Genesis Test 51-100

Question 1

The name Sarai means ______________________.

Answer 1

my princess

Question 2

The name Isaac means _____________________.

Answer 2

laughter

Question 3

Lot, determined to stop the sexual abuse of the visitors, offered ________________ instead.

Answer 3

his daughters

Question 4

The cities of Zoar, Admah, Zeboiim, Sodom, and Gomorrah formed what is known as the _____________________.

Answer 4

Pentapolis

Question 5

Abraham lied to both Pharaoh and ______________ regarding the nature of his relationship to Sarah.

Answer 5

Abimelech

Question 6

Ishmael was __________ years old when Isaac was born.

Answer 6

17 to 19

Question 7

_______________ means “well of the oath” or “seven wells” (21:31).

Answer 7

Beersheba

Question 8

Isaac was to be offered on _____________. This is the same as _____________.

Answer 8

Mt. Moriah, Calvary

Question 9

_____________, literally meaning “double,” is a cave purchased by Abraham for ______ shekels of silver (23:15).

Answer 9

Machpelah, 400

Question 10

The hand placed under one’s ________ was a form of an oath (24:2).

Answer 10

thigh

Question 11

___________ was the wife of Isaac and the sister of ___________.

Answer 11

Rebekah, Laban

Question 12

___________ was Abraham’s second wife (25:1).

Answer 12

Keturah

Question 13

The children of Hagar and Keturah were sent away with gifts, but were not _______________ with Isaac.

Answer 13

joint heirs

Question 14

Abraham died at the age of ____ years. It had been ___ years since Sarah’s death.

Answer 14

175, 38

Question 15

The name Esau means ______________.

Answer 15

hairy one

Question 16

The name Jacob means ______________ or __________________.

Answer 16

supplanter, heel catcher

Question 17

______ sold his birthright for stew.

Answer 17

Esau

Question 18

The name __________ means “red,” probably referring to the stew that Esau demanded.

Answer 18

Edom

Question 19

____________ marriage to heathen women is probably the fornication/bigamy of which he was guilty (Heb. 12:16).

Answer 19

Esau’s

Question 20

Jacob was instructed NOT to take a wife from the “daughters of __________.”

Answer 20

Canaan

Question 21

A __________ is an appearance of Deity to man.

Answer 21

Theophany

Question 22

Laban was Jacob’s ________________ (29:5).

Answer 22

uncle

Question 23

The names given to children most often reflected the __________________ of the mother at birth.

Answer 23

sentiment

Question 24

Leah thought that the birth of _____________ would cause Jacob to love her as he did Rachel (29:32).

Answer 24

Rueben

Question 25

______________ were seen as a fertility herb (30:14).

Answer 25

Mandrakes

Question 26

Jacob's name is changed to Israel, which means ___________________________ (32:28).

Answer 26

God prevails

Question 27

_________________ being struck by God has resulted in a Jewish tradition of not eating the ligament of the hip.

Answer 27

Jacob's

Question 28

List the six mistakes made by Jacob (Gen. 33).

Answer 28

1. His fear of Esau 2. He offers excuses as to why he can't keep up with Esau 3. He went the opposite way from Esau 4. He pitched his tent before a city 5. He bought a piece of land 6. He built an altar that should have built at Bethel

Question 29

Dinah, daughter of Leah, was sexually defiled by ______________ (34:1).

Answer 29

Hamor

Question 30

____________ and ____________ avenged her defilement by killing all the males, including the king and the prince (34:25ff).

Answer 30

Simeon, Levi

Question 31

The name ____________ means "house of bread" or "fruitful" (35:16).

Answer 31

Bethlehem

Question 32

______________ was the youngest of the 12 sons of Jacob/Israel (35:18).

Answer 32

Benjamin

Question 33

____________ lay with Bilhah,an incestuous act (35:22).

Answer 33

Reuben

Question 34

Esau is the father of the ______________ (36:43).

Answer 34

Edomites

Question 35

Regarding _____________, Israel made the same mistake as Isaac; he had a favorite son by his favorite wife (37:3).

Answer 35

Joseph

Question 36

Joseph's brothers became angry as a result of several ___________ (37:5-11).

Answer 36

dreams

Question 37

___________ intervened and stopped the plot to kill Joseph (37:22).

Answer 37

Reuben

Question 38

The Midianites were descendants of Abraham through ____________ (37:28).

Answer 38

Keturah

Question 39

Joseph was sold to __________________.

Answer 39

Potiphar

Question 40

At the time Joseph was in Egypt, the _____________ were in power.

Answer 40

Hyksos

Question 41

Rather than being proper names, Potiphar and Pharaoh were ______________.

Answer 41

titles

Question 42

Pharaoh had dreams involving seven ________ coming out of the Nile and seven _____________________ (41:1-5).

Answer 42

cows, heads of grain

Question 43

Joseph apparently used a ____________ cup to tell the future (44:5).

Answer 43

divination

Question 44

____________ was apparently the spokesman when the brothers stood before Joseph (44:18).

Answer 44

Judah

Question 45

____________ is another name for Goshen (47:11).

Answer 45

Rameses

Question 46

Jacob/Israel lived to the age of ____ years (49:33).

Answer 46

147

Question 47

Jacob adopted ___________ and ____________ (41:51-52).

Answer 47

Ephraim, Manasseh

Question 48

Simeon and Levi are referred to as brothers of ____________ (49:5).

Answer 48

violence

Question 49

_____________ would be praised above all the other tribes (49:8).

Answer 49

Judah

Question 50

______________ would produce such warriors as Ehud, Saul, Jonathan, and Mordecai.

Answer 50

Benjamin