This Genesis 12 quiz will challenge your comprehension and recall of events from the chapter.
You are expected to choose the correct option, so arm yourself with the King James Version of the Bible. Let’s go!
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Bible Quiz on Genesis Chapter 12
Genesis 12 Quiz Questions
Question 1
What was the first instruction God gave Abram in Genesis Chapter 12?
a) To build an altar
b) To go unto a land that He will show him
c) To leave his father’s house
d) To multiply his seed
e) To bless those who bless him
Question 2
Which family member accompanied Abram when he departed as the Lord had spoken unto him?
a) Nahor
b) Isaiah
c) Haran
d) Sarai
e) Terah
Question 3
How old was Abram when he departed out of Haran?
a) 100 years
b) 99 years
c) 75 years
d) 80 years
e) 90 years
Question 4
What did Abram take with him when he departed?
a) His livestock
b) His possessions and his family
c) His brother’s son
d) His wife and all their substance
e) All of the above
Question 5
To which land did Abram pass through on his journey?
a) Egypt
b) Canaan
c) Mesopotamia
d) Ur
e) Shechem
Question 6
What did God say he would make of Abram?
a) A great kingdom
b) A great multitude
c) A great name
d) A great nation
e) A great city
Question 7
Which specific location is mentioned where Abram’s tent was?
a) Near the plain of Moreh
b) By the well of Beer-lahai-roi
c) Between Bethel and Ai
d) By the oak in Ophrah
e) Near Mount Horeb
Question 8
What was the reaction of the Canaanite people when Abram was in their land?
a) They attacked him
b) They were also in the land
c) They gave him gifts
d) They fled the land
e) They traded with him
Question 9
What did God say to Abram after Lot was separated from him?
a) “Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward”
b) “Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward”
c) “Unto thy seed will I give this land”
d) Both b and c
e) All of the above
Question 10
What did Abram do after building an altar to the Lord?
a) Built a city
b) Offered sacrifices
c) Called upon the name of the Lord
d) Continued his journey
e) Pitched his tent
Question 11
Where did Abram pitch his tent after building an altar?
a) Between Bethel and Ai
b) Near the plain of Moreh
c) By the well of Beer-lahai-roi
d) By the oak in Ophrah
e) Near Mount Horeb
Question 12
What is the second place where Abram built an altar?
a) Bethel
b) Ai
c) Moreh
d) Shechem
e) Egypt
Question 13
Why did Abram go down into Egypt?
a) To trade with the people of Egypt
b) Because there was a famine in the land
c) To visit the Pharaoh
d) To seek refuge
e) To conquer Egypt
Question 14
What did Abram tell Sarai to say because he knew the Egyptians would see she was beautiful?
a) She was his sister
b) She was his daughter
c) She was his cousin
d) She was his servant
e) She was his niece
Question 15
Who specifically in Egypt did Abram say would see Sarai’s beauty and potentially kill him?
a) The merchants
b) The soldiers
c) The servants
d) Pharaoh
e) The Egyptians
Question 16
Which people in Egypt commended Sarai before Pharaoh?
a) The servants
b) The priests
c) The princes
d) The soldiers
e) The merchants
Question 17
What was the consequence of Sarai being taken into Pharaoh’s house?
a) Abram was thrown into prison
b) Abram was made a prince
c) Abram was well-treated for her sake
d) Abram was expelled from Egypt
e) Abram was made a servant
Question 18
What did Abram receive from Pharaoh due to Sarai?
a) Gold and silver
b) Sheep, oxen, he-asses, men-servants, and maid-servants
c) She-asses, camels, and lands
d) Houses, gold, sheep and he-asses
e) All of the above
Question 19
What happened to Pharaoh and his house after Sarai was taken into it?
a) They were cursed
b) They became rich
c) They were plagued
d) They were blessed
e) Nothing happened
Question 20
What did Pharaoh do when he discovered the truth about Sarai’s relationship with Abram?
a) He killed Abram
b) He married Sarai
c) He commanded his men to throw Abram into prison
d) He let them go
e) He cursed Abram
Question 21
What reason did Abram give to Pharaoh for lying about his relationship with Sarai?
a) He feared the Egyptians would kill him
b) He was testing the Pharaoh’s honesty
c) He wanted to become rich
d) He did not trust Pharaoh
e) He wanted to protect Sarai
Question 22
When leaving Egypt, who escorted Abram, Sarai, and all their substance?
a) Pharaoh’s servants
b) The Egyptian army
c) The princes of Egypt
d) Pharaoh himself
e) No one escorted them
Question 23
To which location did Abram go after leaving Egypt?
a) Shechem
b) Bethel
c) The south
d) Ur of the Chaldees
e) Haran
Question 24
Where did Abram have his tent after coming out of Egypt?
a) Between Bethel and Ai
b) Near the plain of Moreh
c) By the well of Beer-lahai-roi
d) By the oak in Ophrah
e) Near Mount Horeb
Question 25
Which item did Abram have in abundance after leaving Egypt?
