Genesis

Question 1

Genesis theme

Answer 1

Beginnings

Question 2

Genesis Outline: Primeval History

Answer 2

Four events (1-11)

1. Creation (1-2)
2. Fall (3-5)
3. Flood (6-9)
4. Nations (10-11)

Question 3

Genesis Outline: Patriarchal History

Answer 3

Four people (12-50)

1. Abraham (12-24)
2. Isaac (25-26)
3. Jacob (27-36)
4. Joseph (37-50)

Question 4

Genesis 1

Answer 4

Creation (broader perspective)

Question 5

Genesis 1:31

Answer 5

Creation is declared very good

Question 6

Genesis 2

Answer 6

Creation (focus on man; Adamic covenant)

Question 7

Genesis 3

Answer 7

Temptation; fall; curses

Question 8

Genesis 3:15

Answer 8

The promised seed

Question 9

Genesis 4

Answer 9

Cain and Abel; Cain’s line—civilization

Question 10

Genesis 6-8

Answer 10

Flood: deliverance in the ark

Question 11

Genesis 9

Answer 11

Everlasting covenant; curse of Canaan

Question 12

Genesis 11

Answer 12

Babel; dispersion of nations

Question 13

Genesis 12:1-3

Answer 13

Abrahamic covenant

Question 14

Genesis 35:9-12

Answer 14

Jacob becomes “Israel”

Question 14

Genesis 18-19

Answer 14

Sodom and Gomorrah

Question 16

Genesis 37

Answer 16

Joseph is sold by his brothers

Question 17

Genesis 50:20

Answer 17

“God meant it for good”

Question 18

Adam and Eve

Answer 18

The first humans

Question 19

Cain

Answer 19

Adam’s first son; the murderer of his brother Abel, a wanderer

Question 20

Abel

Answer 20

Murdered second son of Adam

Question 21

Enoch

Answer 21

Father of Methuselah; walked with God; never dies but was taken

Question 22

Noah

Answer 22

Walked with God; built ark; father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; cursed Canaan

Question 23

Abraham

Answer 23

Father of the nation of Israel

Question 24

Lot

Answer 24

Abram’s nephew; dweller in Sodom

Question 25

Sarah

Answer 25

Abraham's wife; Isaac's mother

Question 26

Melchizedek

Answer 26

Priest of Salem

Question 27

Isaac

Answer 27

Son of Abraham and Sarah; father of Jacob

Question 28

Esau

Answer 28

Isaac's first-born; sold birthright

Question 29

Rebekah

Answer 29

Isaac's wife; favored Jacob

Question 30

Jacob (Israel)

Answer 30

Father of 12 tribes

Question 31

Leah

Answer 31

Jacob's less-loved first wife

Question 32

Rachel

Answer 32

Jacob's beloved wife; mother of Joseph; dies bearing Benjamin

Question 33

Joseph

Answer 33

Son of Jacob; sold as slave; exalted in Egypt

Question 34

Year Genesis written

Answer 34

Written by Moses in the years following the Exodus in 1445 BC

Question 35

Abraham (year born)

Answer 35

2166 BC

Question 36

Joseph (year born)

Answer 36

1915 BC