HOLY BOOK OF GENESIS

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CHAPTER 1

  1. On which day did God create the vegetation?
  2. God said “Let us make man in ______.”

CHAPTER 2

  1. What did God use to make man?
  2. Name at least two of the four riverheads in the Garden of Eden.

CHAPTER 3

  1. What word describes the serpent compared to the other beasts?
  2. What did the woman and her husband used to cover their nakedness?

CHAPTER 4

  1. What did Abel bring as an offering to the Lord?
  2. What son did God give Adam and Eve after they had lost both Cain and Abel?

CHAPTER 5

  1. How old was Adam when he died?
  2. Name the father of Noah.

CHAPTER 6

  1. Noah was portrayed as

__ a man of great wealth

__ a just man

__ a worldly man

  1. What did God ask Noah to build?

CHAPTER 7

  1. How old was Noah when the floodwaters were on the earth?
  2. How many pairs of every clean animals did Noah take in the ark?

CHAPTER 8

  1. Where did Noah’s Ark land?
  2. What type of bird did Noah first send forth from the Ark?

CHAPTER 9

  1. What did God gave Noah as sign for His covenant?
  2. How old was Noah when he died?

CHAPTER 10

  1. “And Cush begat ______. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord.”
  2. Who built Ninevah?

CHAPTER 11

  1. Who was the famous son of Terah?
  2. To what land did Abram’s father move?

CHAPTER 12

  1. Who did Abram take with him when he departed from Haran?
  2. Where was Sarai taken when she went to Egypt?

CHAPTER 13

  1. Was Abram a rich man or a poor man?
  2. “The men of ______were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.”

CHAPTER 14

  1. List the names of the four conquerors from the East in the time of Abram.
  2. What did Abram do to save Lot?

CHAPTER 15

  1. God came to Abram in a vision and told him “Do not be afraid Abram I am your_____.”
  2. Why did God ask Abram to go outside?

CHAPTER 16

  1. How did Hagar treat Sarai after she got pregnant?
  2. Who appeared to Hagar in the wilderness?
  3. What was the name of the child that Hagar bore?

CHAPTER 17

  1. What was the new name God gave to Sarai?
  2. God asked Abraham to be circumcised with all who reside in his house. How long did he wait to obey the Lord?

CHAPTER 18

  1. Who did Abraham see while sitting in the tent door?
  2. What did Abraham ask Sarah to make for the visitors?

CHAPTER 19

  1. Who came to Lot while sitting at the gate?
  2. How did the Lord destroy Sodom and Gomorrah?
  3. Why did God turn Lot’s wife into a pillar of salt?

CHAPTER 20

  1. Why did Abraham lie again about Sarah?
  2. Who is Abimelech?

CHAPTER 21

  1. How old was Abraham when Isaac was born?
  2. Where did Hagar wonder?

CHAPTER 22

  1. What did Abraham take with him on his way to sacrifice Isaac?
  2. How did God provide the burnt offering for Abraham?

CHAPTER 23

  1. How old was Sarah when she died?
  2. Where did Abraham bury Sarah?

CHAPTER 24

  1. What sign did the servant of Abraham ask of God to find a bride for Isaac?
  2. How was Rebekah related to Isaac?

CHAPTER 25

  1. Who buried Abraham and where?
  2. Where did Jacob’s name come from?

CHAPTER 26

  1. Where did Isaac go in the time of famine?
  2. What frightened Abimelech about Isaac?

CHAPTER 27

  1. What did Abraham ask of Esau?
  2. Who overheard the conversation between Isaac and Esau?

CHAPTER 28

  1. Where did Isaac send Jacob to get a wife?
  2. What did Jacob see in his dream?

CHAPTER 29

  1. What one thing did Leah want more than anything else?
  2. How is Rachel related to Rebekah?

CHAPTER 30

  1. How many sons did Leah have?
  2. What did Jacob ask from Laban as his wage?

CHAPTER 31

  1. How long did it take Laban to find Jacob after Jacob left him?
  2. What warning did God give Laban?

CHAPTER 32

  1. What message did Jacob send to his brother?
  2. Who wrestled with Jacob?

CHAPTER 33

  1. How many men came with Esau to meet Jacob?
  2. What is the meaning of the name Succoth?

CHAPTER 34

  1. What is the name of Jacob’s daughter?
  2. Name the two brothers who avenged their sister.

CHAPTER 35

  1. Where was Rachel buried?
  2. Write the names of the twelve sons of Jacob

CHAPTER 36

  1. Name the three wives of Esau?
  2. Why did Esau take his family and possessions to a country far from the presence of his brother Jacob?

CHAPTER 37

  1. Why did Jacob love Joseph more than his other children?
  2. Where did the Ishmaelites take Joseph?

CHAPTER 38

  1. What are the names of Judah’s three sons from his wife?
  2. What was the name of the two sons Tamar bore?

CHAPTER 39

  1. How important an official was Potiphar?
  2. What unjust punishment did Joseph suffer?

CHAPTER 40

  1. Who were in prison with Joseph?
  2. In the cupbearer dreams what did the three branches represent?

CHAPTER 41

  1. In Pharaoh’s dream what represented famine?
  2. Who suggested getting Joseph to interpret Pharaoh’s dream?

CHAPTER 42

  1. What did Joseph’s brother have to do to prove to him that they are not spies?
  2. Which of Joseph’s brothers was left behind as a hostage when the others returned to bring Benjamin to Egypt?

CHAPTER 43

  1. After Joseph’s brothers presented gifts who did Joseph ask them about?
  2. How did Joseph treat his brother Benjamin?

