Comprehensive Bible Quiz Genesis 1-50 with Answers. (100 Questions)

Answer 1: B — Answer: b) 2nd Day
Explanation: On the second day, God separated the waters from the waters and created the firmament, or the sky. This can be found in Genesis 1:6-8.

Answer 2: C — Answer: c) Dry land
Explanation: In Genesis 1:9, God commanded for the waters under the heaven to be gathered to reveal the dry land.

Answer 3: A — Answer: a) True
Explanation: Esau was the elder twin, while Jacob was the younger. This is described in Genesis 25:24-26.

Answer 4: D — Answer: d) She thought the angel was joking
Explanation: In Genesis 18:11-12, Sarah laughed because she was old, past the age of childbearing, and so was Abraham, but not because she thought the angel was joking.

Answer 5: A, B, D — Answer: a) Pison, b) Euphrates, d) Hiddekel
Explanation: Genesis 2:10-14 mentions Pison, Gihon, Hiddekel, and Euphrates as the rivers that flowed out of Eden.

Answer 6: C — Answer: c) Zoar
Explanation: Lot fled to Zoar when Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed. Genesis 19:22-23 states that God did not destroy Zoar for Lot’s sake.

Answer 7: B — Answer: b) Silver anklets
Explanation: Genesis 24:22 mentions the gifts the servant gave to Rebekah, and silver anklets are not listed.

Answer 8: A — Answer: a) Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
Explanation: In Genesis 2:16-17, God commanded Adam not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

Answer 9: C — Answer: c) Jacob
Explanation: Jacob responded with these words to Rachel when she demanded children from him. This is recorded in Genesis 30:2.

Answer 10: C — Answer: c) Creeping things
Explanation: Genesis 1:20-23 describes the creatures God made on the 5th day. Creeping things were created on the 6th day, as per Genesis 1:24.

Answer 11: D — Answer: d) Shem
Explanation: Shem and Japheth took a garment and covered their father, Noah. It was Ham who saw Noah’s nakedness. This event is recorded in Genesis 9:22-23.

Answer 12: A — Answer: a) 930 years
Explanation: Genesis 5:5 mentions that all the days that Adam lived were 930 years.

Answer 13: E — Answer: e) Ur
Explanation: Abraham was from Ur of the Chaldees. This is stated in Genesis 11:28.

Answer 14: B — Answer: b) Sarai
Explanation: God changed Sarai’s name to Sarah in Genesis 17:15.

Answer 15: A — Answer: a) A piece of bread and lentil stew
Explanation: Esau traded his birthright for some bread and a pot of lentils, as described in Genesis 25:34.

Answer 16: D — Answer: d) Matthew
Explanation: Jacob had twelve sons, and Matthew was not one of them. The list of Jacob’s sons can be found in Genesis 35:23-26.

Answer 17: A — Answer: a) Isaac
Explanation: Isaac said this about Jacob when he came to him with savory meat. This event is described in Genesis 27:27.

Answer 18: E — Answer: e) A giant statue with a head of gold
Explanation: Joseph interpreted various dreams, but the dream of the giant statue with a head of gold was interpreted by Daniel, as recorded in the Book of Daniel chapter 2.

Answer 19: D — Answer: d) Moab
Explanation: Abraham traveled to and resided in various places, but Moab is not mentioned as one of them in his journey, as per the Book of Genesis.

Answer 20: B — Answer: b) Haran
Explanation: Lot was the son of Haran, Abraham’s brother. This relationship is mentioned in Genesis 11:27.

Answer 21: D — Answer: d) Reuben
Explanation: While Jacob sent all his sons except Benjamin initially, Reuben spoke first, offering his two sons as a surety. This can be inferred from Genesis 42:3-4.

Answer 22: B — Answer: b) Hagar
Explanation: Hagar, Sarah’s Egyptian maidservant, bore Ishmael to Abraham. This is recorded in Genesis 16:15.

Answer 23: E — Answer: e) Bethel
Explanation: Bethel is not among the cities of the plain that God destroyed. Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim were the cities destroyed, as mentioned in Genesis 19.

Answer 24: C — Answer: c) Tree of Life
Explanation: The Tree of Life was in the midst of the garden alongside the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Genesis 2:9 gives this detail.

