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🔻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.