fought for Abraham? 158. What kind of man could attract that many men to fight and die for him? 159. How did Abraham defeat the four kings of the north? Melchizedek and Abraham [Gen 14.17-24] 160. Name the two kings who came out to meet Abraham after the battle. and 161. What town did Melchizedek rule? 162. What title did Melchizedek give to God? 163. Give the two titles of Melchizedek. and 10
Name: Date: Score: 164. What gifts did Melchizedek give to Abraham? and 165. What gift did Abraham give to Melchizedek? 166. Why did Abraham refuse to accept any gift from Bera, King of Sodom? God s Covenant with Abraham [Gen 15] 167. Why did God accept Abraham as a righteous man? [15.6] 168. Name the four kinds of animals Abraham sacrificed. 169. What happened to Abraham before God appeared to him? 170. In what form did God appear to Abraham? [vv. 17-18a] 171. What promise did God make to Abraham? [v. 18] Isaac and Ishmael [Gen 16.1-18.15] 172. What country was Hagar from? 173. Whose idea was it for Abraham to have sex with Hagar? Why? 174. After Hagar became pregnant, how did she treat Sarah? 175. Why did Hagar run away? 176. Where did the angel find Hagar? 177. What was special about this angel? 178. What does the name Ishmael mean? 179. What name did Hagar give to God? 180. How old was Abraham when Hagar gave him a son? 181. How old was Abraham when God appeared to him and gave him the commandment concerning circumcision? 182. What does the name Abraham mean? 11
Name: Date: Score: 183. List the three promises God made to Abraham in 17.6. 184. What promise did God make to Abraham in verse 8? 185. What commandment did God give to Abraham in verse 10? 186. At what age are baby boys to be circumcised? [v. 12] 187. What is the purpose of this circumcision? [v. 13] 188. What promises did God make concerning Sarah? [v. 16] 189. What did Abraham do when God told him he would have a son by Sarah? [v. 17] 190. How old was Sarah? [v. 17b] 191. A. What did Abraham ask concerning Ishmael? [v. 18] B. How did God answer? 192. What does the name Isaac mean? 193. What promises did God make about Ishmael? [v. 20] 194. Ishmael became the father of what nation? 195. What did Abraham do the same day God appeared to him? [v. 23] 196. How old was Abraham at the time? How old was his son Ishmael? 197. Who visited Abraham s tent in Mamre near Hebron? [18.1] 198. How did Abraham show hospitality to his visitors? 12
Name: Date: Score: 199. What did Sarah do when she heard God tell Abraham that she would have a baby in nine months? 200. Which son would inherit the covenant God made with Abraham Isaac or Ishmael? Sodom and Gomorrah [Gen 18.16-19.38] 201. What did Abraham do when he learned that God was going to destroy the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah? 202. Did God find 10 righteous men in Sodom? 203. Who visited Lot s house in Sodom? 204. Did Lot know that they were angels? [See Hebrews 13.2] 205. Why did the men of Sodom attack Lot s house? 206. A. What did Lot try to give the men who were attacking his house? B. What does this say about Lot s attitude about women? 207. Did the men of Sodom accept Lot s offer? 208. Why did they call Lot a foreigner? 209. Why had Lot moved to Sodom? [See Gen 13] 210. What finally stopped the men who were attacking Lot s house? 211. What happened to the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah? 212. What other sins was Sodom guilty of? [See Ezekiel 16.48-50] 213. What happened to Lot s wife? 214. What was her sin? 215. Why did God save Lot? [Gen 19.29] 216. Who was the father of Lot s grandchildren? 217. Why did Lot s daughters do such a thing? [19.31] 218. Lot s grandchildren became the ancestors of what two nations? and 219. A. Describe the location of Moab: B. Describe the location of Ammon: 13
Name: Date: Score: Abraham and Abimelech [Gen 20] 220. Tell the story of Abraham and Abimelech. 221. Explain how Abraham and Sarah were related by blood. Isaac and Ishmael [Gen 21.1-21] 222. What does Sarah say after Isaac is born? 223. What happens to Hagar and Ishmael after Isaac is weaned? 224. What incident caused Sarah to complain to Abraham? 225. About how old was Ishmael when he and his mother were sent out into the desert? The Binding of Isaac [Gen 22.1-19] 226. How did God test Abraham? 227. Who did Abraham take with him? 228. How long did it take Abraham to reach the place? 229. What did Abraham say to his servants? 230. What did Isaac carry? 231. What did Abraham carry? 232. What did Isaac ask his father? 233. What did his father answer? 234. What did Abraham build? 235. What did he do to his son? 236. How close did he come to killing his son? 237. Who called to Abraham from heaven? [v. 11] 238. Who, actually, was speaking? [v. 16] 239. What did Abraham offer in place of his son? 240. How did he find it? 14