Answer 25: B — Answer: b) Penuel
Explanation: After wrestling with God, Jacob named the place Penuel, saying he had seen God face to face. This is described in Genesis 32:30.

Answer 26: D — Answer: d) Abel
Explanation: Abel was killed by his brother Cain, making him the first person to die. This tragic event is detailed in Genesis 4:8.

Answer 27: E — Answer: e) Arphaxad
Explanation: Arphaxad was a son of Shem, not Ham. The sons of Ham are listed in Genesis 10:6.

Answer 28: C — Answer: c) Keturah
Explanation: After Sarah’s death, Abraham took another wife named Keturah. This is mentioned in Genesis 25:1.

Answer 29: D, E — Answer: d) Lot and e) Joseph
Explanation: God changed the names of Abram to Abraham, Sarai to Sarah, and Jacob to Israel. However, Lot’s and Joseph’s names remained the same.

Answer 30: E — Answer: e) None of the above
Explanation: Joseph became a ruler in all of Egypt, second only to Pharaoh. While he provided for his family in Goshen later on, his position of power was in the entirety of Egypt, as described in various parts of Genesis, especially chapters 41-45.

Answer 31: D — Answer: d) Abimelech
Explanation: Abimelech, the king of Gerar, took Sarah, but God warned him in a dream. This incident is recorded in Genesis 20:1-7.

Answer 32: A — Answer: a) Let there be light
Explanation: “Let there be light” was said on the first day of creation, as mentioned in Genesis 1:3.

Answer 33: B — Answer: b) show you
Explanation: In Genesis 12:1, God instructs Abraham to go to a land that He would show him.

Answer 34: A, B, D, E — Answer: a) Reuben, b) Simeon, d) Levi, e) Judah
Explanation: Leah bore several sons to Jacob, including Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah. Benjamin, however, was a son of Rachel (Genesis 35:24).

Answer 35: B — Answer: False
Explanation: Joseph’s brothers sold him to Ishmaelites, but it was for 20 pieces of silver, not 30. This event is recorded in Genesis 37:28.

Answer 36: D — Answer: d) Creation of man
Explanation: The creation of man took place on the sixth day. Genesis 1:20-23 describes the events of the fifth day.

Answer 37: D — Answer: d) The serpent would fly
Explanation: After the fall, God did not curse the serpent to fly. Instead, the serpent was cursed to crawl on its belly (Genesis 3:14).

Answer 38: A — Answer: a) Cain
Explanation: This describes Cain’s reaction when the Lord had respect to Abel and his offering but not to Cain’s. It’s recorded in Genesis 4:5.

Answer 39: E — Answer: e) Nile
Explanation: Genesis 2:10-14 mentions four rivers associated with Eden: Pison, Gihon, Hiddekel (Tigris), and Euphrates.

Answer 40: B — Answer: False
Explanation: This is mentioned in Genesis 9:13-15 where God makes a covenant with Noah and all future generations. But the rainbow was set in the sky.

Answer 41: E — Answer: e) None of the above
Explanation: According to Genesis 19 and Ezekiel 16:49-50, various sins like pride, gluttony, and lack of hospitality were evident in Sodom and Gomorrah.

Answer 42: B — Answer: b) fainted
Explanation: Genesis 45:26 describes Jacob’s initial disbelief when told that Joseph was still alive.

Answer 43: C — Answer: c) Raven and dove
Explanation: Noah first sent out a raven, and then a dove multiple times to see if the waters had subsided. This is detailed in Genesis 8:6-12.

Answer 44: C — Answer: c) He loved lentil stew
Explanation: Esau despised his birthright and sold it for lentil stew. It was Jacob who prepared the stew, but there isn’t a particular mention of Esau’s love for the stew itself (Genesis 25:29-34).

Answer 45: E — Answer: e) Joseph
Explanation: Joseph said this to his brothers in Genesis 50:19, indicating that it wasn’t his place to enact vengeance.

Answer 46: A — Answer: True
Explanation: Genesis 24 recounts the story of Abraham’s servant praying by a well and finding Rebekah, who provided water for him and his camels.

Answer 47: D — Answer: d) Simeon
Explanation: In Genesis 42:24, Simeon was bound and held in Egypt while the other brothers returned to Canaan to fetch Benjamin.

