You are welcome to this challenging Genesis 7 Quiz! This chapter in the Book of Genesis reveals the arrival of the great flood and the fulfillment of God’s promise to Noah.
For this Bible quiz, I recommend using the King James Version to follow along. Are you ready? Let’s begin!
Instruction: Choose only the best option.
[Related: Genesis 6 Quiz]
Bible Quiz on Genesis Chapter 7
Genesis 7 Quiz Questions
Question 1:
In Genesis 7:1, why does God invite Noah into the Ark?
A. Because Noah was a skilled shipbuilder.
B. Because Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
C. Because Noah was the last man on Earth.
D. Because Noah pleaded with God to save him.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 2:
How many of every clean beast was Noah commanded to take into the ark?
A. One pair
B. Two pairs
C. Three pairs
D. Seven pairs
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 3:
According to Genesis 7:4, how long did God say it would rain upon the Earth?
A. 7 days
B. 40 days
C. 150 days
D. 365 days
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 4:
How old was Noah when the flood of waters was upon the Earth?
A. 300 years
B. 400 years
C. 500 years
D. 600 years
E. 750 years
Question 5:
What time of the year did the flood start, as stated in Genesis 7:11?
A. In the second month, the seventeenth day of the month
B. In the sixth month, the first day of the month
C. In the first month, the tenth day of the month
D. In the twelfth month, the twenty-fifth day of the month
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 6:
According to Genesis 7:12, for how long did it rain upon the Earth?
A. 40 days and 40 nights
B. 7 days and 7 nights
C. 150 days and 150 nights
D. One year and 10 days
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 7:
In Genesis 7:13, who entered the ark with Noah on the exact day the flood started?
A. Noah’s wife, his sons, and his sons’ wives
B. Noah’s friends and their families
C. Noah’s animals
D. Noah’s extended family
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 8:
How is the destruction caused by the flood described in Genesis 7:21?
A. All flesh died that moved upon the earth.
B. Only the wicked died.
C. Only animals died.
D. Only the plants and trees were destroyed.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 9:
What happened to those who were not in the ark, as described in Genesis 7:21-23?
A. They survived the flood.
B. They climbed to the highest mountains.
C. They were saved by other means.
D. They all died.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 10:
How long did the waters prevail upon the earth according to Genesis 7:24?
A. 40 days
B. 150 days
C. One year
D. Two years
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 11:
What were the specific instructions given to Noah regarding the clean and unclean beasts?
A. To take seven pairs of each clean beast and one pair of each unclean beast
B. To take one pair of each clean beast and seven pairs of each unclean beast
C. To take only clean beasts into the ark
D. To take only unclean beasts into the ark
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 12:
Genesis 7:19 states that the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, but to what extent?
A. All the hills were covered.
B. Half the mountains were covered.
C. The whole earth was covered.
D. Only the valleys were covered.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 13:
What did Noah do after entering the ark, as described in Genesis 7:16?
A. He closed the door of the ark.
B. He prayed to God.
C. He made a sacrifice.
D. He cared for the animals.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 14:
In Genesis 7:22, what characteristic is shared by all the creatures that died in the flood?
A. They were unclean.
B. They had the breath of life in their nostrils.
C. They lived on dry land.
D. They couldn’t swim.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 15:
According to Genesis 7:10, how many days passed from when Noah entered the ark to when the floods began?
A. The same day
B. After 7 days
C. After 40 days
D. After 150 days
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 16:
In Genesis 7:8, how are the animals that entered the ark described?
A. Clean and unclean, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground.
B. Only clean animals and birds.
C. Only unclean animals and birds.
D. Only the animals needed for survival.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 17:
According to Genesis 7:20, how high above the highest mountains did the waters prevail?
A. 5 cubits
B. 10 cubits
C. 15 cubits
D. 20 cubits
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 18:
According to Genesis 7:23, who were the only people that remained after the flood?
A. Noah and his wife.
B. Noah, his sons, and his sons’ wives.
C. Noah and his sons.
D. Only Noah.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 19:
In Genesis 7:5, how is Noah’s obedience to God described?
A. Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.
B. Noah did most of what the Lord commanded him.
C. Noah did some of what the Lord commanded him.
D. Noah did what he thought was best.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 20:
According to Genesis 7:3, why did God command Noah to bring birds into the ark?
A. To keep their species alive on the face of all the earth.
B. To provide food for Noah and his family.
C. To keep the ark free from pests.
D. To send them out to see if the floodwaters had subsided.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 21:
In Genesis 7:17, what happened to the ark when the flood came?
A. The ark was lifted, and it rose high above the earth.
B. The ark was submerged in the waters.
C. The ark was carried away to a distant place.
D. The ark was destroyed by the flood.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 22:
In Genesis 7:7, who entered the ark with Noah due to the waters of the flood?
A. Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
B. Noah’s wife and his sons’ wives.
C. Both Noah’s sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives.
D. The animals, two by two.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 23:
In Genesis 7:11, which sources of water are mentioned as contributing to the flood?
