Genesis

NORMAN MANLEY HIGH QUIZ TEAM
GENESIS
How many chapters are there in the book of Genesis?
Ans.: 50
Who wrote the book of Genesis?

Ans.: Moses (TVJ 2003)
On what day did God create cattle, creeping things, beasts of the earth and
man?
Ans.: 6th
Which man named the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air?
Ans.: Adam
Which two significant trees were at the centre of the Garden of Eden?
Ans.: Tree of Life & Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
Who was the firstborn son of Adam & Eve?

Ans.: Cain
Which part of Adam’s body did God use to create Eve?

Ans.: rib
What was the profession of Abel, son of Adam?

Ans.: shepherd
What is the meaning of the biblical name “Adam”?

Ans.: taken out of the red earth
For how many years did the first man, Adam live?
Ans.: 930 years (TVJ 2001/02/04)
What was the first recorded result of Adam and Eve’s consumption of the
forbidden fruit?
Ans.: they realised that they were naked
With what did Adam and Eve clothe themselves when they realized they were
naked?
Ans.: fig leaves
With what did God replace the fig leaves that were Adam and Eve’s clothing?
Ans.: animal skins (JBC 1994)

Which son of Adam and Eve was the head of the genealogical line that produced
Jesus?
Ans.: Seth (TVJ 2002)
At what age did Adam beget Seth?

Ans.: 130 years old
For how long did, Seth, Adam’s third son live?

Ans.: 912 years (TVJ 2001)
On what day did God create the great whales and winged birds (fowls)?
Ans.: 5th (TVJ 2003)
What sentence did God pass on Adam and all males for his disobedience?
Ans.: painful/hard work (Gen 3:17-19)
What sentence did God pass on the serpent for his deception of mankind?
Ans.: crawl on its belly; to eat dust (Gen 3:14-15)
What sentence did God pass on Eve and all females for her disobedience?
Ans.: great pain in childbirth, submission to men (Gen 3:16)
What control measure did God put in place to prevent Man from re-entering the
Garden of Eden?
Ans.: Cherubims and a flaming sword
What the meaning of the biblical name ‘Seth’?

Ans.: appointed
What is the opening line of the book of Genesis??

Ans.: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth
What is the meaning of the biblical name Abel?

Ans.: breath, vapour or transitory
Which biblical figure said to the Lord ‘My punishment is greater than I can bear’?
Ans.: Cain
What offering did Abel bring to God?

Ans.: the firstborn of his flock
What was the profession of Cain?

Ans.: tiller of the ground; farming
Name the three sons of Lamech?

Ans.: Jabal, Jubal and Tubal-cain
Who were the parents of Tubal-cain?

Ans.: Lamech & Zillah
Who was the daughter of Lamech by his wife Zillah?

Ans.: Naamah
On what day did God create the land, grass, herbs and fruit trees?
Ans.: 3rd
According to Moses, Tubail-cain was skilled in working with what?

Ans.: brass and iron
Whose song of exultation on the invention of the sword by his son details the
great advantage to himself and his family over any enemies?
Ans.: Lamech
Who was regarded as a father of all that dwell in tents and of all that have
cattle?
Ans.: Jabal (first nomad and cattle breeder) (Gen 4:20)
Who was the mother of the biblical characters Jabal and Jubal?
Ans.: Adah
What invention did Moses Assign to Jubal, son of Lamech?

Ans.: harp and organ
To where did Cain flee after killing his brother Abel?

Ans.: land of Nod
What is the meaning of the Biblical name Cain?

Ans.: possession (TVJ 2003)
Who was the eldest son of Cain?

Ans.: Enoch (Gen 4:17)
Who was the father of Enos?

Ans.: Seth
At what age did Seth begat Enos?

Ans.: 105 years old
How old was Cainan when he died?

Ans.: 910 years old
Who was the father of Cainan?

Ans.: Enos
For how long did Jared live?

Ans.: 962 years (TVJ 2000/03)
On what day did God create the sun, moon and stars?
For how long did Methuselah live?

Ans.: 969 years (TVJ 2003)
Who was the son of Jared and father of Methuselah?

Ans.: Enoch (TVJ 2001)
How old was Enos when he died?

Ans.: 905 years
Who was the son of Cainan and father of Jared?

Ans.: Mahala-leel
How old was Mahala-leel when he died?

Ans.: 895 years
Who was the father of Methuselah, the oldest man in the Bible?
Ans.: Enoch (Gen 5:21-27) (TVJ 2000/04)
What is the meaning of the biblical name “Enoch”?

Ans.: teacher
According to the Bible, who was the first man recorded to have more than one
wife? (Gen 4:19-23)
Ans.: Lamech
What is the meaning of the biblical name “Lamech”?

Ans.: over thrower
From which tree in the Garden of Eden did Eve pluck the forbidden fruit?
Ans.: Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
What is the meaning of the biblical name Methuselah?

Ans.: man of the dart
At what age was Enoch, the father of Methuselah, taken by God?

Ans.: 365 years old (TVJ 2003)
The Biblical name Cain means possession, what does the biblical name Cainan
mean? (Gen 5:9-14)
Ans.: possessor
On what day did God create the firmament called Heaven, and divided the
waters, which were under the firmament from the waters that were above the
firmament?
Ans.: 2nd
What is the name of the first river of Eden which encompasses the whole land of
Havilah, where there is gold?
Ans.: Pison
What was the name of the second river of Eden that encompasses the whole
land of Ethiopia (Cush)?
Ans.: Gihon
What is the name of the third river of Eden that goeth towards the east of
Assyria? (Gen 2:14)
Ans.: Hiddekel
What is the modern name for the Hiddekel River that flowed through the Garden
of Eden?
Ans.: Tigris
What was the name of the fourth river of Eden?

Ans.: Euphrates
In which direction in the garden of Eden did God place man?

Ans.: eastward
What word beginning with “A” refers to the time before the Great Flood?
Ans.: antediluvian
Name the four antediluvian women whose names have been mentioned in the
Bible by Moses?
Ans.: Adah, Zillah, Naamah and Eve
Which biblical character said “this is now bone of my bones, and the flesh of my
flesh: she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man” ?
Ans.: Adam
What was the name of the city that Cain built and named after his son?
Ans.: Enoch (Gen 4:17)
What are the first spoken words in the Bible?

Ans.: let there be light
In Genesis 5:24, “he walked with God, and he was not: for God took him”. Who
was he?
Ans.: Enoch
On what day did God create light and darkness signifying day and night?
Ans.: 1st
Which son of Enoch died in the year of the flood?

Ans.: Methuselah
At the naming of which bible patriarch was it said, “This name shall comfort us
concerning our work and toil of our hands”?
Ans.: Noah
Who was the father of Noah?

Ans.: Lamech (TVJ 2001)
Who was the grandfather of Noah?

Ans.: Methuselah
What was the name of the city that Cain built in the Land of Nod?
Ans.: Enoch
Who was the father of the biblical character Enoch?

Ans.: Jared or Cain (TVJ 2001)
Who in the Bible is described as “an instructor of every artificer of brass and
iron”? (Gen 4:22)
Ans.: Tubal Cain
Who were the half-brothers of Tubal-cain?

Ans.: Jubal & Jabal
Who was the sister of Tubal-cain?

Ans.: Naamah
Who was the father of Jabal, Tubal-cain & Naamah? (Gen 4:19-22)
Ans.: Lamech
Who were the wives of Lamech in the first polygamous union?

Ans.: Adah & Zillah (Gen 4:19-23) (TVJ 2000)
Which wife of Lamech was the mother of Tubal-cain?

Ans.: Zillah
According to Genesis 4:20, who was the “father of such that dwell in tents”?
Ans.: Jabal
According to Genesis 4:20, who was the “father of such that have cattle”?
Ans.: Jabal
Which wife of Lamech was the mother of Jabal?

Ans.: Adah (TVJ 2003)
Which wife of Lamech was the mother of Jubal?

Ans.: Adah
Name the four rivers that flow through Paradise or Eden?

Ans.: Pison, Gihon, Hiddekel and Euphrates
At the birth of which Bible patriarch did his mother say, “I have gotten a man
from the Lord”?
Ans.: Cain
Who were the three sons of Noah?

Ans.: Shem, Ham, Japheth
Who was the eldest son of Noah?

Ans.: Shem
What is the meaning of the biblical name Noah?

Ans.: rest
What is the meaning of the biblical name “Ham”?

Ans.: dark coloured/swarthy/ sunburnt
Who was the youngest of Noah’s three sons?

Ans.: Ham (JBC 1996)
What type of wood was Nopah instructed to use for the construction of the Ark?
Ans.: gopher wood
What instructions did God Give to for the dimensions pf the Ark?
Ans.: length 300 cubits, width 50 cubits wide, breadth 50 cubits
How old was Noah when the floodwaters came upon the face of the earth?
Ans.: 600 years old (Gen 7:6) (TVJ 2001/04)
How many people were survived the Great Flood in Noah’s ark?
Ans.: 8 (Gen 6-8) (TVJ 2003)
According to Genesis, how long was the period of rainfall which God sent to
make a Great Flood?
Ans.: 40 days and 40 nights
According to Genesis, for how long was the earth covered with the waters of the
Great flood?
Ans.: 150 days
According to Genesis, how deep were the flood waters upon the face of the
Earth?
Ans.: 15 cubits
What creature was the first sent out by Noah from the Ark?
Ans.: raven (TVJ 2003)
What creature was the second sent out by Noah from the Ark?
Ans.: dove
With what did the dove return holding in its mouth to Noah?
Ans.: a freshly plucked olive leaf
How many times did Noah send out a dove to determine if the floodwaters had
receded?
Ans.: 3
What was Noah’s first act after he embarked from the ark?
Ans.: he built an altar and offered burnt offering to the Lord (Gen 8:20)
Upon which mountain did Noah’s Ark come to rest after the Great Flood?
Ans.: Ararat (JBC 1996/TVJ 2004)
What was the token of the covenant that God made with Noah indicating that
the waters should no more become a flood to destroy all flesh?
Ans.: Rainbow (a bow in the cloud)
What profession did Noah follow after the flood?