Name: Date: Score: The Descendants of Nahor [Gen 22.20-24] 241. Tell how these people are related to Abraham: Nahor: Bethuel: Rebekah: A Wife for Isaac [Gen 23-25] 242. Where did Sarah die? [23.1-2] Town: Country: 243. What did Abraham purchase for 400 pieces of silver? 244. What promises did Abraham make his servant make? [24.1-9] 245. To what country did this servant go? 246. Who did this servant meet at the well? 247. Who was Laban? 248. Who did Isaac marry? 249. Isaac s wife was from what country? 250. Who buried Abraham? [25.7-9] 251. With whom was he buried? [v. 10] 252. Where was he buried? Town: Country: 253. How old was Abraham when he died? 254. When did Abraham live? (Check the chronology in the back of your Bibles.) 15
Name: Date: Score: 255. Please define the following terms: harem famine altar weaning circumcision tithe 16
Jacob Name: Date: Score: Genesis 25-35 256. How old was Isaac when he was married? 257. How old was he when he first became a father? 258. Who was Isaac s wife? 259. Who was her brother? 260. How was she related to Abraham? 261. Where did her family live? Town: Country: Near what river? 262. A. Why was it unusual for Rebekah to get pregnant? B. What was difficult about her pregnancy? C. What did God tell Rebekah about her twins? 263. What happened as the twins were being born? 264. Name Isaac s children: and 265. How were Esau and Jacob different from each other? A. In age: B. In appearance: C. In personality: D. With their parents: 266. What did Esau sell to Jacob? 267. What was this? See Deuteronomy 21.17. 268. Why did Esau sell this to Jacob? 269. What did Esau get from Jacob? 270. In chapter 26 Isaac says that his wife is his sister. How did King Abimelech find out that Isaac was lying? 271. What did Isaac do every time someone gave him trouble over his wells? [26] 272. How did Esau displease his mother and father? 17
Name: Date: Score: 273. Explain how Jacob stole the blessing that Isaac intended for Esau: 274. Why did Jacob move to Mesopotamia? Give two reasons: A. B. 275. Who was Jacob going to live with in Mesopotamia? 276. What town was this? 277. Who did Esau marry after Jacob left? 278. How was she related to Esau? 279. Describe Jacob s dream: 280. Where was Jacob when he had this dream? Town: Country: 281. What business deal did Jacob offer to God after his dream? 282. Why did Jacob pour oil on a rock? 283. What was Rachel doing when Jacob met her? 284. Where did Jacob meet Rachel? 285. What evidence is there that Jacob was a man of enormous physical strength? 286. How did Laban trick Jacob? 287. How did God bless Leah? 288. Why did God bless Leah? 18
Name: Date: Score: 289. List the 12 sons of Jacob from the oldest to the youngest (omit Dinah), then name their mothers. Son Mother 290. What is a mandrake? 291. What were mandrakes used for? 292. Who ended up with Leah s mandrakes? 293. Who had the next child? Did the mandrakes work? 294. Name the two sons who belonged to Rachel: and 295. Name the only son born in Canaan: (See chapter 35.) 296. After 11 sons had been born to Jacob, what did he ask for from Laban as his wages? 297. How did Laban trick Jacob out of his wages? 298. How did Jacob increase the size of his flocks? 299. What did Rachel steal and hide from her father? 300. Why did she steal these? 301. How many years did Jacob work for Laban? 302. Why did Jacob leave without telling anyone? 303. Laban caught up with Jacob in the hills of what country? 304. How did she avoid being caught? 305. Who met Jacob immediately after Laban went home? See 32.1. 19
Name: Date: Score: 306. What four things did Jacob do in preparation to meeting his brother? [32] A. B. C. D. 307. What did he pray? [32.11] 308. Where did Esau live? 309. How many men did Esau have? 310. Why did Esau come out with so many men? 311. Where was Jacob the night before he met Esau? (32.22) Why was he all alone? (v. 23a) 312. Who did Jacob wrestle with? (v. 24b) How long did they wrestle? Who was winning the fight? (v. 25) How was Jacob injured? Why did the man say, Let me go? (v. 26) What new name did the man give Jacob? (v. 28) What does this name mean? Why did Jacob ask for the man s name? (v. 29) 313. What did Jacob say after the man left? (v. 30) What did Jacob name that place? What does that name mean? 314. What did Esau do when he met Jacob? 315. Where did Jacob purchase a piece of land for 100 pieces of silver? Town: Country: 316. Who raped Dinah? 317. How did the sons of Jacob punish the men of that city? 318. What did Jacob say when he learned that his sons had looted the city? 319. How did his sons reply? [34.31] 320. What did Jacob get rid of before he worshipped at Bethel? 20
Name: Date: Score: 321. How did Rachel die? 322. Where is Rachel s grave today? 323. What did Reuben do that caused him to lose his father s blessing? 324. Where did Isaac die? Town: Country: 325. Who buried Isaac: and 326. Who else was buried in the same tomb? [25.7-11] and 327. The descendants of Jacob lived in what country? 328. The descendants of Jacob became what great nation? 329. The descendants of Lot founded what two nations? and 330. What great desert people trace their ancestry to Ishmael? 331. Esau was the ancestor of what nation? 21
