FEBRUARY STUDY QUESTIONS

Genesis 9, 11-17

1. What would fall of all of the beasts of the earth? (9:2)

a. Fear and dread

b. Death and disease 

c. Fear and death

2. What type of meat was Noah and his family not to eat? (9:4)

a. Burnt meat

b. Meat that still had lifeblood on it

c. Meat that had too much fat on it

3. In what image did God make mankind? (9:6)

a. In the image of animals

b. In a new image

c. In God’s image

4. What was God’s covenant with Noah and his sons? (9:11)

a. He would make them rulers of great nation

b. Never again would life be destroyed by water

c. He would send his Messiah

5. What was the sign of God’s covenant? (9:13)

a. A rainbow in the clouds

b. A shooting star

c. A fire in the sky

6. Who was the father of Canaan? (9:18)

a. Shem b. Ham c. Japheth

7. How long did Noah live in total? (9:28)

a. 950 b. 350 c. 750

8. As people moved eastward, where did they find a plain and settle? (11:2)

a. Gishon b. Shinar c. Ashar

9. What did the in Shinar start to do? (11:3)

a. Build a wall around the city

b. Build a city with a tower

c, Build a temple in the city

10. Why was the city of Babel named Babel?  (11:9)

a. Because the Lord confused their language

b. It was named for a false god

c. It was named after the person who founded the city

11. Who was the father of Shelah? (11:12)

a. Arphaxad b. Noah c. Shem

12. How long did Peleg live after he became Reu’s father? (11:18)

A. 206 Years b. 209 c. 220

13. Who was the son of Terah? (11:26)

a. Serug b. Releg c. Abram

14. Who did Abram marry? (11:29)

a. Eve b. Milkah c. Sarai

15. From where did Terah and his family leave to go to Canaan? (11:31)

a. Ur b. Babel c. Harran

16. To whom did the Lord promise to make a great nations and bless the earth through? 

(12:2-4)

a. Lot b. Shem c. Abram

17. Where was the great tree of Moreh located? (12:6)

a. Ur b. Eden c. Shechem

18. When Abram pitched his tents, Bethel was on the west and which city was on the east? 

(12:8)

a. Ai b. Ur c. Harran

19. What happened that caused Abram to go to Egypt? (12:10)

a. A Flood b. A Famine c. Armies came from the north

20. What lie did Abram tell Sarai to say in Egypt? (12:13)

a. That she was from Egypt

b. That she was a queen

c. That she was his sister

21. What happened to Pharaoh and his household after Sarai was taken into the palace? 

(12:17)

a. The Lord send locusts into the land

b. The Lord flooded the land

c. The Lord inflicted serious diseases on them

22. How had Abram become wealthy? (13:2)

a. In livestock, silver, and gold

b. In land and houses

c. In servants and precious jewels

23. At the time quarreling arose between Abarm’s and Lot’s herders, who was also living in 

the land? (13:7)

a. The Egyptians

b. The Canaanites and the Perezites

c. The Hittites and the Amorites

24. When Abram and Lot parted, where did Lot go? (13:11)

a. Canaan b. Jordan c. Eden

25. The people of which city are described as wicked and sinning greatly against the Lord? 

(13:13)

a. Sodom b. Ur c. Shinar

26. Abram lives near the great trees of this place at Hebron. (13:18)

a. Eden b. Sodom c. Mamre

27. Who was king of Ellasar? (14:1)

a. Kedorlaomer b. Amraphel c. Arioch

28. Where was Birsha king over? (14:2)

a. Sodom b. Gomorrah c. Zoar

29. Who was king of Zeboyim? (14:2)

a. Shemeber b. Shinab c. Tidal

30. What other name was the Valley of Siddim known for? (14:3)

a. The Zoar Valley b.  The Bela Valley c. The Dead Sea Valley

31. In which year did those subject to Kedorlaomer rebel? (14:4)

a. 11th b. 12th c. 13th

32. Which of the following did Kedorlaomer and his allies defeat? (14:7)

a. The Israelites

b. The Hittites and Perezites

c. The Amalekites and Amorites

33. When the battles lines were drawn in the Valley of Siddim, how many kings were against

each other? (14:8-9)

a. Three against four

b. Four against five

c. Five against six

34. What was the Valley of Siddim full of? (14:10)

a. Lakes b. Tar Pits c. Quicksand

35. Who was allied with Abram? (14:13)

a. Mamre, Eshkol and Aner

b. Shemeber and Tidal

c. Kedorlaomer, Birsha and Arioch

36. How many trained men did Abram take with him to rescue Lot? (14:14)

a. 250 b. 304 c. 318

37. Who was the priest of the God Most High who brought out bread and wine (14:18)

a. Melchizedek

b. Abram

c. Kedorlaomer

38. Since he was childless, who would inherit Abram’s estate? (15:2)

a. Sarai b. Eliezer c. Kedorlaomer

39. God said that Abram’s descendants would be strangers in a country  

not their own for how many years? (15:13)

a. 200 b. 300 c. 400

40. God said that whose sin had not yet reached its full measure? (15:16)

a. The Perezzites b. The Amorites c. The Amalekites

41. Who was Sarai’s Egyptian slave?

a. Hagar b. Zoar c. Tidal

42. What happened when Sarai mistreated Hagar? (16:6)

a. She killed Sarai

b. She fled from her

c. She complained to Abram

43. What did the Angel of the Lord tell Hagar to name her son?

a. Abram b. Isaac c. Ishmael

44. The name did Hagar give to the Lord? (16:13)

a. The God who has abandoned me

b. The God who sees me

c. The God who avenges me

45. How old was Abram when God changed his name to Abraham? (17:1)

a. 93 b. 96 c. 99

46. What land did the Lord promise to give Abraham as an everlasting 

Possession? (17:8)

a. Eden b. Shiddim c. Canaan

47. What was God’s covenant with Abraham and his descendants? (17:10)

a. Every male is to be circumcised 

b. Every male shall train for battle

c. Every male shall serve as priests

48. How old did Abraham say Sarah would be when she bore the child that 

God promised? (17:17)

a. 85 b. 90 c. 100

49. What was to be the name of the child born to Sarah? (17:19)

a. Ishmael b. Isaac c. Abraham, Jr.

50. How many rulers would Ishmael be father of? (17:20)

a. 10 b. 100 c. 12

ANSWERS:  1A;2B;3C;4B;5A;6C;7A;8B;9B’10A;11A;12B;13C;14C;15A;16C;17C;18A;19B;20C;21C;22A;23B;24B;25A;26C;27B;28B;29A;30C;31C;32C;33B;34B;35A;36C;37A;38B;39C;40B;41A;42B;43C;44B;45C;46C;47A;48B;49B;C12.