Ans.: farmer {grew grapes}
Which biblical character saw the nakedness of his father and told his brothers?
Ans.: Ham (Gen 9:18-27)
Which of Noah’s grandsons was cursed to be a “servants of servants” unto his

brethren? (Gen 9:25)
Ans.: Caanan
Who was the father of the biblical Canaan?

Ans.: Ham
Which nation was recognized as the ‘land of Ham’ in biblical days?

Ans.: Egypt
For how many years did Noah live after the Flood?
Ans.: 350 years old (JBC 1996)
How old was Noah when he died?

Gomer and Magog were the children of which son of Noah?

Ans.: Japheth
Who were the grandsons of Noah through Ham?

Ans.: Cush, Mizraim, Phut, Canaan
Which great-grandson of Noah was “a mighty hunter before the Lord”?

Ans.: Nimrod (Gen 10:9)
The mighty hunter, Nimrod, was the grandson of which of Noah’s sons?
Ans.: Ham
Who was the father of Nimrod?

Ans.: Cush
Which nation was recognized as the ‘land of Cush’ in biblical days?

Ans.: Ethiopia
Which city was built by Nimrod, son of Cush

Ans.: Nineveh (Gen 10:11)
Who was the father of Tubal and Tiras?

Ans.: Japheth (Gen 10:2)
Who was the father of Elam and Lud?

Ans.: Shem
Abraham was the descendant of which son of Noah?

Ans.: Shem
Which son of Japheth had a son named Ashkenaz, the common ancestor of the
Jews of Ukraine and eastern Turkey? (Gen 10:3)
Ans.: Gomer
Who were the father of Javan and Meshech?

Ans.: Japheth
Who was the father of Asshur, Arphaxad and Aram?

Ans.: Shem
Who was the eldest son of Ham?

Ans.: Cush
According to Genesis, which son of Noah received no blessing from his father?
Ans.: Ham
What is the historical name given to the step pyramids of Mesopotamia, which
were built as shrines to the Gods?
Ans.: ziggurat
How old was Shem at the time of the flood?

Ans.: 98 years old (Gen 11:11)
At what age did Shem die?

Ans.: 600 years old
Which son of Shem was born two years after the flood?
Ans.: Arphaxad
What name was given to the place where God confounded the language of men
who tried to build a tower up to heaven?
Ans.: Babel (Gen 11:9)
What is the meaning of the Biblical name Babel?

Ans.: confusion
On a plain in which land, did men attempt to construct the Tower of Babel?
Ans.: Land of Shinar (Gen 11:2)
Who were the sons of Terah?

Ans.: Abram, Nahor, and Haran (Gen 11:26) (TVJ 2001)
Who was the father of Terah and grandfather of Abram?

Ans.: Nahor (TVJ 2003)
Which brother of Abram was the father of Lot?

Ans.: Haran (TVJ 2003)
From which city did the patriarch Abraham originate?

Ans.: Ur of the Chaldees (Gen 11:27-31) (TVJ 2003/04)
Which son of Terah died in the land of Ur of the Chaldees?

Ans.: Haran
In which modern day country is the biblical place ‘Ur of the Chaldees’ located?
Ans.: Iraq
What name was shared by Abram’s grandfather and Abram’s brother?

Ans.: Nahor (Gen 11)
Who was the wife of Abram?

Ans.: Sarai
Who was the wife of Nahor?

Ans.: Milcah
Who were the sisters of Lot?

Ans.: Milcah and Iscah
Who were the children of Haran?

Ans.: Milcah, Iscah and Lot
At what age did Terah, Abraham’s father, die?

Ans.: 205 years
At which place did Terah die after leaving Ur of the Chaldees?

Ans.: Haran (Gen 11:32)
To which Bible patriarch did God say, “get thee out of thy country, and from thy
kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee.”?
Ans.: Abram
To biblical character did God say, “I will make thee a great nation…I will bless
them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee”?
Ans.: Abram
At which place was Abram living when God called him to take his family into the
land of Canaan?
Ans.: Haran (Gen 12:4)
How old was Abram when God called on him to leave Haran and go into the land
of Canaan? (Gen 12:4)
Ans.: 75 years old
The first famine recorded in the Bible occurred when which biblical figure pitched
his tent on a mountain to the east of Bethel?
Ans.: Abraham (Genesis 12:8-10)
In which land did Abraham seek refuge from famine in Canaan?

Ans.: Egypt
In which city did Lot live?

Ans.: Sodom (Gen 13:12)
What is the meaning of the biblical name “Abram”?

Ans.: father of height
In which valley full of slime pits did nine kings do battle: four kings against five?
Ans.: Valley of Siddim (Gen 14)
According to Genesis 14:2 who was the King of Gomorrah who fought at the
battle in the vale of Siddim?
Ans.: Birsha
According to Genesis 14:2 who was the King of Sodom who fought at the battle
in the vale of Siddim?
Ans.: Bera
Which King of Admah fought at the battle in the vale of Siddim according to
Genesis 14:2?
Ans.: Shinab
Which King of Zeboiim ruled fought at the battle in the vale of Siddim in Genesis
14:2?
Ans.: Shember
Which King led an invasion of Sodom and carried away Lot, his family and
possessions?
Ans.: Chedorlaomer
Chedorlaomer was the king of which nation?

Ans.: Elam
Who led a successful expedition which rescued Lot and his family form king
Chedolaomer?
Ans.: Abram (Gen 14)
Which “priest of the Most High God” blessed Abraham and received from
Abraham a tenth of the spoils from the defeat of King Chedorlaomer near
Damascus? (Gen 14)
Ans.: Melchizedek
Melchizedek was the king of which place?

Ans.: Salem (Gen 14:18)
What is the meaning of the biblical name Salem?

Ans.: peace
According to Genesis 14:18-20, where did Abraham meet Melchizedek, king of

Salem?
Ans.: valley of Shaveh
What is the meaning of the Biblical name Melchizedek?

Ans.: King of Righteousness
What was the name of the steward or chief servant in Abram’s household?
Ans.: Eliezer (Gen 15:2)
Of which city was Eliezer, steward of Abraham, a native?

Ans.: Damascus (Gen 15:2)
According to Genesis, what did God tell Abram were the boundaries of the land
he would give to the descendants of Abraham?
Ans.: from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates (Gen 15:18)
Who was the firstborn son of Abraham?

Ans.: Ishmael
What was the name of Sarai’s handmaid?

Ans.: Hagar
What was the nationality of Sarai’s maidservant, Hagar?

Ans.: Egyptian
At what age did Abram first become a father when Ishmael was born? (Gen 16)
Ans.: 86 years old
What is the meaning of the name Ishmael?

Ans.: God hears
Who encouraged Abram to have a child with Hagar, the Egyptian maidservant?
Ans.: Sarai
What is the meaning of the biblical name “Abraham”?

Ans.: father of many nations / father of a multitude (TVJ 2003)
What was the token of the covenant required by God from Abraham and his
descendants? (Gen 17)
Ans.: circumcision of all males
At what age did God say all male descendants of Abraham must be circumcised?
Ans.: 8 days old
How old was Abraham when he was circumcised?

Ans.: 99 years old
At what age was Ishmael circumcised in Genesis 17:25?

What is the meaning of the biblical name ‘Sarah’ or ‘Sarai’?

Ans.: princess
What was Abraham’s response when God told him that Sarah shall conceive a
child in their old age?
Ans.: he fell upon his face and laughed
What name, meaning laughter, did God tell Abraham to call the son that Sarah
would produce in her old age?
Ans.: Isaac
How many men stood before Abraham as he sat at his tent door in the heat of
the day and then foretold to him the birth of Isaac?
Ans.: 3
What was Sarah’s response when she overheard three visitors telling Abraham
that she would give birth to a son?
Ans.: she laughed (Gen 18:12)
Which city did Abraham try to persuade God against destroying?

Ans.: Sodom (Gen 18:23-33)
How many righteous men did God tell Abraham must be present in Sodom for
the city to be spared from destruction?
Ans.: 10 (Gen 18: 23-26)
How many angels visited Sodom and stayed in Lot’s house?

Ans.: two
What relation was Lot to Abraham?

Ans.: nephew (TVJ 2003)
How many virgin daughters did Lot offer to the men of Sodom in place of the
visiting angels who they sought from his house?
Ans.: two (Genesis 19:7)
What is the meaning of the biblical name Lot?

Ans.: concealed
Which city was spared at the request of Lot in order that he might take refuge
there? (Gen 19:20-23)
Ans.: Zoar
What was the original name of the city of Zoar?

Ans.: Bela
What did God rain down upon Sodom and Gomorrah?

Ans.: brimstone & fire
Who were the only people to escape God’s destruction of Sodom?

