This Genesis 45 quiz is here to challenge your knowledge on the chapter.
You are provided with five possible answers to each question. The options are labeled alphabetically (A to E). So, choose the right answer.
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Genesis 45 Quiz Questions
Question 1
To whom did Joseph reveal his identity?
A) His brothers
B) Pharaoh’s servants
C) Pharaoh
D) His servants
E) None of the above
Question 2
What reason did Joseph give for sending his brothers back to Canaan?
A) To bring back their families
B) To bring back their father, Jacob
C) To collect more money
D) Both A and B
E) All of the above
Question 3
Who was the first person Joseph asked for when he revealed his identity to his brothers?
A) Benjamin
B) Reuben
C) Simeon
D) His father
E) None of the above
Question 4
What instructions did Joseph give his brothers for their journey back to Canaan?
A) To not quarrel on the way
B) To bring back their father
C) To not return to Egypt
D) Both A and B
E) Both A and C
Question 5
What news did Pharaoh hear that made him happy?
A) Joseph’s brothers had come to Egypt
B) Joseph was still alive
C) The famine was over
D) His army had won a war
E) None of the above
Question 6
What offer did Pharaoh make to Joseph’s family?
A) They could settle in the best of the land
B) They could have Pharaoh’s own house
C) They could take his place as ruler
D) They could work for him
E) None of the above
Question 7
What did Joseph provide for his brothers for their journey back to Canaan?
A) Food
B) Clothes
C) Wagons
D) Only B and C
E) All of the above
Question 8
How many changes of clothing did Joseph give to Benjamin?
A) One
B) Three
C) Five
D) Seven
E) None of the above
Question 9
What was the brothers’ reaction when they heard that Joseph was alive?
A) They were frightened
B) They were happy
C) They didn’t believe it
D) They were angry
E) None of the above
Question 10
Who was sent to inform Jacob that Joseph was alive?
A) Pharaoh
B) Joseph’s servants
C) Joseph’s brothers
D) Joseph’s son
E) None of the above
Question 11
What was Jacob’s reaction when he heard that Joseph was alive?
A) He was happy
B) He was shocked
C) He didn’t believe it
D) Both B and C
E) None of the above
Question 12
What convinced Jacob that Joseph was alive?
A) The words of his sons
B) The wagons that Pharaoh had sent
C) A vision from God
D) Both A and B
E) None of the above
Question 13
What did Joseph promise to do for his family during the remaining five years of famine?
A) Provide them with food
B) Protect them from harm
C) Make them rulers of Egypt
D) Both A and B
E) All of the above
Question 14
Why did Joseph weep when he revealed himself to his brothers?
A) He was happy to see them
B) He was sad they had sold him
C) He was moved by their repentance
D) Both A and C
E) All of the above
Question 15
What did Joseph tell his brothers about who had sent him to Egypt?
A) It was them who sent him
B) It was the traders who sent him
C) It was God who sent him
D) It was Pharaoh who sent him
E) None of the above
Question 16
What did Joseph promise to his brothers when they were to dwell in the land he had chosen for them?
A) They would become prosperous
B) They would be near him
C) They would be treated as royalty
D) Both A and B
E) Both B and C
Question 17
What instructions did Joseph give his brothers concerning what they should tell their father?
A) They should tell him of Joseph’s glory in Egypt
B) They should tell him to come to Egypt
C) They should tell him Joseph was alive
D) All of the above
E) None of the above
Question 18
What was the region in Egypt that Joseph asked his brothers to dwell in when they returned from Canaan?
A) The land of Rameses
B) The land of Cairo
C) The land of Zoan
D) The land of Goshen
E) None of the above
Question 19
What did Joseph tell his brothers about the dreams he had?
A) They had come true
B) They were false
C) They were yet to come true
D) He didn’t mention them
E) None of the above
Question 20
What did Joseph say to his brothers about God’s plan?
A) God sent him to Egypt to preserve their lineage
B) God sent him to Egypt to suffer
C) God sent him to Egypt to become powerful
D) Both A and C
E) All of the above
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Answers to Genesis 45 Quiz Questions
Answer 1
A) His brothers
Explanation: Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, as can be seen in Genesis 45:4 – “And Joseph said unto his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.”
Answer 2
D) Both A and B
Explanation: In Genesis 45:9-10, Joseph instructs his brothers to bring their father and their families to Egypt: “Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not.”
Answer 3
D) His father
Explanation: Joseph asked about his father’s welfare as soon as he revealed his identity to his brothers. This is mentioned in Genesis 45:3 – “And Joseph said unto his brothers, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live?”
Answer 4
A) To not quarrel on the way
Explanation: Genesis 45:24 details Joseph’s instructions to his brothers: “So he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.”
Answer 5
A) Joseph’s brothers had come to Egypt
Explanation: Pharaoh was pleased when he heard that Joseph’s brothers had come to Egypt. This is shown in Genesis 45:16 – “And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.”
Answer 6
A) They could settle in the best of the land
Explanation: Pharaoh offered the best of the land of Egypt to Joseph’s family, according to Genesis 45:18 – “And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.”
Answer 7
E) All of the above
Explanation: In Genesis 45:21-22, Joseph provided his brothers with wagons, food, and changes of clothing: “And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment…”
Answer 8
C) Five
Explanation: Genesis 45:22 – “To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.”
Answer 9
C) They didn’t believe it
Explanation: In Genesis 45:26, it’s shown that the brothers were initially in disbelief about Joseph being alive: “And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.”
Answer 10
C) Joseph’s brothers
Explanation: Joseph’s brothers were the ones who informed Jacob that Joseph was alive. This is mentioned in Genesis 45:26 – “And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt.”
Answer 11
D) Both B and C
Explanation: Genesis 45:26 indicates Jacob’s initial shock and disbelief upon hearing that Joseph was alive: “And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.”
Answer 12
D) Both A and B
Explanation: In Genesis 45:27, Jacob is convinced that Joseph is alive by the words of his sons and seeing the wagons that Pharaoh sent: “And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.”
Answer 13
A) Provide them with food
Explanation: In Genesis 45:11, Joseph promises to provide for his family during the famine: “And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.”
Answer 14
D) Both A and C
Explanation: Genesis 45:2 and 45:15 show that Joseph wept due to joy at seeing his brothers and their repentance: “And he wept aloud… Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.”
Answer 15
C) It was God who sent him
Explanation: Genesis 45:7-8 reveals Joseph’s understanding that God sent him to Egypt to preserve their family: “And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God…”
Answer 16
E) Both B and C
Explanation: In Genesis 45:10, Joseph promises his brothers they will dwell near him and in Genesis 47:6, Pharaoh commands they should be made rulers of the livestock: “…and thou shalt be near unto me… The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell… and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.”
Answer 17
D) All of the above
Explanation: Genesis 45:13 includes all the details Joseph wanted his brothers to share with their father: “And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.”
Answer 18
D) The land of Goshen
Explanation: Joseph asked his family to dwell in the land of Goshen when they returned from Canaan. This is shown in Genesis 45:10 – “And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children…”
Answer 19
A) They had come true
Explanation: Joseph mentions that his dreams have come true when he meets his brothers. This is mentioned in Genesis 45:6-7 – “For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth…”
Answer 20
A) God sent him to Egypt to preserve their lineage
Explanation: In Genesis 45:7, Joseph says that God sent him to Egypt to preserve a remnant for them in the earth: “And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.”
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