Genesis quiz

12 questions

  1. Genesis · Multiple choice

    Abraham named the place Jehovah Jireh. What does it mean?

    The options

    • The Lord will provide
    • The Lord is there
    • The Lord is my banner
    • The Lord is peace
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    The answer

    The Lord will provide

    A ram was caught in the thicket.

    “And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.”

    Genesis 22:14 · KJV

    83% of players got this right.

    From the daily quiz of 27 October 2026.

  2. Genesis · Multiple choice

    What does the name Isaac mean?

    The options

    • He laughs
    • The awaited one
    • Gift of God
    • Son of promise
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    The answer

    He laughs

    Sarah laughed when she was told she would bear a son.

    “And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.”

    Genesis 21:6 · KJV

    74% of players got this right.

    From the daily quiz of 23 October 2026.

  3. Genesis · Multiple choice

    For how many days and nights did the rain fall in the flood?

    The options

    • 7
    • 12
    • 150
    • 40
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    The answer

    40

    It rained forty days and forty nights. The waters covered the earth for much longer.

    “And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”

    Genesis 7:12 · KJV

    100% of players got this right.

    From the daily quiz of 21 October 2026.

  4. Genesis · Multiple choice

    Which came first?

    The options

    • The exodus
    • The call of Abraham
    • The flood
    • The tower of Babel
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    The answer

    The flood

    Babel came after the flood, as the earth was repopulated.

    Genesis 7 to 11

    From the daily quiz of 19 October 2026.

  5. Genesis · Multiple choice

    Who asked, am I my brother keeper?

    The options

    • Jacob
    • Abel
    • Esau
    • Cain
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    The answer

    Cain

    He asked it after killing Abel.

    “And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?”

    Genesis 4:9 · KJV

    From the daily quiz of 17 October 2026.

  6. Genesis · Multiple choice

    How many years in total did Jacob work for Laban to marry Rachel?

    The options

    • 7
    • 10
    • 20
    • 14
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    The answer

    14

    Seven years for Leah, then seven more for Rachel.

    “And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.”

    Genesis 29:30 · KJV

    From the daily quiz of 14 October 2026.

  7. Genesis · Multiple choice

    Where did the ark come to rest?

    The options

    • Mount Carmel
    • Mount Nebo
    • The mountains of Ararat
    • Mount Sinai
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    The answer

    The mountains of Ararat

    The waters had receded by the seventh month.

    “And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.”

    Genesis 8:4 · KJV

    From the daily quiz of 11 October 2026.

  8. Genesis · Multiple choice

    How many people were saved in the ark?

    The options

    • 2
    • 12
    • 8
    • 4
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    The answer

    8

    Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives.

    “In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;”

    Genesis 7:13 · KJV

    From the daily quiz of 7 October 2026.

  9. Genesis · Multiple choice

    Who was given a coat of many colours?

    The options

    • Benjamin
    • Jacob
    • Joseph
    • Reuben
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    The answer

    Joseph

    “Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.”

    Genesis 37:3 · KJV

    For children

    Who had a coat of many colours?

    From the daily quiz of 5 October 2026.

  10. Genesis · Match the pairs

    Match the place to what happened there: Bethlehem, Jericho, Babel

    Match these

    • Bethlehem
    • Jericho
    • Babel
    • A tower was built
    • Jesus was born
    • The walls fell
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    The answer

    • Bethlehem: Jesus was born
    • Jericho: The walls fell
    • Babel: A tower was built

    “Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.”

    Genesis 11:9 · KJV

    For children

    Match each place to what happened

    From the daily quiz of 3 October 2026.

  11. Genesis · Multiple choice

    How many days and nights did it rain in the flood?

    The options

    • Forty
    • A hundred
    • Twelve
    • Seven
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    The answer

    Forty

    “And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”

    Genesis 7:12 · KJV

    For children

    How long did it rain while Noah was in the ark?

    From the daily quiz of 30 September 2026.

  12. Genesis · Odd one out

    Sons of Jacob. Which one does not belong?

    The options

    • Ishmael
    • Judah
    • Levi
    • Reuben
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    The answer

    Ishmael

    Reuben, Levi and Judah were sons of Jacob. Ishmael was the son of Abraham and Hagar.

    “The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:”

    Genesis 35:23 · KJV

    For children

    Jacob's sons. Which one was not his son?

    From the daily quiz of 29 September 2026.