Ans.: Lot & his two daughters (Gen 19)
Where did Lot and his two daughters seek refuge after fleeing Zoar? (Gen 19:30)
Ans.: in a cave
State the name of the two sons born to Lot’s two daughters as a result of
incestuous relations with their father?
Ans.: Moab and Ben-ammi (Gen 19:38)
What is the meaning of the biblical name Ben-Ammi?

Ans.: “son of my people”
What is the meaning of the biblical name Moab?

Ans.: of his father, from my father,
Who was the son of the younger daughter of Lot?

Ans.: Ben-ammi (Gen 19:38) (TVJ 2003)
Which two nations/sons sprang from the incestuous intercourse between Lot and
his two daughters?
Ans.: Ammon and Moab (TVJ 2003)
Which king was informed in a dream that he had taken Abraham’s wife Sarah?
Ans.: Abimelech (Gen 20:2-18)
Abimelech was the king of which place?

Ans.: Gerar
What relation, other than wife was Abraham to Sarah?

Ans.: half-brother (Gen 20:12)
In which two places did Abraham try to prevent trouble by telling the inhabitants
that Sarah was his sister?
Ans.: Egypt and Gerar
How old was Sarah when she gave birth to Isaac? (Gen 21)
Ans.: 90 years old
How old was Abraham when Sarah gave birth to Isaac? (Gen 21:5)
Ans.: 100 years old
How old was Isaac when he was circumcised? (Gen 21:4)

Ans.: 8 days old (TVJ 2003)
Who said to Abraham, “Cast out this bondwoman and her son”?
Ans.: Sarah (Gen 21:10)
After being banished from the household of Abraham, in which place did Hagar
and Ishmael wander and come close to starvation?
Ans.: wilderness of Beersheba (Gen 21:14-19)
From among the womenfolk of which country did Hagar seek a wife for Ishmael?
Ans.: Egypt (Gen 21:21)
At which place did Abraham and King Abimelech make a covenant concerning a
dispute over a well?
Ans.: Beersheba (Gen 21:22-31)
What is the meaning of the Biblical name Beer-sheba?

Ans.: well of the oath, well of the swearing
Who as the chief captain of the army of King Abimelech in the days of Abraham
Ans.: Phicol (Gen 21:22)
Where did the Lord ask Abraham to make a burnt offering of his son Isaac?
Ans.: Mount Moriah (TVJ 2003/04)
What name did Abraham give to the place where he built an altar to sacrifice
Isaac? (Gen 22:14)
Ans.: Jehovah-Jireh
What is the meaning of the name “Jehovah Jireh”?

Ans.: the Lord is my provider (Gen 22:14) (TVJ 2001/03/04)
What did Abraham sacrifice in place of his son Isaac? (Gen 22:13)
Ans.: a ram [caught in a thicket]
What was the family relation between Abraham and Bethuel?

Ans.: Nephew
Who were the parents of Bethuel?

Ans.: Milcah and Nahor
How many children did Milcah bare for Nahor?

Ans.: 8 (Gen 22:20-24)
Which woman was the concubine of Nahor?

Ans.: Reumah (Gen 22:20)
How many children were borne by the concubine Reumah for Nahor?
Ans.: 4
Who was the first born son of Milcah and Nahor?

Ans.: Huz
Who was the second son of Milcah and Nahor?

Ans.: Buz
How old was Sarah, Abraham’s wife, when she died?

Ans.: one hundred and twenty seven (127) (Gen 23:1) (TVJ 2003)
In which city did Sarah die?

Ans.: Hebron
In which place was Sarah buried?

Ans.: cave of Machpelah (Gen 23:19)
From which Hittite did Abraham buy the field and cave of Machpelah to serve as
a family tomb? (Gen 23:8-18)
Ans.: Ephron
In the Bible what name is given to the sons of Heth?

Ans.: Hittites
From among which people did Abraham forbid his servants to take a wife for
Isaac?
Ans.: Canaanites (Gen 24:3)
Who decorated Rebekah with “a golden ear-ring of ½ shekel and two bracelets
for her hand”?
Ans.: Abraham’s servant (Gen. 24:22)
In which city did Abraham’s servant meet Rebekah? (Gen 24)

Ans.: Nahor {city}
What sign did Abraham’s servant ask of God so that he may know the woman to
choose as Isaac’s wife? (Gen 24:10-21)
Ans.: the woman who brought him water for himself and his camels
Who was the father of Rebekah?

Ans.: Bethuel
What is the meaning of the biblical name Rebekah?

Ans.: ensnarer/captivating
What was the name of Rebekah’s brother?

Ans.: Laban
Who was Rebekah’s grandfather?

Ans.: Nahor
How old was Isaac when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel?

Ans.: 40 (TVJ 2003)
What was the nationality of Rebekah’s father, Bethuel and her brother Laban?
Ans.: Syrian
Who became Abraham’s second wife after Sarah? (Gen 25)

Ans.: Keturah (TVJ 2004)
How many sons were born to Keturah by Abraham?

Ans.: 6 (Gen 25)
Who was the eldest son of Keturah & Abraham?

Ans.: Zimran
At what age did Abraham die?

Ans.: 175 years
Where did Isaac and Ishmael bury their father Abraham? (Gen 25:9)
Ans.: in the cave of Mach-pelah
Who was the first born son of Ishmael?

Ans.: Nebajoth
How old was Ishmael when he died?

Ans.: 137 years old (Gen 25:17)
Who were the twin sons of Isaac and Rebekah? (Gen 25:24-26)
Ans.: Esau and Jacob (TVJ 2003)
Which of Rebekah’s sons was the favourite child of Isaac?

Ans.: Esau
How old was Isaac when Esau and Jacob were born to Rebekah?
Ans.: 60 years old (Gen 25:26) (TVJ 2004)
What is the meaning of the biblical name Esau? (Gen 25:25)

Ans.: hairy
Why was Jacob, son of Rebekah, so named? (Gen 25:24-26)

Ans.: his hand took hold of Esau’s heel during birth
After how many years of marriage did Rebekah give birth to Jacob and Esau?
Ans.: 20 years (Gen 25)
Why was Esau, the firstborn son of Isaac, so named? (Gen 25:24-26)
Ans.: he was red and looked like a hairy garment
What new name was given to Esau when he sold his birthright to Jacob?
Ans.: Edom
What is the meaning of the Biblical name Edom?

Ans.: red
For what did Esau sell his birthright to Jacob?

Ans.: a pot of pottage and bread (Gen 25:29-34)
In which place did Isaac seek refuge from a famine in Canaan?

Ans.: Gerar (Gen 26:6)
Among which people did God tell Isaac to seek refuge from a famine in Canaan?
Ans.: Philistines (Gen 26:1-5)
Which King of the Philistines at Gerar rebuked Isaac for saying Rebekah was his
sister? (Gen 26: 6-16)
Ans.: Abimelech
For what reason did the Philistines ask Isaac to leave from living among them?
Ans.: he was getting too rich and powerful (Gen 26:14-16)
What two things made Isaac the envy of the Philistines?

Ans.: his wealth and his wells
Which two wells did Isaac dig but later relinquished ownership of them to the
herdsmen of Gerar rather than fight over them? (Gen 26:17-34)
Ans.: Esek & Sitnah
Which two wells did Isaac’s servants dig and kept without trouble from the other
herdsmen? (Gen 26:17-34)
Ans.: Rehoboth & Beersheba (Shebah)
Which son of Isaac provided his father with his favourite meats from his hunting
expeditions?
Ans.: Esau
At age 40, Esau caused great distress to Isaac and Rebekah when he took two
wives from among which people? (Gen 26:34-35)
Ans.: Hittites
Which wife of Esau was the daughter of Beeri the Hittite?

Ans.: Judith (Gen 26:34)
At what age did Esau marry Judith?

Ans.: 40 years old
Who encouraged Jacob to deceive his father Isaac? (Gen 27:6-17))

Ans.: Rebekah
What is the meaning of the name Jacob?

Ans.: supplanter/ heel catcher/ trickster
What did Esau pledge to do after Jacob obtained Isaac’s blessing by trickery?
Ans.: kill Jacob (Gen 27:41)
What was the nature of the disguise which Rebekah put upon Jacob so that
Isaac would be deceived into thinking that he was Esau?
Ans.: Esau’s clothes and goat skin (Gen 27:15-16)
To whom did Rebekah send Jacob so that he could hide form the wrath of Esau?
Ans.: Laban (Gen 27:43)
To which place did Jacob flee to escape the wrath of his brother Esau?
Ans.: Padan-aram
Who was Jacob’s grandfather in Padan-aram?

Ans.: Bethuel (Gen 28:2)
From among which people did Isaac forbid Jacob to take a wife?
Ans.: Canaanites (Gen 28:1)
What instruction did Isaac give to Jacob concerning choosing a wife?

Ans.: choose one of the daughters of Laban (Gen 28:2)
After Esau learnt that Isaac did not wish his sons to marry the Canaanites, which
woman did Esau marry to please Isaac? (Gen 28:6-9)
Ans.: Mahalath
Who was the father of Esau’s third wife Mahalath?

Ans.: Ishmael
Who were the wives of Esau?

Ans.: Judith (Aholibamah), Bashemath (Adah) and Mahalath (Bashemath)
What name did Jacob give to the place where he dreamt of a ladder leading up
to heaven? (Gen 28: 10-19)
Ans.: Bethel (TVJ 2002)
According to Genesis 28:19, what was the former name of the place Jacob called
Bethel?
Ans.: Luz (TVJ 2003)
What is the meaning of the biblical name Bethel?

Ans.: house of God (Gen 28:17)
Who were the two daughters of Laban?