Answer 48: D — Answer: d) Enoch
Explanation: Shem, Ham, and Japheth were Noah’s sons as per Genesis 6:10. Enoch was an ancestor of Noah.

Answer 49: C — Answer: c) Enoch
Explanation: Genesis 5:24 indicates that Enoch walked with God and was then taken by God, implying a special relationship without seeing death.

Answer 50: A, B, C, E — Answer: a) Stars, b) Moon, c) Sheaves of grain, e) Sun
Explanation: Joseph had dreams where his brothers’ sheaves of grain bowed to his sheaf, and where the sun, moon, and eleven stars bowed to him (Genesis 37:5-10).

Answer 51: A — Answer: a) The wilderness of Shur
Explanation: Hagar encountered the angel by a spring in the wilderness on her way to Shur, as described in Genesis 16:7.

Answer 52: A — Answer: a) Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
Explanation: Genesis 2:17 mentions that God commanded Adam not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

Answer 53: C — Answer: c) Pison
Explanation: Genesis 2:10-14 describes how a river flowed out of Eden and then branched into four headwaters. The first of these is named Pison.

Answer 54: C — Answer: c) Seven pairs
Explanation: According to Genesis 7:2, God instructed Noah to take seven pairs (or seven of each kind) of every clean animal into the ark.

Answer 55: E — Answer: e) Jubal
Explanation: Genesis 4:21 describes Jubal as the ancestor of all who play stringed instruments and pipes.

Answer 56: D — Answer: d) Cherubim and a flaming sword
Explanation: Genesis 3:24 mentions that God placed cherubim and a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the Tree of Life.

Answer 57: A — Answer: a) Lot
Explanation: Genesis 11:27 introduces Lot as the son of Haran and the nephew of Abraham (then Abram).

Answer 58: C — Answer: c) Goat skins
Explanation: In Genesis 27:16, Jacob used the skins of young goats on his hands and neck to deceive his father Isaac into thinking he was his hairy brother, Esau.

Answer 59: E — Answer: e) Eber
Explanation: Eber is not a son of Ham. The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan as per Genesis 10:6.

Answer 60: C — Answer: c) Jacob
Explanation: Jacob’s name was changed to Israel after he wrestled with a divine figure (God or an angel) in Genesis 32:28.

Answer 61: B — Answer: b) Sodom
Explanation: Abraham interceded for Sodom in Genesis 18:20-33, asking God to spare it if there were even a few righteous people found in it.

Answer 62: B — Answer: b) 105 years
Explanation: Genesis 5:6 states that Seth was 105 years old when he fathered Enosh.

Answer 63: E — Answer: e) Nile
Explanation: The Nile is not mentioned in the list in Genesis 2:10-14. The river from Eden divides into Pison, Gihon, Tigris (Hiddekel), and Euphrates.

Answer 64: E — Answer: e) Rachel
Explanation: Genesis 29:16-18 mentions that Laban had two daughters: Leah the older and Rachel the younger.

Answer 65: E — Answer: e) Cairo
Explanation: While the exact city isn’t named in the Bible, the Pharaoh’s palace and primary city would be what is now known as Cairo. This is inferred from the story in Genesis chapters 41-45.

Answer 66: A — Answer: a) His servants
Explanation: In Genesis 32:16-21, Jacob sent servants ahead with gifts in droves to appease Esau before he met him.

Answer 67: D — Answer: d) Tree of Good and Evil
Explanation: Genesis 2:17 specifies the tree of the knowledge of good and evil as the one Adam was commanded not to eat from.

Answer 68: E — Answer: e) Joseph
Explanation: Genesis 37:24 describes how Joseph’s brothers, out of envy, threw him into a pit.

Answer 69: B — Answer: b) Haran
Explanation: Jacob fled to Haran to live with his uncle Laban after deceiving Isaac, as recounted in Genesis 28:10.

Answer 70: D — Answer: d) Abimelech
Explanation: Abimelech, the king of Gerar, took Sarah, but God warned him in a dream. This incident is recorded in Genesis 20:1-7.

Answer 71: B — Answer: b) Gerar
Explanation: During a famine, Abraham went down to Gerar instead of Egypt, as told in Genesis 20:1.

Answer 72: B — Answer: b) Keturah
Explanation: Genesis 25:1 mentions that Abraham took another wife named Keturah after Sarah’s death.