Joseph Name: Date: Score: The Childhood of Joseph [Genesis 37] 332. How old was Joseph when he was sold into slavery? 333. What kind of work did Joseph and his brothers do? 334. Give four reasons Joseph s brothers hated him: A. [37.2c] B. [37.3a] C. [37.3b] D. [37.5] 335. What was special about Joseph s robe? Who else wore robes like this? See 2 Samuel 13:18b. 336. What was the meaning of the two dreams Joseph dreamed? 337. Near what city was Joseph at the beginning of this story? 338. To what city did his father send him? 339. Near what city did he find his brothers? 340. How did Reuben save the life of Joseph? 341. How did Judah save the life of Joseph? 342. Did Joseph know that Reuben and Judah saved his life? 343. Did Joseph know that the rest of his brothers were planning to kill him? 344. How did the brothers of Joseph deceive their father Jacob? 345. What evidence is there in this story that Joseph had many sisters? 346. Who ended up as the final owner of Joseph? 347. This man Joseph s owner what was his job? 22
Name: Date: Score: Judah and Tamar [Genesis 38] 348. What ancient Hebrew social custom did Judah violate? [vv. 1-3] 349. Name Judah s Canaanite wife [see 1 Chronicles 2.3]: 350. Who was Er s father? 351. Who was Onan s father? 352. Who was Shelah s father? 353. Who was Er s wife? 354. Why did God kill Er? 355. Why did Judah tell Onan to sleep with Er s wife? [See Deuteronomy 25.5-10] 356. Define the term levirate marriage. 357. Why did God kill Onan? 358. Why was Onan reluctant to give Tamar a child? 359. Why did Tamar want to sleep with her dead husband s brother? 360. What was the real reason Judah sent Tamar back home? 361. What reason did he give her? 362. How was Tamar related to Judah? 363. Did Judah keep his promise to find Tamar a husband? 364. Why did Judah have intercourse with Tamar? 365. What did he promise to pay her? 366. What did he give her as a pledge that he would pay? and 367. What did Judah say when someone told him that Tamar was pregnant? 368. How did Tamar save her life? 369. What unusual thing happened when she was giving birth? 370. Tamar was a distant ancestor of this man [Matthew 1.1-6]: 23
Name: Date: Score: Joseph: From Slave to Ruler [Genesis 39-41] 371. Who was Potiphar? 372. What was Potiphar s job? 373. Why did Potiphar put Joseph in prison? 374. What evidence is there that Potiphar did not believe his wife? (It was something Potiphar did not do.) 375. What does this story tell us about the character of Joseph? 376. Who did Joseph meet in prison? 377. What unusual talent did Joseph use in prison? 378. What did the wine steward dream? 379. What happened to the wine steward? 380. What did the baker dream? 381. What happened to the baker? 382. What favor did Joseph ask the wine steward? 383. Did the wine steward do as Joseph requested? 384. How much longer did Joseph spend in prison? 385. Why did Pharaoh send for Joseph? 386. What were Pharaoh s two dreams? A. B. 387. What advice did Joseph give to Pharaoh? 388. What portion of the harvest did Joseph take every year during the seven good years? 389. What new job did Joseph get? 390. What physical sign of authority did Pharaoh give Joseph? 391. How old was Joseph when he started his new job? 24
Name: Date: Score: 392. How did Joseph save the Egyptian people from starvation? Explain in detail. 393. Name the two sons of Joseph: and 394. Name Joseph s wife [41.45]: 395. What was Joseph s Egyptian name? 396. What Hebrew custom did Joseph violate? [vv. 45-46] 397. Joseph said, God has made me forget all my sufferings and all my father s family. [41.51] How could Joseph forget his father Jacob, the one who loved him so much? The First Trip to Egypt [Genesis 42] 398. Why did ten sons of Jacob go to Egypt? 399. Why did one of the sons of Jacob stay at home? 400. Name this son who stayed at home: 401. What did Joseph learn for the first time about his brother Reuben? 402. Why did Joseph lock up one of his brothers and hold him hostage? 403. Why did Joseph secretly return his brother s money? 25
Name: Date: Score: The Second Trip to Egypt [Genesis 43-45] 404. Why did the brothers go back to Egypt? Give two reasons: A. B. 405. Who promised to take personal responsibility for bringing Benjamin back? [43.9] 406. What gifts did the brothers take to Joseph? 407. A. What did Joseph do when he saw Benjamin at lunch? [43.30] B. Why? 408. How did Joseph amaze his brothers at the meal held in his house? 409. What was special about the food brought to Benjamin? 410. Why was Joseph so generous in his treatment of Benjamin? Give two reasons: A. B. 411. Who had the silver cup? 412. Why did Joseph give this person the silver cup? 413. Who offered to be a slave instead of Benjamin? 414. Why did this man ask to take Benjamin s place? 415. What dream came true in 42.6b, 43.26, and 44.14? 416. Why did Joseph not blame his brothers for selling him as a slave? 417. What did Pharaoh do when he heard that Joseph s brothers were in Egypt? 418. List three foolish vows made by men in the Book of Genesis: A. Jacob [31.32] B. Reuben [42.37] C. The brothers of Joseph [44.9] 26