A. The rivers and lakes.
B. The ocean and seas.
C. The fountains of the great deep and the windows of heaven.
D. The rain and melting snow.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 24:
In Genesis 7:2, what distinction is made among the animals that are to be brought onto the ark?
A. The distinction between male and female animals.
B. The distinction between young and old animals.
C. The distinction between clean and unclean animals.
D. The distinction between domestic and wild animals.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 25:
What is the last thing mentioned in Genesis 7, marking the culmination of the chapter?
A. The waters prevailed upon the earth for a hundred and fifty days.
B. The ark rested on the mountains of Ararat.
C. The tops of the mountains were seen.
D. Noah opened the window of the ark.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 26:
In Genesis 7:16, who shut Noah in the ark?
A. Noah himself shut the door.
B. Noah’s sons shut him in.
C. God shut him in.
D. The text doesn’t specifically say who shut the door.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 27:
In Genesis 7:14, besides birds, what other kinds of animals entered the ark with Noah?
A. Beasts, cattle, and creeping things.
B. Only beasts and cattle.
C. Only beasts and creeping things.
D. Only cattle and creeping things.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 28:
According to Genesis 7:15, how did the creatures go into the ark?
A. They went in two and two, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
B. They went in seven by seven.
C. They went in alone.
D. They went in with their families.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
Question 29:
What is the significance of the number seven in Genesis 7:2-4?
A. Noah was to take seven each of every clean animal.
B. Noah was to wait seven days before the flood begins.
C. Both A and B.
D. The number seven has no specific significance.
E. It doesn’t specify in the text.
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Answers to Genesis 7 Quiz Questions
Answer to Question 1
B. Because Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
Explanation: Genesis 6:8 states, “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.”
Answer to Question 2
D. Seven pairs
Explanation: Genesis 7:2 states, “Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.”
Answer to Question 3
B. 40 days
Explanation: Genesis 7:4 says, “For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.”
Answer to Question 4
D. 600 years
Explanation: Genesis 7:6 indicates, “And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.”
Answer to Question 5
A. In the second month, the seventeenth day of the month
Explanation: Genesis 7:11 states, “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.”
Answer to Question 6
A. 40 days and 40 nights
Explanation: Genesis 7:12 says, “And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”
Answer to Question 7
A. Noah’s wife, his sons, and his sons’ wives
Explanation: Genesis 7:13 says, “In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark.”
Answer to Question 8
A. All flesh died that moved upon the earth.
Explanation: Genesis 7:21 states, “And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man.”
Answer to Question 9
D. They all died.
Explanation: Genesis 7:21-23 describes, “And all flesh died that moved upon the earth… and every man… and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.”
Answer to Question 10
B. 150 days
Explanation: Genesis 7:24 states, “And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.”
Answer to Question 11
A. To take seven pairs of each clean beast and one pair of each unclean beast
Explanation: Genesis 7:2-3 states, “Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.”
Answer to Question 12
C. The whole earth was covered.
Explanation: Genesis 7:19 says, “And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.”
Answer to Question 13
C. God shut him in.
Explanation: Genesis 7:16 states, “And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.”
Answer to Question 14
B. They had the breath of life in their nostrils.
Explanation: Genesis 7:22 says, “All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.”
Answer to Question 15
B. After 7 days
Explanation: Genesis 7:10 states, “And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.”
Answer to Question 16
A. Clean and unclean, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground.
Explanation: Genesis 7:8 says, “Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,”
Answer to Question 17
C. 15 cubits
Explanation: Genesis 7:20 states, “Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.”
Answer to Question 18
B. Noah, his sons, and his sons’ wives.
Explanation: Genesis 7:23 says, “And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.”
Answer to Question 19
A. Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.
Explanation: Genesis 7:5 states, “And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.”
Answer to Question 20
A. To keep their species alive on the face of all the earth.
Explanation: Genesis 7:3 states, “Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.”
Answer to Question 21
A. The ark was lifted, and it rose high above the earth.
Explanation: Genesis 7:17 says, “And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.”
Answer to Question 22
C. Both Noah’s sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives.
Explanation: Genesis 7:7 states, “And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.”
Answer to Question 23
C. The fountains of the great deep and the windows of heaven.
Explanation: Genesis 7:11 states, “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.”
Answer to Question 24
C. The distinction between clean and unclean animals.
Explanation: Genesis 7:2 states, “Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.”
Answer to Question 25
A. The waters prevailed upon the earth for a hundred and fifty days.
Explanation: Genesis 7:24 says, “And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.”
Answer to Question 26
C. God shut him in.
Explanation: Genesis 7:16 states, “And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.”
Answer to Question 27
A. Beasts, cattle, and creeping things.
Explanation: Genesis 7:14 states, “They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.”
Answer to Question 28
A. They went in two and two, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
Explanation: Genesis 7:15 states, “And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.”
Answer to Question 29
C. Both A and B.
Explanation: Genesis 7:2-4 states, “Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.” And “For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.” Hence both options A and B are correct.
