History

1. Fill in the blank: "In the beginning created the heavens and the earth.""God" (Gen. 1:1).

2. Multiple choice: Who was hovering over the face of the waters when God began His creative acts? (a) The Spirit of God; (b) Lucifer; or (c) Michael the archangel.(a) The Spirit of God (Gen. 1:2).

3. Fill in the blanks: "Then God said, 'Let _____ make man in _____ image, according to _____ likeness.""Us ... Our ... Our" (Gen. 1:26). These pronouns are either majestic plurals or hints of the Trinity.

4. Multiple choice: To whom did God say, "I have given you every herb that yields seed ... and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food"? (a) All living creatures; (b) man only; or (c) cattle only.(b) Man only (Gen. 1:27–29). The other creatures were given only green herbs (v. 30).

5. True or false? A river went out of Eden to water the garden.True (Gen. 2:10). This river divided into four rivers.

6. Question: Who was Adam and Eve's first son?Cain (Gen. 4:1).

7. Fill in the blank: Adam and Eve's second son, _____, was "a keeper of sheep."Abel (Gen. 4:2). Although Abel's life was brief, the writer of Hebrews saw him as a great example of wholehearted commitment to God (Heb. 11:4).

8. Multiple choice: What son did Eve say God gave her to replace Abel, whom Cain killed? (a) Seth; (b) Enoch; or (c) Enosh. (a) Seth (Gen. 4:25).

9. Fill in the blank: "And _____ walked with God; and he was not, for God took him."Enoch (Gen. 5:24).

10. Question: Who were the three sons of Noah?Shem, Ham and Japheth (Gen. 5:32). Noah began to have children when he was five hundred years old.

11. Multiple choice: On what mountain did the ark come to rest after the Flood? (a) Olives; (b) Ararat; or (c) Horeb. (b) Ararat (Gen. 8:4).

12. Multiple choice: From which son of Noah was Abram descended? (a) Shem; (b) Ham; or (c) Japheth. (a) Shem (Gen. 11:10, 26). All the Near Eastern people descended from Shem (Gen. 10:21–31). The word Semitic comes from his name.

13. Multiple choice: Which one of these does not identify Terah? (a) Abram's father; (b) Sarai's father-in-law; or (c) Haran's brother. (c) Haran's brother (Gen. 11:31). Haran was Abram's brother and the father of Milcah, the wife of Abram's brother Nahor.

14. Fill in the blanks: Noah and his family were spared destruction by the Flood because "Noah was a _____ man, _____ in his generations.""Just ... perfect" (Gen. 6:9). Noah seems to have been alone as a righteous man before the Lord. Therefore, he "found grace in the eyes of the Lord" (V. 8).

15. Multiple choice: What descendant of Ham became a mighty hunter before the Lord? (a) Cush; (b) Canaan; or (c) Nimrod. (c) Nimrod (Gen. 10:9).

16. Multiple choice: Identify Chedorlaomer. (a) The king of Sodom; (b) the king of Elam; or (c) the king of Gomorrah. (b) The king of Elam (Gen. 14:9).

17. Multiple choice: To whom did the Angel of the Lord say, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand"? (a) Tamar; (b) Hagar; or (c) Shamgar. (b) Hagar (Gen. 16:8, 9).

18. Multiple choice: Who besides Pharaoh did Abraham tell that Sarah was his sister, so that they would treat him well? (a) Bera, king of Sodom; (b) Melchizedek, king of Salem; or (c) Abimelech, king of Gerar. (c) Abimelech, king of Gerar (Gen. 20:2).

19. True or false? Sarah and Abraham had the same father.True (Gen. 20:12).

20. Question: What was the name of Abraham's son which Sarah bore him?Isaac (Gen. 21:3).

21. Multiple choice: Who made Lot drunk with wine so that he unknowingly fathered a child by each of his two daughters? (a) His wife; (b) his two daughters; or (c) Abraham. (b) His two daughters (Gen. 19:32–36).

22. Multiple choice: Who carried the wood for the burnt off ering that God instructed Abraham to make of Isaac? (a) Abraham; (b) Isaac; or (c) Ishmael. (b) Isaac (Gen. 22:6). When Isaac carried the wood to Moriah, he did not know that he was to be the sacrifice (v. 7).

23. Multiple choice: Who said to Abraham's servant, "Drink," and "I will draw water for your camels also," to show that she was the one appointed by God for Isaac? (a) Milcah; (b) Rebekah; or (c) Keturah. (b) Rebekah (Gen. 24:15–19). Rebekah was the granddaughter of Abraham's brother Nahor (22:23). In this way she fulfilled the requirements of Abraham for a wife for Isaac (24:4).

24. Fill in the blanks: "And Isaac loved _____ because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved _____.""Esau ... Jacob" (Gen. 25:28).

25. Multiple choice: Who like Abraham lied to Abimelech, saying that his wife was his sister, because he was afraid of being killed for her? (a) Jacob; (b) Joseph; or (c) Isaac. (c) Isaac (Gen. 26:6, 7).

26. Multiple choice: Who orchestrated Jacob's deception of Isaac for his brother's blessing? (a) Esau; (b) Rebekah; or (c) Rachel. (b) Rebekah (Gen. 27:6–10).

27. Multiple choice: What did Jacob name the place where he dreamed about the ladder reaching from earth to heaven? (a) Luz; (b) Bethel; or (c) Gerar. (b) Bethel (Gen. 28:19). The place had been called Luz, but Jacob called it Bethel ("House of God") because God had appeared to him there.

28. Multiple choice: Who gave his firstborn daughter as a wife to Jacob, instead of the younger sister whom Jacob was working for? (a) Laban; (b) Abimelech; or (c) Nahor. (a) Laban (Gen. 29:25, 26). Laban was Rebekah's brother (v. 10). Rebekah sent her son to her brother's house while Esau wanted to kill him (28:2).

29. Multiple choice: Because Shechem had treated their sister like a harlot, which two sons of Jacob killed all the men of the city three days after they had been circumcised? (a) Reuben and Simeon; (b) Simeon and Levi; or (c) Levi and Asher. (b) Simeon and Levi (Gen. 34:25).

30. Multiple choice: Esau was the father of what group of people? (a) Canaanites; (b) Israelites; or (c) Edomites. (c) Edomites (Gen. 36:9). Esau was also known as Edom, which means "Red" (see 25:30).

31. True or false? Simeon instructed his brothers concerning Joseph, "Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit," so that he might come later and return him to their father.False. Reuben said this (Gen. 37:22).

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