Name: Date: Score: 419. List six ways Joseph tested and tormented his brothers: A. B. C. D. E. F. 420. Why did Joseph do this? The Migration to Egypt [Genesis 46-50] 421. Why did Jacob and his sons move to Egypt? 422. What is the total number of people who migrated from Canaan to Egypt? 423. In what part of Egypt did the Hebrews settle? 424. What occupation did they practice? 425. How old was Jacob when he met Pharaoh? 426. When Joseph had everybody s money, what three things did they give him in exchange for food? A. B. C. 427. Why did Joseph demand these prices? 428. What portion of their future crops did the people have to promise in order to get seed from Joseph during the seventh and final year of the famine? 429. How old was Jacob at the time of his death? 430. What was Jacob s last request? 431. What does it mean to swear on another person s thigh? 432. What did Jacob say to Joseph about Ephraim and Manasseh? [48.5] 433. Which of Joseph s sons was first-born? 434. Which received the greater blessing? 27
Name: Date: Score: 435. How long did it take to embalm Jacob? 436. Where was Jacob buried? Town: Country: 437. Name the five people Jacob was buried with: A. B. C. D. E. 438. After Jacob died, what message did the ten brothers send to Joseph? 439. How did Joseph respond? 440. How old was Joseph when he died? 441. Name the country where Joseph died: 442. What was Joseph s last request? 443. Who dug up the bones of Joseph? [See Exodus 13.19] 444. Where was Joseph finally laid to rest, 400 years later? [See Joshua 24.32] Town: Country: 28
Exodus Name: Date: Score: 445. A. What does the name Exodus mean? B. What happened at the Exodus? 446. Why had the Israelites decided to settle in Egypt? [See Gen 45] 447. How many Israelites had moved to Egypt originally? [Ex 1] 448. Why did the new king of Egypt (the Pharaoh) fear the Hebrews? 449. What was the first way the Egyptians tried to destroy the Israelites? [vv. 8-14] 450. Next, how did Pharaoh try to destroy the Israelites? [vv. 15-21] 451. Finally, what command did Pharaoh give? [v. 22] 452. Figure out how Moses was related to Abraham: Abraham Abraham s son: [Gen 21] Abraham s grandson A/K/A [Gen 35:9-10] Abraham s great-grandson [Ex 6 Moses s great-grandfather] Abraham s great-great grandson [Ex 6 Moses s grandfather] Abraham s great-great-great grandson [Ex 6 Moses s father] Moses 453. When did Abraham live? (Check the chronology in the back of your Bibles.) 454. When did the family of Jacob move to Egypt? 455. When was the Exodus from Egypt? 456. Approximately how long had the tribes of Israel lived in Egypt? 457. After the Exodus, how long did the Hebrews spend wandering in the wilderness? [See Ex 16:35] 458. What is the name of the peninsula where the Israelites wandered? 29
Name: Date: Score: 459. Read 19:3-6 and summarize what happened at Mt. Sinai. Use your own words! Do not copy! Moses: The First 40 Years [Ex 2] 460. What Hebrew tribe did Moses belong to? 461. How did the mother of Moses save his life? 462. How old was Moses when he was put in the river? 463. Who found Moses and adopted him? 464. What law did she break by taking him out of the water? [Ex 1] 465. Who arranged the meeting between Pharaoh s daughter and the mother of Moses? 466. How was the mother of Moses able to see him during his infancy? 467. How were the following related to Moses? [6.20] Amram: Aaron: Jochebed: 468. What was unusual about his parents marriage? Be specific. 469. Name five similar marriages in the Book of Genesis: A. D. B. E. C. 470. Name the sister of Moses [15.20] 471. Describe the training Moses received in the palace of Pharaoh. [Acts 7.22] Don t copy! 472. Why did Moses flee to the land of Midian? [Ex 2.11-16] 473. How old was Moses when he fled to the land of Midian? [Acts 7.23-29] 474. What direction did he go? [Check your maps.] 475. What sea is between Egypt and Midian? 476. What peninsula did Moses cross? 30
Name: Date: Score: 477. How did Moses meet his wife? 478. What was her name? 479. Who was her father? 480. What was his title? The Call of Moses [Ex 3-4] 481. What was Moses doing at the time that God appeared to him? 482. Where was Moses when God appeared to him? 483. How did God appear to Moses? 484. Was it an angel [3.2] or was it God himself [3.4]? 485. What is the first thing God told Moses to do? [3.5] 486. How old was Moses when he fled to the land of Midian? [Acts 7.23] 487. How old was Moses when God appeared to him on Mt. Sinai? [Acts 7.30] 488. How old was Moses at his death? [Deuteronomy 34.7] 489. Why had God come down to speak with Moses? [Ex 3.7-10] 490. What did God want Moses to do? [3.10] 491. Please read all of chapters 3 and 4, then list the four excuses that Moses made and the four ways God answered these excuses: Moses said: But God answered: Moses said: But God answered: Moses said: But God answered: Moses said: But God answered: 492. What did God call the nation of Israel in 4.22? 31
Name: Date: Score: 493. What happened to Moses as he was traveling back to Egypt from the land of Midian? [4.24-26] 494. Why was God doing this? 495. What did Zipporah do? 496. Why did she do this? 497. What did Zipporah say? 498. Why did she say this? 499. Name the children of Moses [18.3] and Moses against Pharaoh [Ex 5-11] 500. What did Pharaoh say when Moses told him, Let my people go! [5.2] 501. What did Pharaoh command when Moses told him, Let my people go! [5.6-9] 502. How did the Israelite workers feel about what Moses and Aaron were doing? [5.20-21] Please don t copy what they said. Explain what they were feeling: 503. Why didn t the Israelite slaves believe Moses when he told them that God would rescue them? [6.9] 504. How old were Moses and Aaron when they spoke to the king of Egypt? [7.7] Moses: Aaron: 505. What did the magicians do when Aaron threw down his stick and it became a snake? [Ex 7] 506. What were the names of Pharaoh s magicians? [2 Timothy 3.8-9] 32