Ans.: Rachel and Leah
What is the meaning of the biblical name “Leah”?

Ans.: wearied
Which of Laban’s daughters was described as “tender eyed”?

Ans.: Leah (Gen 29:17) (TVJ 2004)
What was Rachel doing when Jacob first met her?

Ans.: bringing her father’s sheep for water (Gen 29:1-12)
What is the meaning of the biblical name Rachel?

Ans.: ewe or sheep
What was the family relation of Laban to Jacob?

Ans.: uncle (Gen 29:10)
For how many years did Jacob serve Laban for Rachel?
Ans.: 14
Who was Rachel’s handmaid, given unto Jacob to bare children?

Ans.: Bilhah
Who was the handmaid of Leah?

Ans.: Zilpah
At which place did Jacob first meet Rachel?

Ans.: at a well
Other than wife, what relation (s) was Rachel to Jacob?

Ans.: cousin
Who was the first-born son of Leah by Jacob?

Ans.: Reuben (TVJ 2003)
What is the meaning of the biblical name Reuben?

Ans.: behold a son
Who was the fourth son of Leah?

Ans.: Judah
At the birth of which son of Jacob, did Leah say, “Because the Lord has heard
that I was hated, he has therefore given me this son also”?
Ans.: Simeon (Gen 29:33)
What is the meaning of the biblical name Simeon?

Ans.: hearing / heard
At the birth of which son of Jacob did Leah say, “the Lord has surely looked upon
my affliction, now therefore my husband will love me”?
Ans.: Reuben (Gen 29:32)
At the birth of which son of Jacob did Leah say, “Now I will praise the Lord”?
Ans.: Judah (Gen 29:35)
What is the meaning of the biblical name Judah?

Ans.: praised, celebrated
What was the Greek form of the Hebrew name Judah?

Ans.: Judas
Who was the second son of Leah?

Ans.: Simeon
At the birth of which son of Jacob did Leah say, “Now this time my husband will
become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons”?
Ans.: Levi (Gen 29:34)
What is the meaning of the biblical name Levi?

Ans.: joined / attached
“Give me children, or else I die”, which woman in the Bible spoke these words?
Ans.: Rachel (Gen 30:1)
Who was the sixth son of Jacob?

Ans.: Napthali
Who was the seventh son of Jacob?

Ans.: Gad
At the birth of which son of Jacob did Rachel say, “God has judged me; and has
also heard my voice and given me a son”?
Ans.: Dan (son of Bilhah) (Gen 30:6)
What is the meaning of the biblical name Dan?

Ans.: a judge
Who was the fifth son of Jacob?

Ans.: Dan
Who was the eighth son of Jacob?

Ans.: Asher
Who was the mother of Naphtali?

Ans.: Bilhah
Who was the firstborn son of Bilhah?

Ans.: Dan (Gen 30:5-6) (TVJ 2001/02/04
Which of Jacob’s sons has a name which translates to mean “my struggle”?
Ans.: Napthali
Who was the mother of Asher?

Ans.: Zilpah
Who was the first-born son of Zilpah?

Ans.: Gad (TVJ 2001)
At the birth of which son of Jacob, did Leah say “a troop cometh”?
Ans.: Gad son of Zilpah (Gen 30:11) (TVJ 2002)
What is the meaning of the biblical name Gad?

Ans.: a troop (TVJ 2002)
At the birth of which son of Jacob did the mother say, “God has endowed me
with a good endowment; now my husband will dwell with me, because I have
borne him six sons”? (Gen 30:19-20)
Ans.: Zebulun
At the birth of which son of Jacob did the mother say, “I am happy for the
daughters will call me blessed”?
Ans.: Asher (Gen 30:12)
What is the meaning biblical name “Asher”?

Ans.: happy/happiness
At the birth of which son of Jacob, did Rachel say, “with great wrestling’s I have
wrestled with my sister, and indeed I have prevailed”? (Gen 30:8)
Ans.: Naphtali
Who was the fifth son of Leah?

Ans.: Issachar
What is the meaning of the biblical name Issachar?

Ans.: reward
Who was the tenth son of Jacob?

Ans.: Zebulun (TVJ 2001/04)
Which plant mentioned in the Old Testament was called ‘devil’s apple’ by the
Arabs for its power as an aphrodisiac?
Ans.: mandrakes
Which woman earned a night in bed with Jacob by exchanging some mandrakes
with Rachel?
Ans.: Leah (Gen 30:14-16)
At the birth of which son of Jacob did the mother say, “God has given me my
wages, because I have given my maid to my husband”?
Ans.: Issachar (Gen 30:18)
Who was ninth son of Jacob?

Ans.: Issachar (TVJ 2003/04)
How many children were born to Jacob by Leah?

Ans.: 7
Name the seven children of Leah and Jacob in order of their birth?
Ans.: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun and daughter Dinah
At the birth of which son of Jacob did the mother say, “God has taken away my
reproach”?
Ans.: Joseph (Gen 30:23:24)
What is the meaning of the biblical name Joseph?

Ans.: increase / may God add
Which of Jacob’s wives stole her father’s household gods?

Ans.: Rachel (Gen 31:17-19)
For how many years did Jacob work with Laban?

Ans.: 20 (Gen 31:38-41)
At which place did Jacob live and work with Laban?

Ans.: Padan-aram (Gen 31:18)
What name did Jacob give to the heap of stones that he and Laban made on
Mount Gilead to commemorate the covenant they entered into at that place?
Ans.: Galeed (Gen. 31:47)
Who was the father of Laban?

Ans.: Bethuel
For how many years did Jacob work with Laban to obtain his own cattle?
Ans.: six years
Who was the eleventh son of Jacob?

Ans.: Joseph
What name signifying two hosts or two camps, did Jacob give to the place where
he met “the angels of God”?
Ans.: Mahanaim (Gen. 32:1-2) (TVJ 2002)
Which biblical figure lived in the region of Seir?

Ans.: Esau (Gen 32:3)
On his return to the land of Canaan, what did Jacob do to try to appease the
wrath of Esau? (Gen 32:13-21)
Ans.: send presents of his flock ahead to Esau
James is the Greek version of which Hebrew name?

Ans.: Jacob
While preparing to cross over which stream was Jacob “wrestled by a man until
the breaking of day”?
Ans.: Jabbok (Gen 32:22)
What was the name Jacob gave to the place at which he wrestled with a man
from night until the breaking of the day? (Gen 32:24-30)
Ans.: Peniel (TVJ 2004)
What name was given to Jacob after he wrestled with God at Peniel?
Ans.: Israel
What is the meaning of the Biblical name Israel?

Ans.: ruling with God/ the prince who prevails with God/ he who strives with
God
What is the meaning of the biblical place name Peniel?

Ans.: face of God (TVJ 2002)
Which part of Jacob’s body was thrown out of joint while wrestling with a man
on the bank of the Jabbok?
Ans.: hip (the hollow of his thigh)
Along the north bank of which river is Peniel located?

Ans.: Jabbok
What did Esau do when he saw Jacob for the first time returning to Canaan?
Ans.: he ran to meet Jacob and embraced him (Gen 33:4)
After a reunion with Esau, where did Jacob build a house and make booths for
his cattle? (Gen 33:17)
Ans.: Succoth
At the time of Jacob’s return to Canaan, who was the ruler of Shechem who sold
Jacob a piece of land on which to pitch his tents?
Ans.: Hamor (Gen 33:19)
What name did Jacob give to the altar he built at Shechem after he returned
from Padan-Aram?
Ans.: El-Elohe-Israel (Gen 33:19-20)
Which son of Hamor violated Dinah, the daughter of Leah by Jacob?

Ans.: Shechem (Gen 34:2) (TVJ 2001)
What is the meaning of the biblical name Shechem?

Ans.: shoulder (TVJ 2002)
What suggestion did Hamor and Shechem make to Jacob and his sons
concerning restitution for the violation of Dinah? (Gen 34:4-12)
Ans.: that Shechem would take Dinah as his wife
What physical act did the sons of Jacob require the men of Shechem to do as an
act of remorse for the violation of Dinah and to prepare their families for
intermarriage?
Ans.: circumcision of the men of Shechem
Which two sons of Jacob led an attack which killed all the men of a Shechem
because the men violated their sister Dinah?
Ans.: Simeon and Levi (Gen 34:25-31)
What is the meaning of the biblical name Dinah?

Ans.: justice, acquitted
What was the name of Rebekah’s in Genesis 35:8?

Ans.: Deborah
Which son of Jacob was born just before his mother, Rachel, died giving birth to
him?
Ans.: Benjamin (Gen 35:16-20) (TVJ 2003)
What name did the dying Rachel give to her youngest son before she died?
Ans.: Ben-Oni
What is the meaning of the Biblical name Ben-Oni?

Ans.: son of my sorrow
Who gave Benjamin his name?

Ans.: Jacob
Between which two places was Benjamin born?

Ans.: Bethel and Bethlehem (Gen 35:16-20)
What was the former name of Bethlehem?

Ans.: Ephrath
What is the meaning of the Biblical name Bethlehem?

Ans.: House of Bread
Which of Jacob sons “went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine”?
Ans.: Reuben
At what age did Isaac die?

Ans.: 180 years old
Which city was called Arbah or Kirjath-Arba?

Ans.: Hebron
Aholibamah was the wife of which Old Testament character?

Ans.: Esau
Who was the first-born son of Esau?

Ans.: Eliphaz (Gen 36:9-11)
Who was the concubine of Eliphaz and the mother of Amalek?

