This comprehensive Bible quiz on Genesis chapters 1-50 features 65 thought-provoking questions to challenge your knowledge and understanding of this foundational book of the Bible.
Objectives:
a) Understand the creation of the world and humanity
b) Explore the lives of key biblical figures like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph
c) Examine the themes of sin, grace, and God’s covenant promises
d) Gain insights into the early history of the Israelite nation
e) Reflect on the importance of faith, obedience, and God’s sovereignty
Questions:
- According to Genesis 1, how long did it take God to create the heavens and the earth?
a) 6 days
b) 7 days
c) 10 days
d) 1 week
Answer: a) 6 days (Genesis 1:1-31) - What was the name of the first man created by God?
a) Abel
b) Cain
c) Adam
d) Noah
Answer: c) Adam (Genesis 2:19-20) - What was the name of the first woman created by God?
a) Sarah
b) Rebekah
c) Eve
d) Rachel
Answer: c) Eve (Genesis 3:20) - What was the name of the first murderer in the Bible?
a) Enoch
b) Methuselah
c) Cain
d) Abel
Answer: c) Cain (Genesis 4:8) - According to Genesis 6-9, who was the righteous man who built an ark and survived the great flood?
a) Abraham
b) Isaac
c) Jacob
d) Noah
Answer: d) Noah (Genesis 6:9-9:29) - What was the name of the man God called to leave his home and become the father of a great nation?
a) Moses
b) Abraham
c) Isaac
d) Jacob
Answer: b) Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3) - Which of Abraham’s sons was the child of promise, born to his wife Sarah?
a) Ishmael
b) Esau
c) Isaac
d) Jacob
Answer: c) Isaac (Genesis 21:1-7) - What test of faith did God give to Abraham concerning his son Isaac?
a) To build an altar
b) To sacrifice his son
c) To leave his homeland
d) To circumcise his family
Answer: b) To sacrifice his son (Genesis 22:1-19) - Who was the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob?
a) Leah
b) Rachel
c) Rebekah
d) Sarah
Answer: c) Rebekah (Genesis 25:20-26) - Which of Jacob’s sons was the one he loved the most?
a) Reuben
b) Levi
c) Joseph
d) Benjamin
Answer: c) Joseph (Genesis 37:3) - What was the name of the coat of many colors that Jacob gave to his son Joseph?
a) Robe of righteousness
b) Garment of salvation
c) Cloak of favor
d) Tunic of many colors
Answer: d) Tunic of many colors (Genesis 37:3) - Why did Joseph’s brothers sell him into slavery?
a) They were jealous of him
b) He had sinned against them
c) Their father favored him
d) All of the above
Answer: a) They were jealous of him (Genesis 37:4, 37:11) - Who interpreted Joseph’s dreams while he was in prison?
a) The king’s butler
b) The king’s baker
c) The king himself
d) No one
Answer: a) The king’s butler (Genesis 40:1-23) - What position did Pharaoh give to Joseph after he interpreted the king’s dreams?
a) Chief steward
b) Second-in-command
c) High priest
d) Royal advisor
Answer: b) Second-in-command (Genesis 41:39-44) - Which of Jacob’s sons did Joseph reveal himself to after being reunited in Egypt?
a) Reuben
b) Simeon
c) Judah
d) Benjamin
Answer: c) Judah (Genesis 45:1-15) - How many years did the famine last in the land of Canaan according to Genesis?
a) 2 years
b) 5 years
c) 7 years
d) 10 years
Answer: c) 7 years (Genesis 41:27, 45:6) - Where did Jacob and his family settle while in Egypt?
a) Goshen
b) Rameses
c) Heliopolis
d) Thebes
Answer: a) Goshen (Genesis 47:4-6) - What did Jacob do before his death that blessed Joseph’s two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim?
a) He anointed them
b) He prayed for them
c) He adopted them as his own
d) He crossed his hands to bless the younger over the older
Answer: d) He crossed his hands to bless the younger over the older (Genesis 48:8-20) - How many sons did Jacob have according to the book of Genesis?
a) 10
b) 12
c) 14
d) 16
Answer: b) 12 (Genesis 35:22-26) - Where was Joseph buried after his death?
a) Hebron
b) Shechem
c) Rameses
d) Egypt
Answer: d) Egypt (Genesis 50:24-26) - What was the name of the first city built by Cain after he killed Abel?
a) Enoch
b) Nod
c) Havilah
d) Babylon
Answer: a) Enoch (Genesis 4:17) - How old was Noah when the flood waters came upon the earth?
a) 500 years old
b) 600 years old
c) 650 years old
d) 700 years old
Answer: b) 600 years old (Genesis 7:6) - After the flood, what was the first thing Noah did when he left the ark?
a) Built an altar and offered sacrifices
b) Planted a vineyard and got drunk
c) Sent out a raven and then a dove
d) Divided the animals into clean and unclean
Answer: a) Built an altar and offered sacrifices (Genesis 8:20) - What was the name of the mountain where Noah’s ark came to rest?