Name: Date: Score: 507. Describe, in order, the ten plagues God sent upon Egypt. (Write ten complete sentences.) 508. Name the two plagues that the Pharaoh s magicians were able to duplicate [see your list above]: 509. When the plagues came, what did Pharaoh say? [9.27-28] 510. When the plagues left, what did Pharaoh do? [9:34-35] The First Passover, the Tenth Plague, the Departure of Israel 511. What was the tenth and final plague? [11] 512. What did the Israelites have to eat on the first Passover? [12.8] A. B. C. 513. What did the Israelites do with the blood of the animal? [12] 514. Why? [12] 515. Why did they have to eat the meal quickly? [12.11a] 516. Why was this meal called the Passover? [12.27b] 517. What happened to the Egyptians at midnight during the last plague? [12] 33
Name: Date: Score: 518. What did Pharaoh ask Moses? [12.32b] 519. How many Israelite men left Egypt? 520. How long had the Israelites lived in Egypt? [12.40] 521. Why didn t the Israelites take the shortest route to Canaan? [13.17-18] 522. What did Moses take with him when he left Egypt? [13.19] 523. How did the Israelites know which direction to go? [13.21-22] 524. What did the Israelites say to Moses when they saw the army of Egypt? [14.12] 525. What was Moses doing when God divided the Red Sea? [14.21] 526. What did God use to drive back the waters? [14.21] 527. How long did it take to turn the sea into dry land? [14.21] 528. How did God destroy the Egyptian army? [14] 529. What title is Miriam given in 15.20? 530. Name the three ways Miriam and the other women celebrated God s victory. [15.20] A. B. C. 531. What did Miriam sing? Please copy the verse. [15.21] 34
Name: Date: Score: From the Red Sea to Mt. Sinai 532. Please describe all the times and reasons the Israelites complained to Moses: 5.21 6.9 14.11-12 15.23-24 16.2-3 17.1-3 533. What were the people about to do to Moses? [17.4] 534. Trace the journey of Moses and Israel on your map [next page]. They started at Rameses, then stopped at Etham, Marah, Elim, the Wilderness of Sin, and Rephidim. Finally they camped at the foot of Mt. Sinai (also known as Mt. Horeb). 535. There are five nations mentioned in the Song of Moses [15]. Circle the names of these nations on your map. 536. When the people complained of bitter water, what did Moses do? [15.25bc] 537. When the people complained of hunger, God gave them food [16.14 and 16.31-36]. A. What did this food look like? B. What did it taste like? C. What was the name of this food? D. When and how did it come? E. How long did they eat this food? 538. When the people had no water, how did Moses get it for them? [17] Tell the story in your own words. 539. How did the Israelites defeat the Amalekites? [17] Summarize the story in your own words. 35
Name: Date: Score: 540. What was Jethro s title? [18.1] 541. Who did Jethro bring to Moses? 542. How did Jethro, Aaron, and the elders of Israel worship God? [18.12b] 543. What good advice did Jethro give to Moses about managing the affairs of the Israelite people? Read the entire story and summarize in your own words. [18.13-26] 544. Where did God speak to Moses? [19] 545. Please copy these famous verses, 19.5-6: 546. Moses went up the mountain, but if anybody else even touched the mountain, they would be put to death. Name the two ways people were put to death by the Israelites: and 547. How did the people have to purify themselves? and 548. List six things the people saw or heard from the top of Mt. Sinai: 36
Name: Date: Score: The Ten Commandments [Ex 20] 549. How many days did it take the Israelites to go from Egypt to Mt. Sinai? [Compare 12.2-6 and 19.1-2] 550. How long did the Israelites stay at Mt. Sinai? [Compare 19.1 and Numbers 10.11] 551. Summarize the Ten Commandments, in order, in your own words: v. 3 vv. 4-5 v. 7 vv. 8-11 v. 12 v. 13 v. 14 v. 15 v. 16 v. 17 552. Who carved the Ten Commandments on the stone tablets? [32.16] 553. What do these verses say? Please don t copy. Summarize in your own words: Ex 21.14 Ex 21.15 Ex 21.16 Ex 21.17 Ex 22.18 Ex 22.19 Ex 22.20 Ex 35.2 Lv 20.13 Nu 35.30 Dt 20.12-13 Dt 21.18-21 Dt 22.22 37
Name: Date: Score: 554. Explain the difference between murder and killing. (See the previous question.) 555. Is the Sixth Commandment against all killing or is it just against murder? 556. The Ten Commandments are in Ex 20. They re somewhere else also. Where? Book: Chapter: 557. Compare the Fourth Commandment in both sets and explain the difference. The Book of the Covenant [Ex 20-23] 558. Ex 20-23 is called the Book of the Covenant, and contains many laws. Describe the following laws: 21.2b 21.24 22.16 22.21-22 22.25 22.26-27 23.2 23.3 23.4-5 23.6-8 23.9 23.11 23.12 23.13bc 23.14 23.19b 559. What did Moses do in 24.4? 560. What did Moses do in 24.7? 561. Moses took blood and threw it on: [24.6-8] and 562. What did Moses say in 24.8? 38