a) Silver
b) Gold
c) Cattle
d) Camels
e) All of the above
Question 26
What did God promise to Abram about his offspring after Lot had separated from him?
a) They would be innumerable like the dust of the earth
b) They would inherit the land of Canaan
c) They would be blessed
d) Both a and b
e) All of the above
Question 27
What was the main point of God’s promise to Abram in Genesis Chapter 12?
a) He would become a great nation
b) His seed would be as the dust of the earth
c) He would be blessed
d) Those who bless him would be blessed and those who curse him would be cursed
e) All of the above
Question 28
What problem arose between Abram’s herdsmen and Lot’s herdsmen?
a) They disagreed over the best grazing land
b) They quarreled over water sources
c) They could not share the land because their possessions were so great
d) They fought over leadership
e) None of the above
Question 29
Who is described as dwelling in the land of Canaan while his family member went to dwell in the cities of the plain?
a) Abram
b) Lot
c) Sarai
d) Terah
e) Nahor
Question 30
What was the status of the land where Lot chose to pitch his tent?
a) It was near to the city of Sodom
b) It was well watered
c) It was like the garden of the LORD
d) It was like the land of Egypt
e) All of the above
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Answers to Genesis 12 Quiz Questions
Answer to Question 1
b) To go unto a land that He will show him
Explanation: In Genesis 12:1 (KJV), God said to Abram, “Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee.”
Answer to Question 2
d) Sarai
Explanation: Genesis 12:5 (KJV) reads, “And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.”
Answer to Question 3
c) 75 years
Explanation: In Genesis 12:4 (KJV), it is mentioned that “Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.”
Answer to Question 4
e) All of the above
Explanation: Genesis 12:5 (KJV) mentions that Abram took “Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran.”
Answer to Question 5
b) Canaan
Explanation: Genesis 12:5 (KJV) records that Abram went forth “to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.”
Answer to Question 6
d) A great nation
Explanation: Genesis 12:2 (KJV) states, “And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.”
Answer to Question 7
c) Between Bethel and Ai
Explanation: In Genesis 12:8 (KJV), it says that “he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east.”
Answer to Question 8
b) They were also in the land
Explanation: Genesis 12:6 (KJV) notes that “the Canaanite was then in the land” when Abram passed through.
Answer to Question 9
d) Both b and c
Explanation: In Genesis 13:14-15 (KJV), after Lot was separated from him, God said to Abram, “Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.”
Answer to Question 10
c) Called upon the name of the Lord
Explanation: Genesis 12:8 (KJV) mentions that Abram “builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.”
Answer to Question 11
a) Between Bethel and Ai
Explanation: Genesis 12:8 (KJV) states that Abram “removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east.”
Answer to Question 12
d) Shechem
Explanation: According to Genesis 12:7 (KJV), “The LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.”
Answer to Question 13
b) Because there was a famine in the land
Explanation: Genesis 12:10 (KJV) states, “And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.”
Answer to Question 14
a) She was his sister
Explanation: Genesis 12:13 (KJV) says, “Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.”
Answer to Question 15
d) Pharaoh
Explanation: In Genesis 12:12 (KJV), Abram tells Sarai, “Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.”
Answer to Question 16
c) The princes
Explanation: Genesis 12:15 (KJV) says, “The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.”
Answer to Question 17
c) Abram was well-treated for her sake
Explanation: Genesis 12:16 (KJV) notes, “And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.”
Answer to Question 18
e) All of the above
Explanation: Genesis 12:16 (KJV) mentions that for Sarai’s sake, Pharaoh gave Abram “sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.”
Answer to Question 19
c) They were plagued
Explanation: Genesis 12:17 (KJV) says, “And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.”
Answer to Question 20
d) He let them go
Explanation: In Genesis 12:19-20 (KJV), Pharaoh asks Abram why he didn’t tell him Sarai was his wife and then commands his men about Abram, “and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.”
Answer to Question 21
a) He feared the Egyptians would kill him
Explanation: Genesis 12:12 (KJV) has Abram telling Sarai, “Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.”
Answer to Question 22
d) Pharaoh himself
Explanation: Genesis 12:20 (KJV) states, “And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.”
Answer to Question 23
c) The south
Explanation: In Genesis 13:1 (KJV), “And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.”
Answer to Question 24
a) Between Bethel and Ai
Explanation: Genesis 13:3 (KJV) says, “And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.”
Answer to Question 25
e) All of the above
Explanation: Genesis 13:2 (KJV) says, “And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.”
Answer to Question 26
d) Both a and b
Explanation: In Genesis 13:15-16 (KJV), God promises Abram, “For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.”
Answer to Question 27
e) All of the above
Explanation: Genesis 12:2-3 (KJV) incorporates all these promises from God, “And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”
Answer to Question 28
c) They could not share the land because their possessions were so great
Explanation: Genesis 13:6 (KJV) explains, “And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.”
Answer to Question 30
e) All of the above
Explanation: Genesis 13:10-11 (KJV) describes the land chosen by Lot, “And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.”
Answer to Question 29
a) Abram
Explanation: In Genesis 13:12 (KJV), it states, “Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.”