Answer 73: E — Answer: e) None of the above
Explanation: It was Joseph himself who had the dream in which his family’s sheaves of grain bowed down to his sheaf (Genesis 37:5-11). It wasn’t any of his brothers.

Answer 74: B — Answer: b) Peniel
Explanation: After wrestling with God, Jacob named the place Peniel, saying he had seen God face to face, as mentioned in Genesis 32:30.

Answer 75: D — Answer: d) Hagar
Explanation: Sarah gave her Egyptian maidservant, Hagar, to Abraham to bear a child, as noted in Genesis 16:1-3.

Answer 76: C — Answer: c) Zoar
Explanation: Lot was allowed to escape to Zoar before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and as a result, Zoar was spared (Genesis 19:21-23).

Answer 77: D — Answer: d) 600 years
Explanation: Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth, as mentioned in Genesis 7:6.

Answer 78: D — Answer: d) Judah
Explanation: Judah was the one who suggested selling Joseph to the Ishmaelites instead of killing him, as seen in Genesis 37:26-27.

Answer 79: A — Answer: a) Jacob
Explanation: Esau sold his birthright to his younger brother, Jacob, for a bowl of stew, according to Genesis 25:29-34.

Answer 80: C — Answer: c) His younger brother
Explanation: Joseph asked his brothers to bring Benjamin, his younger brother, to him in Egypt as recounted in Genesis 42:20.

Answer 61: B — Answer: b) Sodom
Explanation: Abraham interceded for Sodom in Genesis 18:20-33, asking God to spare it if there were even a few righteous people found in it.

Answer 62: B — Answer: b) 105 years
Explanation: Genesis 5:6 states that Seth was 105 years old when he fathered Enosh.

Answer 63: E — Answer: e) Nile
Explanation: The Nile is not mentioned in the list in Genesis 2:10-14. The river from Eden divides into Pison, Gihon, Tigris (Hiddekel), and Euphrates.

Answer 64: E — Answer: e) Rachel
Explanation: Genesis 29:16-18 mentions that Laban had two daughters: Leah the older and Rachel the younger.

Answer 65: E — Answer: e) Cairo
Explanation: While the exact city isn’t named in the Bible, the Pharaoh’s palace and primary city would be what is now known as Cairo. This is inferred from the story in Genesis chapters 41-45.

Answer 66: A — Answer: a) His servants
Explanation: In Genesis 32:16-21, Jacob sent servants ahead with gifts in droves to appease Esau before he met him.

Answer 67: D — Answer: d) Tree of Good and Evil
Explanation: Genesis 2:17 specifies the tree of the knowledge of good and evil as the one Adam was commanded not to eat from.

Answer 68: E — Answer: e) Joseph
Explanation: Genesis 37:24 describes how Joseph’s brothers, out of envy, threw him into a pit.

Answer 69: B — Answer: b) Haran
Explanation: Jacob fled to Haran to live with his uncle Laban after deceiving Isaac, as recounted in Genesis 28:10.

Answer 70: D — Answer: d) Abimelech
Explanation: Abimelech, the king of Gerar, took Sarah, but God warned him in a dream. This incident is recorded in Genesis 20:1-7.

Answer 71: B — Answer: b) Gerar
Explanation: During a famine, Abraham went down to Gerar instead of Egypt, as told in Genesis 20:1.

Answer 72: B — Answer: b) Keturah
Explanation: Genesis 25:1 mentions that Abraham took another wife named Keturah after Sarah’s death.

Answer 73: E — Answer: e) None of the above
Explanation: It was Joseph himself who had the dream in which his family’s sheaves of grain bowed down to his sheaf (Genesis 37:5-11). It wasn’t any of his brothers.

Answer 74: B — Answer: b) Peniel
Explanation: After wrestling with God, Jacob named the place Peniel, saying he had seen God face to face, as mentioned in Genesis 32:30.

Answer 75: D — Answer: d) Hagar
Explanation: Sarah gave her Egyptian maidservant, Hagar, to Abraham to bear a child, as noted in Genesis 16:1-3.

Answer 76: C — Answer: c) Zoar
Explanation: Lot was allowed to escape to Zoar before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and as a result, Zoar was spared (Genesis 19:21-23).

Answer 77: D — Answer: d) 600 years
Explanation: Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth, as mentioned in Genesis 7:6.