Name: Date: Score: 563. What did the elders do and see in 24.9-11? 564. How long did Moses stay on the mountain? [24.18] The Golden Calf [Ex 32] 565. Who made the golden calf? 566. Where did the gold come from? 567. What happened when the people gathered to worship the golden calf? [v. 6b] 568. What did God intend to do to the Israelites? 569. With whom was God going to make a new covenant? 570. How did Moses change the mind of God? 571. What did Moses do when he saw his people dancing in front of the idol? [v. 19b] 572. When Moses questioned Aaron, what ludicrous claim did Aaron make? [vv. 21-24] 573. List three ways Moses and God punished the people of Israel for worshipping the golden calf. A. B. C. 574. A. Which tribe was on the Lord s side? B. Why them? 39
Name: Date: Score: 575. How did Moses get a new set of the Ten Commandments? [34.1-8] 576. What three things did God tell Moses to tear down in the land of Canaan? [34.12-13] and and 577. What was unusual about Moses appearance after he came down from Mt. Sinai? [34.29-30] 578. What appeared over the Sacred Tent during the day? During the night? [40.34-38] How Israel Worshipped God [Ex 25-40] 579. What kind of structure did God command the Israelites to build for his worship? [25.8] 580. What were the dimensions (size) of the Ark of the Covenant? [25] 581. What was kept inside the Ark of the Covenant? [25] 582. What was on top of the lid of the Ark of the Covenant? [25] 583. Give the Hebrew name for these creatures: 584. Where did God promise to meet Moses? [25.20-22] 40
Name: Date: Score: 585. There were six items kept inside Sacred Tent. See 40.18-33 for locations. See 37.1 to 38.8 for descriptions. Please match them with their correct letters on the diagram. (This diagram is adapted from one by Ralph F. Wilson, copyright 2011.) A. D. B. E. C. F. 586. What was the name of the apron worn by the priests? [28.6-8] 587. What did the High Priest wear on top of the apron? [28.15-30] 588. What was carried around inside the clothes of the High Priest? [28.30] 589. Why did the High Priest carry Urim and Thummim? [28.15, 30] 590. What four things had to be offered daily? [29.38-46] A. B. C. D. 591. All the priests of Israel were descendants of what man? [29.44] 592. All the priests of Israel belonged to this tribe: 593. What was the purpose of the sweet-smelling oil? [30.22-33] 41
Forty Years in the Wilderness Name: Date: Score: The Book of Numbers tells the story of how the Israelites wandered for 40 years on the Sinai Peninsula, then traveled around to the eastern side of Canaan where they prepared to cross the Jordan River. It covers the approximate time period of 1250-1210 B.C. 594. Why is the fourth book of the Bible called Numbers? [1.1-3] 595. How many men over 20 were counted in the census at Mt. Sinai? [2.32] 596. How many people would there have been if you added women and children? Please estimate: 597. What are the three vows of a Nazirite? [6:1-8] vv. 1-4 v. 5 vv. 6-7 598. How did the Israelites know when to move? [9.15-23] 599. As the Israelites traveled across the desert, what was always put in front of the people? [10.33-34] 600. Who else was traveling with the Israelites? [11.4] 601. Why did some Israelites want to go back to Egypt? [11.4-6] 602. What did the Israelites eat in the desert? [11.7-9] 603. What did this food look like? 604. How was it fixed? 605. What did it taste like? 606. Where did the Israelites find it? 607. When did they find it? 608. Where did it come from? 609. When the people complained that they were better off in Egypt, what did Moses ask God to do? [11.10-15] 610. When the Israelites said that they had been better off in Egypt, how did God punish them? A. See 11.18-20: B. See 11.33: 611. What happened to Eldad, Medad, and the other 70 elders of Israel? [11.24-30] 42
Name: Date: Score: 612. What kind of meat did God give the Israelites to eat? [11.31-34] 613. Why did Miriam and Aaron complain against Moses? [12] A. B. 614. What does this teach us about Aaron? 615. How did God punish Miriam? The Story of the Spies 616. How many spies did Moses send to Canaan? [13] 617. Why did Moses choose this number? 618. What were the spies supposed to find out? 619. Name three fruits the spies found in Canaan: 620. How long did the spies spend in Canaan? 621. What good things did the spies report? 622. What bad things did the spies report? 623. What two lies did they tell? A. B. 624. What did most of the Israelites want to do after they had heard the spies? [14] 625. Which two spies knew that the Israelites could conquer Canaan? 626. What reward did they receive? 627. What punishment did God impose upon the Israelites? [14.29-35] 43