Ans.: Timnah (Gen 36)
Who was the mother of Esau’s son Eliphaz? (Gen 36:2-16)

Ans.: Adah (TVJ 2002/04)
Who was the mother of Esau’s son Reuel? (Genesis 36:4)

Ans.: Bashemath (Mahalath) (TVJ 2002/04)
By what other name is the Esau’s wife Adah, the daughter of Elon, known in
Genesis 26:34?
Ans.: Bashemath
Which wife of Esau was the mother of Jeush, Jaalam and Korah?
Ans.: Aholibamah (Gen 36:5)
Where did Esau and his wives live?

Ans.: Mount Seir (land of Seir)
Amalek was the son of which biblical character by the concubine Timna?
Ans.: Eliphaz (Gen 36:12-16)
How old was Joseph when he received a coat of many colours from his father?
Ans.: 17
What was the first dream Joseph told to his brothers which caused them to be
upset?
Ans.: that their sheaves bowed to his sheaf (Gen 37:5-8)
What was the second dream Joseph told to his father and brothers which caused
them to be upset? (Gen 37:9-11)
Ans.: the sun, moon and eleven stars bowed down to him
Where did Jacob tell Joseph he would find his brothers feeding the flock?
Ans.: Shechem (Gen 37:12-14)
Where did Joseph find his brothers with the flock after a certain man told him
their location?
Ans.: Dothan
Which brother of Joseph advised his brothers not to kill Joseph? (Gen 37:19-21)
Ans.: Reuben
Which of Joseph’s brothers suggested that they sell him into slavery?
Ans.: Judah (Gen 37:23-26)
Where did Joseph’s brothers place him before selling him into slavery?
Ans.: in an empty pit
To which people was Joseph sold by his brothers? (Gen 37:25)

Ans.: Ishmaelite traders (TVJ 2002)
For what price was Joseph sold to the Ishmaelites who brought him to Egypt?
Ans.: 20 pieces of silver (TVJ 2003/04)
Which Egyptian bought Joseph when he was brought down to Egypt?

Ans.: Potiphar (Gen 37:36) (TVJ 2002)
Hirah the Adullamite was a friend of which son of Jacob?

Ans.: Judah (Gen 38)
Who was the first born son of Judah? (Genesis 38:3)

Ans.: Er
Who was the wife whom Judah found for his firstborn son, Er, but she was left
childless when God struck down Er for wickedness?
Ans.: Tamar (Genesis 38:6)
Which of Judah’s son’s was struck down by God because he refused to

impregnate, Tamar, who was his brother’s widow and spilled his seed on the
ground? (Genesis 38:8-10)
Ans.: Onan
Who was the youngest son of Judah who would be married to Tamar, his
brothers’ widow, when he became of age? (Genesis 38:11)
Ans.: Shelah
Which woman deceived Judah into lying with her by disguising herself as a
prostitute? (Genesis 38:13-18)
Ans.: Tamar
Who were the twin sons born to Tamar by her father-in-law, Judah?
Ans.: Pharez and Zarah (Perez and Zerah) (Genesis 38:27-30)
Which son of Judah is a direct ancestor of David and Jesus?

Ans.: Pharez
For what was Joseph thrown in an Egyptian prison?

Ans.: accused of attempting to rape Potiphar’s wife
Which two of Pharaoh’s servants did Joseph meet in prison?

Ans.: chief baker & chief butler (TVJ 2003)
What was Joseph’s interpretation of the butler’s dream? (Gen 40:9-13)

Ans.: in three days the butler would be restored to his position
What was Joseph’s interpretation of the baker’s dream?

Ans.: in three days Pharaoh would hang the baker
What two dreams worried Pharaoh and puzzled his magicians for an
interpretation?
Ans.: seven lean cows devoured seven fat cows (Gen 41:1-8)
seven thin ears of corn devoured seven fat ears of corn
Who told Pharaoh about Joseph’s gifts for the interpretation of dreams?
Ans.: the chief butler (Gen 41:9-13)
What was Joseph’s interpretation of Pharaoh’s dreams? (Gen 41:25-31)

Ans.: seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine
What advice did Joseph give to Pharaoh concerning preparation for the famine?
Ans.: store one-fifth of the food in the seven years of plenty
What name did Pharaoh give to Joseph meaning, “sustenance of the land is the
living one” or ‘revealer of secrets’?
Ans.: Zaph-nath-Paaneah (TVJ 2004)
How old was Joseph when was brought before Pharaoh and he was appointed
him ruler over all the land of Egypt? (Gen 41:46)
Ans.: 30
What was the name of the woman who was given unto Joseph as a wife in
Genesis 41:45?
Ans.: Asenath (TVJ 2001/04)
Who was the father of Asenath and the father in law of Joseph?
Ans.: Poti-pherah
Which biblical character is described as the priest of On?

Ans.: Poti-pherah
At the birth of which of his sons did Joseph say, “God hath caused me to be
fruitful in the land of my affliction”?
Ans.: Ephraim
Who was the second son of Joseph and Asenath?

Ans.: Ephraim (TVJ 2001)
What is the meaning of the Biblical name Ephraim?

Ans.: double fruitfulness
What is the meaning of the biblical name Manasseh?

Ans.: forgetting / causing forgetfulness
For what reason did Jacob send his sons to Egypt?

Ans.: to buy corn, during a famine in Canaan (Gen 42:1)
How many sons did Jacob send on the first visit to Egypt to purchase corn during
a famine?
Ans.: 10
Which brother of Joseph was not sent by Jacob into Egypt to purchase grain
during the famine?
Ans.: Benjamin
What is the meaning of the biblical name Benjamin?

Ans.: son of the right hand
What accusation did Joseph make against his brothers when he saw them in
Egypt purchasing grain?
Ans.: that they are spies (Gen 42:8-15)
What position did Joseph hold in the land of Egypt?

Ans.: governor (Gen 42:6) (TVJ 2003)
Which of his brother’s did Joseph detain in Egypt until Benjamin, his younger
brother, was brought down to him in Egypt? (Gen 42:21-24)
Ans.: Simeon
What article did Joseph have placed in Benjamin’s sack?

Ans.: silver cup (Gen 44:12)
Who was the great grandfather of Joseph, son of Jacob?

Ans.: Abraham
Which son of Jacob was the leader and spokesman for his brothers on the
second journey to Egypt and gave surety to his father that he would return
Benjamin safely to Canaan?
During the second visit to Egypt, which son of Jacob undertook to be responsible
for the safety of Benjamin?
Which son of Jacob volunteered to be detained in Egypt instead of Benjamin?

Ans.: Judah (Gen 44:33)
Whose speech for mercy caused Joseph to reveal himself as the son of Jacob?
To which of his brothers did Joseph give three hundred pieces of silver?
Ans.: Benjamin (Gen 45:22)
Sered was the first-born of which son of Jacob?

Ans.: Zebulun (Gen 46:14)
Who was the eldest son of Benjamin?

Ans.: Bela
Who was the second son of Benjamin?

Ans.: Becher
Jahzeel was the first-born child of which son of Jacob?

Ans.: Naphtali (Gen 46)
Who was the first-born son of Asher?

Ans.: Jimna (TVJ 2001)
Serah was the daughter of which son of Jacob?

Ans.: Asher (Gen 46:17)
Jemuel and Jamin were sons of which son of Jacob?

Ans.: Simeon (Gen 46)
Job also called Jashub was the third son of which son of Jacob?
Ans.: Issachar
Who is the firstborn son of Issachar?

Ans.: Tola
Hanoch was the eldest child of which son of Jacob?

Ans.: Reuben (Gen 46) (TVJ 2001)
Gershon, Kohath and Merari were the sons of which son of Jacob?
Ans.: Levi
Who were the five sons of Judah?

Ans.: Er, Onan, Shelah, Zarah and Pharez
Ziphion was the eldest son of which son of Jacob?

Ans.: Gad
Carmi was the fourth son of which son of Jacob?

Ans.: Reuben (Gen 46) (TVJ 2001)
Hushim was the son of which son of Jacob?

Ans.: Dan (Gen 46:23)
Who was the first-born son of Joseph and Asenath?

Ans.: Manasseh (TVJ 2001)
Name the region of the Nile delta in Egypt that was given to Jacob
during the “governorship” of Joseph?
Ans.: Goshen (TVJ 2003/04)
According to Genesis 47:28 how old was Jacob when he died in Goshen?
Ans.: one hundred and forty seven (147) years
How old was Jacob when he arrived in Egypt, blessed Pharaoh and then settled
in Goshen?
Ans.: 130 years (Gen 47:9)
Which of Joseph’s sons did Jacob bless with his right hand thereby bestowing
upon him the chief blessing?
Ans.: Ephraim
How many of his brothers did Joseph present before Pharaoh?