Answer 78: D — Answer: d) Judah
Explanation: Judah was the one who suggested selling Joseph to the Ishmaelites instead of killing him, as seen in Genesis 37:26-27.

Answer 79: A — Answer: a) Jacob
Explanation: Esau sold his birthright to his younger brother, Jacob, for a bowl of stew, according to Genesis 25:29-34.

Answer 80: C — Answer: c) His younger brother
Explanation: Joseph asked his brothers to bring Benjamin, his younger brother, to him in Egypt as recounted in Genesis 42:20.

Answer 81: B — Answer: b) 7 years
Explanation: Jacob served Laban for 7 years to marry Rachel, but Laban deceived him and gave him Leah. This is detailed in Genesis 29:20-25.

Answer 82: B — Answer: b) Simeon and Levi
Explanation: Simeon and Levi avenged the rape of their sister Dinah by deceiving the men of Shechem and killing every male. This account can be found in Genesis 34.

Answer 83: B — Answer: b) Pharaoh’s
Explanation: Pharaoh dreamt of seven fat cows and seven lean cows, as well as seven healthy grain stalks and seven withered ones, indicating the years of plenty and famine. The story is told in Genesis 41.

Answer 84: C — Answer: c) Sun, moon, and stars
Explanation: On the fourth day, God made the sun, moon, and stars to govern the day and night. This is described in Genesis 1:14-19.

Answer 85: C — Answer: c) Pitch
Explanation: Genesis 6:14 instructs Noah to make the ark of gopher wood and to coat it with pitch both inside and out.

Answer 86: C — Answer: c) A dove and a raven
Explanation: Noah sent out a raven and then a dove to see if the waters had decreased. This is recorded in Genesis 8:6-12.

Answer 87: E — Answer: e) Nineveh
Explanation: Nineveh is not mentioned in relation to Abraham’s journey. Abraham’s journey began in Ur and went through places like Haran and Egypt.

Answer 88: C — Answer: c) Dan
Explanation: In Jacob’s blessing to his sons, he likened Dan to a serpent by the way, an adder in the path (Genesis 49:17).

Answer 89: C — Answer: c) 430 years
Explanation: According to Genesis 15:13 and Exodus 12:40-41, 430 years passed between God’s covenant with Abram and Israel’s exodus from Egypt.

Answer 90: B — Answer: b) Bethel
Explanation: Jacob named the place where he dreamt of a ladder reaching to heaven “Bethel,” saying it was the house of God and the gate of heaven. This is seen in Genesis 28:17.

Answer 91: D — Answer: d) Genesis 15
Explanation: God made this promise to Abram in Genesis 15:5, where He took him outside and told him to look up at the stars, signifying the vast number of his descendants.

Answer 92: C — Answer: c) 430 years
Explanation: According to Genesis 15:13 and Exodus 12:40-41, 430 years passed between God’s covenant with Abram and Israel’s exodus from Egypt.

Answer 93: D — Answer: d) Benjamin
Explanation: Benjamin was born to Rachel after Jacob’s name was changed to Israel. This is detailed in Genesis 35:16-18.

Answer 94: C — Answer: c) Moses
Explanation: Although this event is from the Book of Exodus, the name Moses means “drawn out” because he was drawn out of the water by Pharaoh’s daughter (Exodus 2:10).

Answer 95: E — Answer: e) Arpachshad
Explanation: Arpachshad was a son of Shem, not Ham, as listed in Genesis 10:22.

Answer 96: A — Answer: a) Lot
Explanation: The Moabites and Ammonites were descendants of Lot through his two daughters, as recorded in Genesis 19:36-38.

Answer 97: D — Answer: d) Joseph
Explanation: Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, and Leah were buried in the cave of Machpelah (Genesis 49:29-32). Joseph was buried in Shechem (Joshua 24:32).

Answer 98: D — Answer: d) Deborah
Explanation: Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried below Bethel, under the oak called Allon-bacuth (Genesis 35:8).

Answer 99: C — Answer: c) The Lord stood above it
Explanation: In Genesis 28:12-13, Jacob saw a ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven. The Lord stood above it and spoke to Jacob.

Answer 100: E — Answer: e) Arpachshad
Explanation: Arpachshad was a son of Shem, not Ham, as listed in Genesis 10:22.