Name: Date: Score: Rebellion in the Wilderness 628. Why did God punish Korah and his followers? [Numbers 16.1-3] 629. How were Korah and his followers punished? [16.31-34] 630. Why did God punish Nadab and Abihu? [Leviticus 10.1-3] 631. How did God punish Nadab and Abihu? 632. Nadab and Abihu were whose boys? 633. Summarize the story of Aaron s rod: [Nu 17] 634. How did the tribe of Levi, which was given no land, survive? [18.21-24] 635. What did God tell Moses to do when the people complained about having no water? [20] 636. What was the great sin of Moses and Aaron? (It was something Moses said.) 637. How did God punish Moses and Aaron? 638. Why did the Israelites have to go around Edom? [20] 639. Why did Moses make a metal snake and put it on a pole? [21.4-9] 640. Who destroyed this metal snake 600 years later? [2 Kings 18.1-4] 641. What was the name of this metal snake? [2 K 18.4] 642. What ancient Hebrew book is quoted in Nu 21.14? 44
Name: Date: Score: 643. Tell the story of Balaam s donkey. [Nu 22.22-35] First: Then: Finally: 644. What happened when the Israelites were camped in Moab? [25.1-5] 645. Why did Phinehas kill a fellow Israelite? [25.6-9] 646. How many people died that day? 647. Whom did Moses appoint as his successor? [27.18-23] 648. How did Moses transfer his authority to his successor? [27.23] 649. How did Eleazar the priest find out what to say to Joshua? [27.21] 650. Which two tribes asked to stay on the east side of the Jordan? [32.1-5] 651. Half of what tribe asked to stay on the east side of the Jordan? [32.33] 652. In what country were the Israelites just before they crossed the Jordan? [33.50] 653. What town was across the river? [33.50] 654. What three things did God tell the Israelites to do once they had crossed the Jordan River and entered the Promised Land? [33.50-56] A. B. C. 655. Would the Israelites obey God and do these things? 656. There is a list of tribes in Nu 1. Which tribe is missing? 657. Why was this tribe omitted? Give two reasons: A. See 1.47-54: B. See 26.62c: 45
Name: Date: Score: The Torah 658. In short sentences, summarize the following laws from Deuteronomy: 5.14 _ 22.4 22.5 22.6-7 22.8 22.9 22.10 22.11 22.12 22.13-21 23.1 23.12-13 23.15-16 23.17-18 23.21-23 23.24-25 24.5 24.6 24.14-15 24.17-18 24.19-22 25.1-3 25.4 25.5-6 25.13-16 46
Name: Date: Score: 659. Please summarize the following laws from Leviticus: 19.2 19.9-10 19.14 19.17 19.18 19.19 19.26 19.27 19.28 19.29 19.31 19.32 19.33-34 19.35-37 25.10 660. According to Deuteronomy, what is the reward for obeying God s commands? Please make a list: A. 4.40: B. 5.32-33: C. 7.12-15: 661. Copy the commandment found in Dt 6.4-5. 662. List three false ideas the people of Israel were tempted to believe about themselves: A. Dt 7.7 B. Dt 8.17 C. Dt 9.4-6 D. What kind of false worship is Moses talking about? 47
Name: Date: Score: 663. Read Dt 12.8-14. What city is Moses talking about? 664. Name four mammals the Israelites could not eat. [Dt 14.7-8] 665. What kind of fish is permissible to eat? [Dt 14.9-10] 666. What kind of flying animals could the Israelites not eat? [Dt 14.12-18] 667. What did the Israelites have to do once every seven years? A. Dt 15.1-2 B. Dt 15.12-15 C. Ex 23.10-11 668. What were the Israelites told never to move or disturb? [Dt 19.14] 669. How many witnesses were required to convict someone of a crime? [Dt 19.15] 670. If an Israelite makes a false accusation, what punishment will he receive? [Dt 19.16-21] 671. What should never be destroyed during a war? [Dt 20.19-20] 672. What must a soldier never do with a female captive? [Dt 21.10-14] 673. What, exactly, does the first-born son inherit? [Dt 21.15-16] 48
Name: Date: Score: The Death of Moses and the Conquest of Canaan 674. How old was Moses when he named a successor? [Dt 31.1-7] 675. Whom did he name? 676. What mountain did God tell Moses to climb? [Dt 32.48-52] 677. In what country was this? 678. What did Moses see before he died? [Dt 34] 679. Who buried Moses? 680. In what country? 681. Look at a time line and give an approximate date for the death of Moses: 682. What river did Joshua cross to reach Canaan? [Joshua 1] 683. Two and one-half tribes settled down on the eastern side of this river. Please name them: and and 684. What was the first town attacked by the Israelites? [Js 2] 685. Who hid the two spies? 686. What was this person s occupation? 687. What sign did Rahab put in her window? [2.18] 688. Why? [2.19] 689. What miracle did God perform the day the Israelites came into Canaan? [Js 3] 690. How many men were in the Israelite army which attacked Jericho? [Js 4.13] 691. Shortly after the Israelites crossed the Jordan River: A. What did Joshua order his men to build? [Js 4] B. What did he do to all male Israelites? [Js 5] C. What religious feast did the Israelites celebrate? D. What miraculous occurrence stopped? 692. How did the Israelites win their first battle? [Js 6] Explain in detail: 693. Look at a time line and give an approximate date for the conquest of Canaan: 49
694. Instructions for the map on the next page: Draw a straight line from Goshen to Mt. Sinai. Label this line 49 Days. Label Mt. Sinai One Year. Draw a straight line from Mt. Sinai to Moab. Label this line 39 Years. Draw a straight line from Moab to Mt. Nebo. Label Mt. Nebo Moses Died Here. Draw a line from Mt. Nebo to Jericho. Label Jericho Joshua s First Victory. 50
