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General Questions from Genesis

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.

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