a) Mount Ararat
b) Mount Sinai
c) Mount Moriah
d) Mount Nebo
Answer: a) Mount Ararat (Genesis 8:4) - What was the name of Abraham’s wife who bore him a son named Ishmael?
a) Sarah
b) Hagar
c) Rebekah
d) Leah
Answer: b) Hagar (Genesis 16:1-16) - What was the name of the pagan city that Abraham’s nephew Lot lived in before it was destroyed?
a) Sodom
b) Gomorrah
c) Admah
d) Both a and b
Answer: d) Both a and b (Genesis 19:1-29) - What was the name of the well where Abraham’s servant met Rebekah, the woman who would become Isaac’s wife?
a) Beer-lahai-roi
b) Beersheba
c) Haran
d) Bethel
Answer: b) Beersheba (Genesis 24:10-27) - What promise did God make to Abraham concerning his descendants?
a) They would be as numerous as the stars
b) They would possess the land of Canaan
c) They would be a blessing to all nations
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above (Genesis 12:1-3, 13:14-17, 15:5) - What was the name of the king of Salem who blessed Abraham after his victory?
a) Abimelech
b) Melchizedek
c) Amraphel
d) Hammurabi
Answer: b) Melchizedek (Genesis 14:18-20) - What was the name of the son Abraham almost sacrificed before God provided a ram in his place?
a) Ishmael
b) Isaac
c) Jacob
d) Joseph
Answer: b) Isaac (Genesis 22:1-19) - Which of Jacob’s wives was the one he loved the most?
a) Leah
b) Rachel
c) Bilhah
d) Zilpah
Answer: b) Rachel (Genesis 29:16-30) - What was the name of the place where Jacob had a dream of a ladder reaching to heaven?
a) Bethel
b) Peniel
c) Hebron
d) Shechem
Answer: a) Bethel (Genesis 28:10-22) - What did Jacob do that caused him to receive the name “Israel”?
a) Wrestled with God
b) Circumcised his sons
c) Bought the birthright from Esau
d) Tricked his father Isaac
Answer: a) Wrestled with God (Genesis 32:22-32) - How many years did Jacob serve Laban to marry his daughter Rachel?
a) 7 years
b) 10 years
c) 14 years
d) 20 years
Answer: c) 14 years (Genesis 29:15-30) - Which of Jacob’s sons was the one who would become the ancestor of the Messiah?
a) Reuben
b) Levi
c) Judah
d) Joseph
Answer: c) Judah (Genesis 49:8-12) - What was the name of the son that was born to Jacob and Rachel?
a) Reuben
b) Dan
c) Benjamin
d) Joseph
Answer: d) Joseph (Genesis 30:22-24) - What was the name of Jacob’s only daughter?
a) Dinah
b) Zilpah
c) Bilhah
d) Leah
Answer: a) Dinah (Genesis 30:21) - What was the name of the son Jacob had with Leah’s handmaid Zilpah?
a) Gad
b) Asher
c) Issachar
d) Zebulun
Answer: a) Gad (Genesis 30:9-11) - Which of Jacob’s sons was sold into slavery by his brothers?
a) Reuben
b) Simeon
c) Levi
d) Joseph
Answer: d) Joseph (Genesis 37:12-36) - What was the name of Esau’s wife who was a daughter of Ishmael?
a) Basemath
b) Mahalath
c) Adah
d) Oholibamah
Answer: b) Mahalath (Genesis 28:9) - What was the special garment that Jacob gave to his son Joseph?
a) A robe of many colors
b) A priestly ephod
c) A seamless tunic
d) A cloak of fur
Answer: a) A robe of many colors (Genesis 37:3) - What did Joseph’s brothers do with him after they seized him?
a) Threw him into a pit
b) Sold him into slavery
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
Answer: c) Both a and b (Genesis 37:23-28) - What was the name of the Egyptian official who put Joseph in charge of his household?
a) Potiphar
b) Pharaoh
c) Asenath
d) Zaphenath-paneah
Answer: a) Potiphar (Genesis 39:1-6) - What was the name of the Egyptian prison warden who put Joseph in charge of the other prisoners?
a) Potiphar
b) Pharaoh
c) Asenath
d) The warden is not named
Answer: d) The warden is not named (Genesis 39:20-23) - What was the interpretation that Joseph gave to the dreams of Pharaoh’s two officials in prison?
a) One would be restored, the other executed
b) They both would be restored to their positions
c) Famine was coming to Egypt
d) Joseph would become ruler of Egypt
Answer: a) One would be restored, the other executed (Genesis 40:12-19) - What was the name of the Egyptian official who had a dream about 7 fat cows and 7 lean cows?
a) Potiphar
b) Pharaoh
c) Asenath
d) Zaphenath-paneah
Answer: b) Pharaoh (Genesis 41:1-7) - What interpretation did Joseph give to Pharaoh’s dream about the 7 fat and 7 lean cows?