Ans.: 5
Which of his sons did Jacob bless saying, “unstable as water, thou shalt not
excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed”?
For what reason was Reuben, firstborn son of Jacob, not bestowed with the
blessing of the Firstborn?
Ans.: incest with Bilhah
To which of his son’s did Jacob give the traditional blessing of the firstborn?
For what reason were Simeon and Levi, Jacob’s second and third son, not
bestowed with the blessing of the firstborn?
Ans.: cruelty to the men of Shechem
Which son did Jacob bless, saying: “thou art the beginning of my strength”?
“Thou art whom thy brothers shall praise”, which of his sons did Jacob bless with
these words?
Ans.: Judah
“Thy hand shall be in the neck of thy enemies” which of his sons did Jacob bless
with these words?
Ans.: Judah
Of which of his son’s did Jacob say, “shall dwell at the haven of the sea and shall
be for a haven of ships”? (Gen 49:13)
Ans.: Zebulun (TVJ 2003)
Which son did Jacob compare to a strong donkey or ass crouching down
between two burdens? (Gen 49:14)
Ans.: Issachar (TVJ 2001/02/04)
Which son did Jacob say shall “judge his people” and be a “serpent by the way
and an adder in the path”? (Gen 49:16-17)
Ans.: Dan (TVJ 2001/03)
Of which of his sons did Jacob say, “a troop shall tramp upon him but he shall
triumph at last”? (Gen 49:19)
Ans.: Gad (TVJ 2002/04)
Of which of his sons did Jacob state, “bread from him shall be rich and he shall
yield royal dainties”? (Gen 49:20)
Ans.: Asher
Which son did Jacob compare to a deer or hind let loose and a user of beautiful
words? (Gen 49:21)
Ans.: Naphtali (TVJ 2001/04)
Which son did Jacob compare to “a fruitful bough…whose branches run over the
wall”? (Genesis 49:22)
Ans.: Joseph
Which of his sons did Jacob compare to a “ravenous wolf that in the morning
devours the prey and divides the spoils at night”?
Ans.: Benjamin
Of which of his sons did Jacob remark, “instruments of cruelty are in their
dwelling place … cursed be their anger for it is fierce”? (Gen 49:5’7)
Ans.: Simeon & Levi
“Thy father’s children shall bow down before thee”, which of his sons did Jacob
bless with these words?
Ans.: Judah
Which son did Jacob say was a lion’s whelp, his brothers would praise him and
his hands would be on his enemy’s neck in Genesis 49:8-9?
Ans.: Judah (TVJ 2001/04)
In which place was Jacob buried?

Ans.: Cave of Machpelah
Before the death of Jacob which members of Jacob’s family were buried in the
Cave of Machpelah?
Ans.: Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Leah
For how many days did the Egyptians mourn the death of Jacob?
Ans.: 70 days
How old was Joseph when he died?

Ans.: 110 years old
What request did Jacob make of the children of Israel before he died?
Ans.: return his bones to Canaan
Who was the mother of Ephraim and Manasseh?

Ans.: Asenath
What was the name of Manasseh’s firstborn son?

Ans.: Machir
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On what day did God create man?

Ans.: 6th
Who was the wife of Er and Onan?

Ans.: Tamar
During birth, this twin son of Tamar put out his hand first and a midwife bound it
with a scarlet thread, but he unexpectedly withdrew his hand, and his brother
Pharez was delivered before him. Who was he? (Gen 38:27-30)
Ans.: Zarah (Zerah)
Who were the parents of the twins Pharez and Zarah?

Ans.: Judah and Tamar (TVJ 2001)
Which man in the Bible was called Zaph-nath paanaeh?

Ans.: Joseph
Ziphion and Haggi, were the sons of which son of Jacob?

Ans.: Gad (Gen 46)
Beriah was the son of which child of Jacob?

Ans.: Asher
In which country did Joseph die?

Ans.: Egypt
Which letters represents the Hebrew words for Yahweh?

Ans.: YHWH (TVJ 2003)
In which modern day country would you find the biblical lands of Moab, Ammon,
Edom & Bashan?
Ans.: Jordan
“I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so if a man can number the dust
of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered”. To which man in the Bible
did God make this promise?
Ans.: Abram
Which King of Salem was the priest of the Most High God who met Abraham in
the valley of Shaveh? (Gen 14:18)
Ans.: Melchizedek
According to Genesis 6:14, who is the originator of the harp and the organ?
Ans.: Jubal
On what day did God create the sun?

Who was the full-brother of Jubal?

Ans.: Jabal
What in the Bible was 300 cubits in length, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high?
Ans.: Noah’s ark (Gen 6:15) (TVJ 2000)
Which of the two birds sent out from the ark by Noah did not return?
Ans.: dove
Who built the city of Nineveh, capital of Assyria?

Ans.: Nimrod
Which modern day country was known in biblical times as the land of Cush?
Ans.: Ethiopia
Who was the father of Phut and Mizraim?

Ans.: Ham
Who is the fourth son of Ham and progenitor of the Pheonicians?

Ans.: Caanan (Gen 9:18)
What was the Hebrew name of Babylon?

Ans.: Babel
Who was the father of Jabal and Jubal?

Ans.: Lamech (Gen 4:20-22)
Who was the grandfather of Abraham?

Ans.: Nahor (TVJ 2003)
Milcah and Iscah are the sisters of which biblical character?

Ans.: Lot
Lot was the grandson of which biblical figure?

Ans.: Terah
Of which cities on the plain of Siddim were Bera and Birsha kings according to
Genesis 14:2?
Ans.: Sodom & Gomorrah respectively
Which city of the plain of Jordan was also called Bela?

Ans.: Zoar
On what day did God create the dry land named Earth?
Ans.: 3rd
By what name was sulphur called in biblical times?

Ans.: Brimstone (TVJ 2003)
Which King of Elam made war upon the Kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah,
Zeboim and Zoar and reduced them to servititude?
Ans.: Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:17)
To whom did Abram present a tenth of all his property and of the spoils of his
victory over King Chedorlaomer?
Ans.: Melchizedek
Which man’s wife turned to a pillar of salt in the Bible?

Ans.: Lot
In which city did Lot live after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah? (Gen 19)
Ans.: Zoar
What is the meaning of the biblical name Isaac?

Ans.: laughter (TVJ 2003)
Which biblical name is translated to mean, “God hears”?

Ans.: Ishmael (TVJ 2001)
Who was the mother of Ishmael, Abram’s son?

Ans.: Hagar (TVJ 2003)
Who was the first member of Abraham’s family to be buried in the cave of
Machpelah?
Ans.: Sarah (Gen 23)
Who was the second person to be buried in the cave of Machpelah?

Ans.: Abraham
Which King of Gerar took Abraham’s wife, Sarah, for his own wife after Abraham
told him that she was his sister?
Ans.: Abimelech (Gen 20:2-18)
Milcah was the wife of which brother of Abraham?

Ans.: Nahor, (brother of Abraham)
On what day did God create the expanse of the sky?

Ans.: second
“Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”. Who
asked this question in the Bible?
Ans.: Isaac (Gen 22:7)
Sarah died in Kirjath-arba in the land of Canaan. What is the modern name for
the place?
Ans.: Hebron (Gen 23:2)
Nebajoth was the firstborn son of which Old Testament character?

Ans.: Ishmael
“Two nations are in thy womb”, to which woman did God speak these words?
Ans.: Rebekah (Gen 25:23)
Which of Isaac’s sons was Rebekah’s favourite child? (Gen 25)

Ans.: Jacob
Who was the youngest child of Jacob?

Ans.: Benjamin
In which city did Isaac tell the inhabitants that Rebekah was his sister?
Ans.: Gerar
Abimelech was the common title of the Kings of which nation?

Ans.: Philistines
Which wife of Esau was the daughter of Elon the Hittite?

Ans.: Bashemath (also called Adah) (Gen 26:34)
What was Esau’s occupation?

Ans.: hunter (TVJ 2004)
Who dreamt of the Lord at Bethel while resting his head on a stone pillow, which
he made into an altar? (Gen 28:19)
Ans.: Jacob
Who was the father of Leah?

Ans.: Laban (TVJ 2003)
After how many years of working for Laban was Jacob deceived into marrying
Leah? (Gen 29:15-28)
Ans.: 7
On what day did God create the moon?

Who were the first four sons of Leah?

Ans.: Reuben, Simeon, Levi & Judah (JBC 1996)
What was the name of Rachel’s maid who bore Jacob a son named Dan?
Ans.: Bilhah
Name the second son of Zilpah by Jacob?

Ans.: Asher (TVJ 2004)
Which woman said “let it not displease my Lord that I cannot rise up before
thee; for the custom of women is upon me”?
Ans.: Rachel
Which name in the bible means “heap of witness’?

Ans.: Galeed (Gen 31:43-54)
Which two men entered into a covenant for mutual peace and respect at the
place called Galeed on Mount Gilead?
Ans.: Jacob and Laban
What is the name of the place where Jacob met the angels of God?
Ans.: Mahanaim
What is the meaning of the Bible place name Mahanaim?

Ans.: two hosts or two camps (Genesis 32:2) (TVJ 2002)
What is the name of the place where Jacob’s name was changed to Israel?
Ans.: Peniel
The name of which ancient place is derived from the fact that Jacob put up
‘booths’ for his cattle as well as a house for himself there?
Ans.: Succoth
On the bank of which stream did a reunion meeting take place between Jacob
and Esau? (Gen 33)
Ans.: Jabbok
All the males of which city were killed in an attacked led by Simeon and Levi?
Ans.: Shechem
The birth of which son of Jacob took place between Bethel and Bethlehem?
Ans.: Benjamin
On what day did God create grass and herbs?

Ans.: 3rd
Apart from Benjamin, all the children of Jacob were born in which place?
Ans.: Padan-aram
Which son of Isaac married a daughter of Ishmael?

Ans.: Esau (Gen. 28: 8-9)
What is the name of the daughter of Ishmael who was the last of the three
wives of Esau?
Ans.: Bashemath (Mahalath)
What word describes an offence or revolt against God or his laws?

Ans.: sin (TVJ 2003)
Heth is regarded as the forefather of which nation?

Ans.: Hittites
Elam was the son of which biblical character?

Ans.: Seth
Er, Onan and Shelah were the children of which son of Jacob?
Ans.: Judah
Who was the father of the Pharez (Perez)?

Ans.: Judah (TVJ 2001)
Who is regarded as the father of all those who play the harp and organ in
Genesis 4:21?
Ans.: Jubal
Who was the son of Methuselah and father of Noah?

How old was Lamech when he died?

Ans.: 777 years old (TVJ 2001/03)
Whose two daughters made him drunk so that he would have no knowledge of
the incest they committed with him?
Ans.: Lot (Genesis 19:33-36)
Which city of the plain in the Valley of Siddim was spared from destruction and
was a place of escape for Lot and his family in Genesis 19:30?
Ans.: Zoar {Bela}
On what day did God create cattle?

Ans.: 6th
Which son of Lot was the progenitor of the Ammonites?

Ans.: Ben-Ammi
What two types of birds did Noah send from the Ark to check the level of the
flood waters upon the earth?
Ans.: raven & dove
Which son of Ham did Noah curse?

Ans.: Canaan
Tirras was the youngest son of which of Noah’s son?

Ans.: Japheth
Who was the third son of Terah and the youngest brother of Abram?
Ans.: Haran (Gen 11:26) (TVJ 2004)
Which King of Sodom ruled in the vale of Siddim in Genesis 14:2?

Ans.: Bera
From which king of Elam did Abraham rescue Lot, his household and goods?
Ans.: Chedorlaomer (Gen 14:12-17)
Which King of Salem, and “priest of the most high God” blessed Abram, in the
valley of Shaveh? (Gen 14:18)
Ans.: Melchizedek
Eliezer was the chief servant of which biblical character?

Ans.: Abraham (TVJ 2004)
Who was the mother of Abraham’s first child? (Gen 16)

Ans.: Hagar
Keturah was the wife of which biblical patriarch?

Ans.: Abraham (TVJ 2004)
Kedar and Kedemah are the sons of which biblical character?

Ans.: Ishmael (Gen 25:13-15)
On what day did God create winged fowls and birds?

Ans.: 5th
Who was driven by famine to Gerar, where he acquired great wealth but was
repeatedly dispossessed of the wells that he had sunk at convenient locations?
Ans.: Isaac (Gen 26:12-26)
Who was the firstborn son of Isaac?

Ans.: Esau
What new name was given to Esau and after what event? (Gen 25:29-34)
Ans.: Edom: after he sold his birthright for a meal of lentil pottage
What is the name of the daughter of Ishmael who Esau married in Genesis 28:9?
Ans.: Mahalath (Bashemath)
“How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the house of God, and this is
the gate of heaven.” Which place was being referred to, by which biblical
character? (Gen 28: 10-19)
Ans.: Bethel by Jacob
Who were the handmaids of Rachel and Leah?

Ans.: Bilhah and Zilpah (JBC 1997/TVJ 2003)
In order of birth, who were the first four sons of Jacob?

Ans.: Reuben, Simeon, Levi & Judah (JBC 1996)
Who were the best loved wife and son of Jacob?

Ans.: Rachel (wife) & Joseph (son)
Who were the sons of Bilhah by Jacob?

Ans.: Dan & Napthali (TVJ 2001/03)
To which man did Jacob say, “thou hast changed my wages ten times”?
Ans.: Laban
What name did Jacob give to the place where he and Laban made a covenant on
Mount Gilead? (Gen 31:47)
Ans.: Galeed
Who was the father of Shechem?

Ans.: Hamor (Gen 34:2)
Jacob served 14 years for his wives, how many years did he serve for the cattle?
Ans.: 6 (Gen. 31:41)
On what day did God separate water from dry land?

Ans.: 3rd (TVJ 2003)
Which son of Jacob is the only one born after his return to the land of Canaan?
Ans.: Benjamin
Rachel died in childbirth and was buried near to which biblical city?
Ans.: Bethlehem
Which two of his sons did Jacob rebuke for their acts that could stir up a war
with the neighbouring tribes? (Gen 34:30)
Ans.: Simeon and Levi
Eliphaz was the firstborn son of which Old Testament character?

Ans.: Esau
Which wife of Esau had the son Korah?

Ans.: Aholibamah (Gen 36:5-18)
Adah and Zillah were the wives of which Old Testament character?
Amraphel was the king of which nation on the plain?

Ans.: Shinar (Gen 14:1)
Arioch was the king of which nation?

Ans.: Ellasar (Gen 14:1)
Who was the father of Cush and Caanan?

Ans.: Ham (Gen 9:18)
Who was the eldest son of Japheth and father of Ashkenaz?

Ans.: Gomer (Gen 10:2-3)
What were the names of the two brothers of Abraham?

Ans.: Nahor and Haran
Who was the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran?

Ans.: Terah (TVJ 2001/03)
Who were the parents of Ishmael?

Ans.: Abram & Hagar (TVJ 2003)
On what day did God create Day and Night?

Ans.: 1st
Reumah was the concubine of which brother of Abraham?

Ans.: Nahor
Who were the parents of Midian?

Ans.: Keturah & Abraham
Nebajoth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam and Mishma were the sons of which biblical
character?
Ans.: Ishmael
Which Old Testament character is the father of all Edomites?

Ans.: Esau
At which place did Jacob have a vision of angels ascending and descending
heaven?
Ans.: Bethel
Who was the fourth son of Jacob?

Ans.: Judah
The dullness or weakness in which woman’s eyes was so notable that it was
mentioned as a contrast to the beautiful form and appearance of her younger
sister in the Old Testament?
Ans.: Leah
Who was the sixth and last son of Leah?

Ans.: Zebulun
Which wife of Esau had a son called Jeush?

Ans.: Aholibamah (Gen 36)
Tola is the first-born son of which of Jacob’s son?

Ans.: Issachar (Gen 46:13)
Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi were the children of which son of Israel?
Ans.: Reuben (Gen 46)(TVJ 2001/02)
Jimnah was the first-born son of which son of Jacob?

Ans.: Asher (Gen 46)
Which son of Jacob committed a shameful sin when he impregnated his

daughter-in-law who had passed herself off to him as a prostitute?
On what day of creation did God turn his attention to the formation of the seas
as distinct from the land?
Ans.: third
Name the daughter-in-law of Judah, who seduced him?

Ans.: Tamar
Which son of Judah was told, “go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and
raise up seed to thy brother”? (Genesis 38:8)
Ans.: Onan
Which son of Tamar and her father-in-law, Judah, was given a name which
means “scarlet” because his hand was tied with a scarlet thread when it emerged
during birth?
Ans.: Zarah (Zerah) (Genesis 38:27-30)
Who was the youngest son of Judah?

Ans.: Zarah (Zerah)
Who was the first-born son of Judah?

Ans.: Er
Who were the three sons of Judah and the daughter of Shua, the Canaanite?
Ans.: Er, Onan and Shelah (Genesis 38:1-5)
Which biblical character had a dream that the sun, the moon, and the 11 stars
bowed down to him?
Ans.: Joseph
According to Joseph’s interpretation, which of Pharaoh’ servants would be

restored to his former post in three days?
Ans.: butler (Gen 40:9-13)
At the birth of which of his sons did Joseph say, “God hath made me forget all
my toil”?
Ans.: Manasseh
Who were the two sons of Joseph?

Ans.: Ephraim & Manasseh (JBC 1996/TVJ 2001/03/04)
What is the family relationship between Joseph and Abraham?

Ans.: great grandfather/great grandson
On what day did God create fruit trees?

Ans.: 3rd
What was the name of the part of Egypt where the Israelites dwelt during the
whole period of their sojourn in that country?
Ans.: Goshen (TVJ 2003)
For how many years did Jacob live in Egypt in the country of Goshen before he
died?
Ans.: 17 years
What common site held the grave of Abraham, Sarah, Jacob, Rebekah, Isaac &
Leah? (Gen 23:9, 25:9, and 49:31)
Ans.: Cave of Machpelah (TVJ 2004)
How many years of famine and prosperity did Egypt endure as correctly
interpreted by Joseph from Pharaoh’s dream?
Ans.: 7 years of both famine and prosperity
Which son of Jacob was arrested in Egypt for possession of a silver cup in his
sack?
Ans.: Benjamin
Who erected an altar named El-elohe-Israel at Shechem?

Ans.: Jacob (Gen 33:18-20)
What name did Jacob give to the place where he wrestled with God?
Ans.: Peniel(Gen 32:24-32)
Which uncle of Jacob tried to swindle him in business?

Ans.: Laban
Which woman bore a daughter named Dinah by Jacob?

Ans.: Leah
Who were the sons of Zilpah by Jacob?

Ans.: Gad & Asher (TVJ 2001/02)
Who was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah?

Ans.: Judah (TVJ 2003)
Which two sons of Jacob killed all the men of the city of Shechem, thereby
avenging the shame of their sister Dinah?
Ans.: Simeon & Levi
On which day of the creation did God make the seasons of the year?
Ans.: fourth
Which wife of Jacob stole her father’s idols and displayed the dexterity and
presence of mind to conceal her theft?
Ans.: Rachel
“One people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve
the younger”, to which woman did God speak these words?
Ans.: Rebekah
What expensive pieces of jewellery did Abraham’s servant give to Rebekah at the
well of Nahor? (Gen 24:22)
Ans.: a golden ear-ring and two bracelets
Tebah and Thahash were the sons of which biblical figure by his concubine
Reumah?
Ans.: Nahor (Gen.22: 24)
Who was the son of Lot’s firstborn daughter?

Ans.: Moab
Who was the father of the biblical character Lot?

Ans.: Haran (TVJ 2003/04)
The phrase “walked with God” was used for which two biblical personalities?
Ans.: Noah and Enoch
Who was the father of Gomer, Magog and Madai?

Ans.: Japheth (Gen 10;22)
Cush was the son of which biblical figure?

Ans.: Ham
Bera and Birsha were respectively the Kings of which cities?

Ans.: Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen 14)
Which son of Canaan is the father of the Hittites?

Ans.: Heth (Gen 10:15)
Which brother of Abraham was married to Milcah?

Ans.: Nahor
Who was the firstborn son of Abraham?

Ans.: Ishmael
On what day of creation did God turn his attention to the creation of land
creatures?
Ans.: sixth
What is the name of the woman who had twin sons by Judah?
Ans.: Tamar (Gen 38)
Who was the firstborn of the twin sons of Tamar and her father-in-law, Judah?
Ans.: Pharez (TVJ 2001)
Which two sons of Judah were married to Tamar in Genesis 38: 6-9?
Ans.: Er and Onan
Bela was the firstborn son of which son of Jacob?

Ans.: Benjamin (Gen 46)
Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem were the children of which son of Jacob?
Ans.: Naphtali (Gen 46:24)
Who was the eldest of the three sons of Levi?

Ans.: Gershon
Who had a dream of seven thin cows devouring seven fat cows?
Ans.: Pharaoh (Gen 41)
Who interpreted Pharaoh’s dream of seven fat and seven thin cows? (Gen 41)
Ans.: Joseph
According to Joseph’s interpretation, which of Pharaoh’ servants would be

hanged in three days?
Ans.: baker (Gen 40:16-19)
Who was the firstborn son of Joseph and Asenath?

Ans.: Manasseh (Gen 48:8-22) (TVJ 2003)
Who used rods of green poplar, hazel and chestnut trees to cause his cattle to
bring forth offspring that were ringed, streaked, speckled and spotted?
Ans.: Jacob (Gen 30:37)
What is the name of Jacob’s first wife?

Ans.: Leah (TVJ 2004)
Who was the third son of Jacob?

Ans.: Levi
On what day did God create the stars?

Which concubine bore Jacob the sons Dan and Naphtali?

Ans.: Bilhah (TVJ 2001/02)
Which biblical character was called “a furbisher of every cutting instrument of

copper and iron”?
Ans.: Tubal-cain
Name the Old Testament characters whose fourth son is regarded as the father
of the Midianites?
Ans.: Abraham & Keturah (parents of Midian)
Who was the firstborn son of Lamech?

Ans.: Noah (TVJ 2000)
Which son of Lot was the progenitor of the Moabites?

Ans.: Moab
“Is not he rightly named Jacob? For he hath supplanted me these two times”,
which man in the Bible spoke these words?
Ans.: Esau
Which wife of Esau had the son name Jaalam?

Ans.: Aholibamah
Which daughter of Ishmael did Esau marry in Genesis 36?

Ans.: Bashemath (Mahalath)
Who suggested the deceit that was committed by Jacob against Esau and their
blind father?
Ans.: Rebekah
Which son of Jacob did not lend his name to a tribe of Israel?
Ans.: Joseph
Jimnah, Ishuah, and Isui were the sons of which son of Jacob?
Ans.: Asher (Gen 46) (TVJ 2001)
Sered, Elon and Jahleel were the children of which son of Jacob?
Ans.: Zebulun (Gen 46:14)
Jemuel was the firstborn son of which son of Jacob?

Ans.: Simeon
On what day did God create creeping things?

Ans.: 6th
Which biblical patriarch dreamt of a ladder set upon the earth, the top of which
reached heaven?
Ans.: Jacob
Which place did Jacob call the “gate of heaven”?

Ans.: Bethel (Gen 28: 10-19)
Who was the father of the Zarah?

Ans.: Judah
Bath-shuah was the wife of which son of Jacob?

Ans.: Judah
Which biblical character had a dream that his brothers’ sheaves bowed down to
the sheaf he was binding? (Gen 37: 5-7)
Ans.: Joseph
How old was Joseph when he dreamt of the sheaves and of the sun, the moon
and eleven stars?
Ans.: 17 years old
Bela, Ashbel, Aharah, Nohah and Rapha were the children of which son of Israel?
Ans.: Benjamin
Beriah and Serah were the children of which son of Jacob?

Ans.: Asher
Haggi is the second child of which son of Jacob?

Ans.: Gad
What title is given to the officer of Pharaoh’s household who is in charge of the
wine and pours it out for the King?
Ans.: butler
Machir was the son of which notable figure in the Bible?

Ans.: Manasseh (Gen 50:23)
Which two tribes of Israel were not named after sons of Jacob?
Ans.: Ephraim & Manasseh (sons of Joseph)
On what day did God create the beasts of the earth?

Ans.: 6th
Why did the Children of Israel go to settle in Egypt?

Ans.: to find relief from a widespread famine
Which Old Testament character called his sons together to tell them what shall
befall them in their lives?
Ans.: Jacob (Gen 49)
Which biblical men lost their mother, Rachel during childhood?

Ans.: Joseph & Benjamin (TVJ 2004)
Who was the mother of Gad?

Ans.: Zilpah (TVJ 2002)
Who was the mother of Dan?

Ans.: Bilhah (TVJ 2001/02)
Who was the third son of Leah?

Ans.: Levi
Who was the first-born son of Jacob and Leah?

Ans.: Reuben (Gen 29:32) (TVJ 2003)
Who was the second son of Jacob?

Ans.: Simeon (TVJ 2003)
Who was the father of Rachel & Leah?

Ans.: Laban (TVJ 2003)
“Feed me, with that same red pottage; for I am faint”, which man in the Bible
spoke these words?
Ans.: Esau (Gen 25:30)
Which woman in the Bible enquired of the Lord about the turmoil in her womb
during her pregnancy?
Ans.: Rebekah
Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah are the sons of which two
biblical characters? (Gen 25:2)
Ans.: Abraham & Keturah
“I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved”, at which place and by
which biblical character were these words spoken?
Ans.: at Peniel, by Jacob
Judith was the wife of which Old Testament character?

Ans.: Esau
Which man in the Bible was born clutching the heel of his twin brother?
Ans.: Jacob (Gen 25:26)
Jashub also called Job was the child of which son of Jacob?
Ans.: Issachar (Gen 46)
Tola, Phuvah, Job (Jashub) and Shimron were sons of which son of Israel?
Ans.: Issachar (Gen 46)
Who was recorded as the first polygamist in the Bible?

Ans.: Lamech
Which biblical figure invented the sword?

Ans.: Tubal-cain

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NORMAN MANLEY HIGH QUIZ TEAM

Who wrote the book of Genesis?

Who was the firstborn son of Adam & Eve?

Which part of Adam’s body did God use to create Eve?

What was the profession of Abel, son of Adam?

What is the meaning of the biblical name “Adam”?

Ans.: animal skins (JBC 1994)

At what age did Adam beget Seth?

For how long did, Seth, Adam’s third son live?

What the meaning of the biblical name ‘Seth’?

What is the opening line of the book of Genesis??

What is the meaning of the biblical name Abel?

What offering did Abel bring to God?

What was the profession of Cain?

Name the three sons of Lamech?

Who were the parents of Tubal-cain?

Who was the daughter of Lamech by his wife Zillah?

According to Moses, Tubail-cain was skilled in working with what?

What invention did Moses Assign to Jubal, son of Lamech?

To where did Cain flee after killing his brother Abel?

What is the meaning of the Biblical name Cain?

Who was the eldest son of Cain?

Who was the father of Enos?

At what age did Seth begat Enos?

How old was Cainan when he died?

Who was the father of Cainan?

For how long did Jared live?

For how long did Methuselah live?

Who was the son of Jared and father of Methuselah?

How old was Enos when he died?

Who was the son of Cainan and father of Jared?

How old was Mahala-leel when he died?

What is the meaning of the biblical name “Enoch”?

What is the meaning of the biblical name “Lamech”?

What is the meaning of the biblical name Methuselah?

At what age was Enoch, the father of Methuselah, taken by God?

What was the name of the fourth river of Eden?

In which direction in the garden of Eden did God place man?

What are the first spoken words in the Bible?

Which son of Enoch died in the year of the flood?

Who was the father of Noah?

Who was the grandfather of Noah?

Who was the father of the biblical character Enoch?

Who were the half-brothers of Tubal-cain?

Who was the sister of Tubal-cain?

Who were the wives of Lamech in the first polygamous union?

Which wife of Lamech was the mother of Tubal-cain?

Which wife of Lamech was the mother of Jabal?

Which wife of Lamech was the mother of Jubal?

Name the four rivers that flow through Paradise or Eden?

Who were the three sons of Noah?

Who was the eldest son of Noah?

What is the meaning of the biblical name Noah?

What is the meaning of the biblical name “Ham”?

Who was the youngest of Noah’s three sons?

What profession did Noah follow after the flood?

Which of Noah’s grandsons was cursed to be a “servants of servants” unto his

Who was the father of the biblical Canaan?

Which nation was recognized as the ‘land of Ham’ in biblical days?

How old was Noah when he died?

Gomer and Magog were the children of which son of Noah?

Who were the grandsons of Noah through Ham?

Which great-grandson of Noah was “a mighty hunter before the Lord”?

Who was the father of Nimrod?