Name: Date: Score: The Geography of Ancient Israel 695. The Promised Land has been known by three different names. List them here: 696. Name on your map [next page] the Mediterranean Sea, the Jordan River, the Dead Sea, and the Sea of Galilee. 697. Name here and show on your map the mountain where Moses died: 698. Name here and show on your map the town where Joshua had his first victory: 699. Name here and show on your map the town where Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are buried: 700. Circle on your map these enemies of Israel: Egypt, Philistia, Edom, Moab, Ammon and Syria. 701. Name the 2 ½ tribes who lived east of the Jordan River. [Js 13.8] 702. Now show on your map where these 2 ½ tribes lived. 703. A. Name the tribe which did not receive any territory: B. Explain what they received instead. [Js 13.14] 704. Canaan was divided into two parts. The tribe of Judah dominated the south. Show on your map where Judah lived. 705. Name the two Joseph tribes and show on your maps where they settled. [Js 14.3-4] 706. Name the city that the tribe of Judah was not able to conquer. [Js 15.63] 707. Where did Joshua set up the Sacred Tent? [Joshua 18.1, 19.51; Judges 18.31] 708. Later, the Ark of the Covenant was moved to this town [Jg 20.26-27] 709. Where did Joshua give his farewell address to his people? [Js 24.1] 710. Where was the body of Joseph buried? [Js 24.32] 711. Go back and label one side of Manasseh West Manasseh and the other side East Manasseh. 51
Judges & Ruth Name: Date: Score: 695. When did Joshua invade Canaan? [Check a timeline.] 696. When did Saul become king? 697. How many years elapsed between these two events? 698. Who ruled Israel during this time? 699. How does the Book of Judges summarize this period of Israelite history? Copy Jg 21.25: 700. Name the male and female gods worshipped by the Israelites. [Jg 2.11-15] and 701. Give one reason why the Israelites turned to false gods. [Jg 3.6] 702. Name two idols worshiped by the Israelites. [Jg 3.7] 703. What country did Othniel defeat? [3.8] 704. What country did Ehud defeat? [3.12] 705. How did Ehud kill King Eglon? Please tell the story. [3.12-30] 706. How was Ehud able to escape with his life? 707. What country did Shamgar defeat? [3.31] 708. How did Shamgar defeat them? 709. In Jg 4.4 Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, is referred to by these two titles: and 710. What people did Deborah and Barak defeat? [4.2] 711. How did Jael kill Sisera, the Canaanite general? Tell the story. [4.17-24] 712. What two nations did Gideon fight? [6.1-3] and 52
Name: Date: Score: 713. Describe in detail the long argument Gideon had with The Angel of the Lord. [6.12-17] 714. What kind of proof did the angel give to Gideon that he was really from the Lord? 715. Name the idols Gideon destroyed: and. 716. How did Gideon test God twice? [6.36-40] A. B. 717. Describe the two ways Gideon selected his men. [7.1-8] A. B. 718. How many men were in Gideon s first army? Second army? Third? 719. How did Gideon defeat the Midianite army? Tell the story. [7.16-22] 720. How many camels did the enemy have? [7.12b] 721. After his victory, what trophies did the army of Israel bring to Gideon? [7.25] 722. Go back and read Jg 1.1-6. What did the Israelites do to Adonibezek, the prisoner of war they captured? 723. How many men did Gideon and his men kill? [8.10c] 724. What did Zebah and Zalmuna say to Gideon? [8.20-21] 725. What did Gideon do with the gold earrings the Israelites had taken? 726. Whom did Abimelech kill? [Jg 9.1-6] 727. Why? 53
Name: Date: Score: 728. Explain how Jotham made fun of his half-brother Abimelech. [Jg 9.7-15] 729. What warning about Abimelech can be found in Jotham s fable? 730. How was Abimelech wounded? [Jg 9.50-54] 731. How did Abimelech die? 732. What were his last words? 733. When Jephthah was judge, what two armies attacked Israel? [10.7] 734. Where was Jephthah from? [11.1] 735. Why was he driven from his home? [11.1-2] 736. What land did the Ammonites want? [11.13] 737. What promise did Jephthah make? [11.30-31] 738. Who won the war? [11.32-33] 739. Who came out to greet Jephthah after his victory? [11:34-40] 740. How did Jephthah discover the identity of the Ephraimites who were trying to flee from him? [Jg 12] The Story of Samson [Jg 13-16] 741. Why was the birth of Samson unusual? Please list three different reasons: 13.3a 13.3b 13.5 742. What foreign nation conquered Israel during the life of Samson? 743. What is the name of the religious vow Samson followed? (13.5) 54
Name: Date: Score: 744. Samson wanted to marry a girl from Timnah. Where is that? 745. What was Samson s riddle? 746. What was the meaning of the riddle? 747. What did Samson have to pay if he lost his bet? 748. What did Samson say when he lost his bet? 766. How did Samson pay his bet? 767. What did Samson do after he learned that his wife had been given to another man? 768. After the men of Judah tied up Samson and handed him over to the Philistines, how did Samson defeat the Philistines? [15.9-20] 769. What did Samson do after he left the bed of the prostitute in Gaza? 770. Who tricked Samson into revealing the secret of his strength? 771. How much was this woman paid for betraying Samson? 772. What was the secret of Samson s strength? 773. How did the Philistines punish Samson? 774. What god did the Philistines worship? 55