a) There would be 7 years of plenty followed by 7 years of famine
b) Pharaoh would have 7 sons followed by 7 daughters
c) Egypt would conquer 7 neighboring kingdoms and then decline
d) Joseph would rule over Egypt for 7 years
Answer: a) There would be 7 years of plenty followed by 7 years of famine (Genesis 41:25-32) - What position did Pharaoh give to Joseph in Egypt after he interpreted the dream?
a) Prime Minister
b) Vizier
c) Treasurer
d) Both a and b
Answer: d) Both a and b (Genesis 41:39-44) - What was the name of the wife that Pharaoh gave to Joseph?
a) Potiphar’s wife
b) Asenath
c) Zuleika
d) Rachel
Answer: b) Asenath (Genesis 41:45) - What caused Jacob’s family to go down to Egypt during the famine?
a) Joseph invited them
b) They heard there was food there
c) God commanded them to go
d) Both a and b
Answer: d) Both a and b (Genesis 42:1-3, 45:9-13) - What was the name of the son that was born to Joseph and Asenath after they went to Egypt?
a) Manasseh
b) Ephraim
c) Both a and b
d) They did not have any children
Answer: c) Both a and b (Genesis 41:50-52) - What did Joseph’s brothers do when they first went to Egypt to buy grain during the famine?
a) They bowed down to Joseph
b) They did not recognize Joseph
c) Both a and b
d) Neither a nor b
Answer: c) Both a and b (Genesis 42:6-8) - What did Joseph do with the money his brothers brought to buy grain the first time they came to Egypt?
a) He kept it
b) He had it secretly put back in their sacks
c) He used it to buy supplies for the palace
d) He divided it evenly among his brothers
Answer: b) He had it secretly put back in their sacks (Genesis 42:25) - What did Joseph do when his younger brother Benjamin came to Egypt with the rest of his brothers?
a) He joyfully revealed his identity to them
b) He accused them of being spies
c) He kept Benjamin as a hostage
d) He gave them all a feast
Answer: d) He gave them all a feast (Genesis 43:16-34) - What plan did Joseph devise to keep his youngest brother Benjamin with him in Egypt?
a) He planted a silver cup in Benjamin’s sack
b) He had Benjamin thrown in prison
c) He demanded a large sum of money from them
d) He refused to let them leave without Benjamin
Answer: a) He planted a silver cup in Benjamin’s sack (Genesis 44:1-2, 12) - What did Joseph do when his brother Judah pleaded for Benjamin’s release?
a) He refused to let Benjamin go
b) He revealed his identity to his brothers
c) He had Judah thrown in prison
d) He sent his brothers back to Canaan
Answer: b) He revealed his identity to his brothers (Genesis 45:1-3) - What was the name of the land in Egypt that Joseph gave to his family to live in?
a) Goshen
b) Raamses
c) Pithom
d) Avaris
Answer: a) Goshen (Genesis 45:10, 46:28) - How many people from Jacob’s family went down to Egypt?
a) 70
b) 80
c) 100
d) 120
Answer: a) 70 (Genesis 46:27) - What happened to Jacob/Israel when he was reunited with his son Joseph in Egypt?
a) He died shortly after
b) He was overjoyed and said he was ready to die
c) He became the ruler of Egypt
d) He refused to see Joseph
Answer: b) He was overjoyed and said he was ready to die (Genesis 46:29-30) - What did Jacob/Israel do before he died in Egypt?
a) He adopted Joseph’s two sons as his own
b) He made his sons swear to bury him in Canaan
c) He blessed all of his sons
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above (Genesis 47:29-48:22, 49:1-33) - What happened when Joseph’s brothers were afraid he would take revenge on them after their father Jacob died?
a) Joseph comforted them and assured them he would not harm them
b) Joseph had them all thrown in prison
c) Joseph refused to speak to them
d) Joseph ignored them completely
Answer: a) Joseph comforted them and assured them he would not harm them (Genesis 50:15-21) - How old was Joseph when he died in Egypt?
a) 70 years old
b) 80 years old
c) 110 years old
d) 120 years old
Answer: c) 110 years old (Genesis 50:22) - What did Joseph ask his brothers to do with his bones when they returned to Canaan?
a) Bury them in the Promised Land
b) Scatter them throughout Canaan
c) Keep them in Egypt
d) Burn them as a sacrifice
Answer: a) Bury them in the Promised Land (Genesis 50:24-25) - What happened to the Israelites in Egypt after the time of Joseph?
a) They remained a small clan in Goshen
b) They were enslaved by the Egyptians
c) They were expelled from Egypt
d) They intermarried with the Egyptians and assimilated
Answer: b) They were enslaved by the Egyptians (Exodus 1:8-14) - Who was the Hebrew baby that was hidden by his mother and then found and raised by Pharaoh’s daughter?
a) Moses
b) Aaron
c) Joshua
d) Gideon
Answer: a) Moses (Exodus 2:1-10)
Please follow and like us:
