General Questions from Genesis
Q: How many days did God take to create
the world?
A: 6
Q: What day did God create man?
A: 6th
Q: Who was the first man?
A: Adam
Q: Who was the first woman?
A: Eve
Q: Where did they live at the beginning of
the world?
A: Garden of Eden
Q: Who were their three sons listed in the
Bible?
A: Cain, Abel, Seth
Q: Who did God tell to build an ark?
A: Noah
Q: Who were Noah’s three sons?
A: Shem, Ham, Japheth
Q: How many days and nights did it rain
when Noah was on the ark?
A: 40
Q: How many people were saved on the
ark?
A: 8
Q: What was God’s sign to Noah that he
would never destroy the earth again?
A: A rainbow
Q: What were men trying to do at the
Tower of Babel?
A: Built a tower to reach to Heaven.
Q: How did God make them spread out
across the earth?
A: Confused their languages.
Q: Who did God call out of Ur to move to
Canaan?
A: Abram
Q: Who was Abram’s wife?
A: Sarai
Q: Even though Abram and Sarah were too
old, what did God promise them?
A: A son
Q: When God showed Abram the stars in
the sky, what did he promise?
A: That Abram would have more
descendants than the number of stars.
Q: Who was Abram’s handmaid?
A: Hagar
Q: What was Sarah’s idea for Abram to have
a child?
A: For Abram to have a child with Hagar.
Q: Who was the first son he had?
A: Ishmael.
Q: What was Abram’s name changed to?
A: Abraham
Q: What was Sarai’s name changed to?
A: Sarah
Q: What was the second son Abraham had?
A: Isaac
Q: Who did Abraham have his second son
with?
A: Sarah
Q: Where did Hagar and her son leave to?
A: Into the desert
Q: Who did Abraham send to find Isaac a
wife?
A: His oldest servant
Q: Who did the servant choose?
A: Rebekah
Q: What were Isaac’s sons’ names?
A: Jacob and Esau
Q: Who was born first?
A: Esau came first, with Jacob grabbing his
heel.
Q: How did Esau provide food for the
family?
A: He hunted.
Q: Who did Isaac favor of his two sons?
A: Esau
Q: What did Jacob do most of the time?
A: Stayed in the home with his mother.
Q: What did Esau receive in exchange for
his birthright?
A: Some stew.
Q: As Isaac was dying and blind, who
suggested that Jacob should steal the
blessing?
A: Rebekah.
Q: How did Esau respond when his
birthright was taken?
A: Threatened to kill Jacob.
Q: When Jacob met Laban, which daughter
did he want to marry?
A: Rachel.
Q: Who did Laban trick Jacob into marrying?
A: Leah.
Q: What did Laban make Jacob do to finally
marry Rachel?
A: Work another seven years.
Q: Who was the first son Jacob had with
Rachel?
A: Joseph
Q: What did God change Jacob’s name to
before his meeting with Esau?
A: Israel
Q: How many brothers did Joseph have?
A: 12
Q: What did Jacob give Joseph that sparked
jealousy from his siblings?
A: A coat of many colors.
Q: What did Joseph tell his brothers about
his dreams that upset them?
A: The dreams said he would become
greater and rule over them.
Q: How did the brothers get rid of Joseph?
A: Sold him to slave traders.
Q: What did Joseph’s brothers tell their
father had happened to him?
A: They said Joseph was killed by a wild
animal.
Q: Where did the slave traders take Joseph?
A: Egypt
Q: Who bought Joseph?
A: Potiphar, captain of the Pharaoh’s guards
Q: Who got Joseph thrown into prison by
lying about him?
A: Potiphar’s wife
Q: Who else was in prison with Joseph?
A: The Pharaoh’s cupbearer and chief baker.
Q: What did Joseph do for them?
A: Interrupted their dreams.
Q: Why was Joseph summoned out of
prison by the Pharaoh?
A: To interrupt his dream.
Q: What position of power was Joseph
given by the Pharaoh?
A: Second in command of Egypt.
Q: What catastrophe did Joseph predict by
interpreting the Pharaoh’s dream?
A: A severe, seven-year famine.
Q: Who came to Egypt that Joseph
recognized because of the famine?
A: His brothers.
Q: Who was Jacob’s second son with
Rachel?
A: Benjamin
Q: What did Joseph tell the brothers to do
next time they came back to Egypt?
A: To bring Benjamin with them.
Q: Which brother volunteered to stay in
Egypt instead of Benjamin?
A: Judah
Q: What did Joseph tell his brothers to do
when they returned to Canaan?
A: Bring their families and their father to
Egypt.