CHAPTER 44

  1. In whose sack was Joseph’s cup found?
  2. Which of Joseph’s brothers was willing to give himself as a slave in order to free his youngest brother?

CHAPTER 45

  1. Why do you think Joseph and Benjamin had a special relationship?
  2. What was Pharaoh’s reaction when he heard that Joseph’s brothers had come?

CHAPTER 46

  1. How many sons did Joseph have in Egypt?
  2. Where did Joseph meet his father?

CHAPTER 47

  1. How many of Joseph’s brothers were presented to Pharaoh?
  2. When the livestock was all sold, what did the Egyptians sell in exchange for bread?

CHAPTER 48

  1. Who was the first man in the Holy Bible mentioned as being sick?
  2. Where did Rachel die?

CHAPTER 49

  1. Who did Jacob call prince among his brothers?
  2. Who was buried in the same place as Jacob?

CHAPTER 50

  1. For how long did the Egyptians mourn Jacob?
  2. How old was Joseph when he passed away?

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CHAPTER 1

  1. What did God call the firmament?
  1. Which day did God not mention that it was a good or very good day?

CHAPTER 2

  1. What did God breathe in man’s nostrils?
  1. Two trees were mentioned in the Garden of Eden. What are their names?

CHAPTER 3

  1. Whom did Adam blame for eating from the tree?
  1. What did God use to clothe Adam and Eve?

CHAPTER 4

  1. What did God do to Cain to protect him from being killed?
  1. Who was the man that built the first city and what was the city’s name?

CHAPTER 5

  1. How old was Adam when he begot Seth?
  1. Name the sons of Noah.

CHAPTER 6

  1. How long did the Lord say man’s life should be?
  1. Give the dimensions of the Ark of Noah.

CHAPTER 7

  1. How many days was Noah in the Ark before it started to rain?
  1. Who shut the door of Noah’s Ark?

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CHAPTER 8

  1. How many times did Noah send a dove out of the ark?
  2. What did the dove bring Noah when it came back the second time?

CHAPTER 9

  1. What is the first plant mentioned planted by man on earth?
  1. Who covered Noah’s nakedness?

CHAPTER 10

  1. Mizraim is the origin of the word Misr (Arabic for Egypt) who is the father of Mizraim?
  2. Name at least two of the cities built by Nimrod

CHAPTER 11

  1. What did the descendants of Noah plan to build in the land of Shinar?
  1. What material was used in the construction of the Tower of Babel?

CHAPTER 12

  1. What did Pharaoh intend to do with Sarai?
  1. How did God punish Pharaoh?

CHAPTER 13

  1. Why could Lot and Abram not dwell together?
  2. Why did Lot choose the Plain of Jordan to dwell in?

CHAPTER 14

  1. Which two kings officially honored Abraham at the victory celebration?
  1. What God did Melchizedek serve?

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CHAPTER 15

  1. Who did Abram think will inherit him?
  2. For how many years will Abram descendants be enslaved?

CHAPTER 16

  1. How long did Abram wait for the fulfillment of God’s promise before he took Hagar as a wife?
  1. What does Beer Lahai Roi mean?

CHAPTER 17

  1. What was the sign of the covenant between God and Abram?
  1. What did Abraham ask the Lord concerning Ishmael?

CHAPTER 18

  1. Why did Sarah laugh?
  1. How many times did Abraham ask the Lord to spare Sodom and Gomorrah?

CHAPTER 19

  1. What did the men of the city ask from Lot?
  2. Why was Lot afraid to go to the mountain?

CHAPTER 20

  1. What dream did Abimelech have?
  2. Who should pray for Abimelech?

CHAPTER 21

  1. Why did Sarah ask Abraham to get rid of Hagar?
  1. How did Abraham send Hagar away?
  1. What did the Angel of God promise Hagar?

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CHAPTER 22

  1. Why did Abraham rename this place?
  1. What blessing did God give Abraham for not withholding his son?

CHAPTER 23

  1. How old was Sarah when she died?
  1. Where did Abraham bury Sarah?

CHAPTER 24

  1. What did Rebekah volunteered to do for Abraham’s servant?
  1. How was Rebekah related to Isaac?

CHAPTER 25

  1. Why Isaac loved Esau?
  1. How did Isaac know God’s Will?

CHAPTER 26

  1. What does God expect from those in a good relationship with Him?

CHAPTER 27

  1. What did Rebekah ask Jacob to do?
  1. How did Rebekah made Jacob’s skin feel like Esau’s?

CHAPTER 28

  1. What did Jacob do in the place where he had the dream?
  1. What portion of his income did Jacob plan to give to God?

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CHAPTER 29

  1. How did Laban react when meeting Jacob?
  1. What did Jacob do to get Rachel’s hand in marriage?

CHAPTER 30

  1. How was Jacob a good servant to Laban?
  1. How did Laban try to cheat Jacob?

CHAPTER 31

  1. After Laban caught up with Jacob what agreement did they come to? How was it done?
  1. How did God help save Jacob from Laban?

CHAPTER 32

  1. Why was Jacob greatly afraid to meet Esau?
  1. What did Jacob decide to do in order to appease Esau?

CHAPTER 33

  1. What did Jacob urge Esau to take? Did he take it?
  1. Jacob named the place he journeyed to Succoth. Why did he give it that name?

CHAPTER 34

  1. What did Hamor offer Jacob and his sons?
  1. What condition did Jacob’s sons give Shechem in order to give him their sister in marriage?

CHAPTER 35

  1. How old was Isaac when he died?
  1. Write the names of the twelve sons of Jacob

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CHAPTER 36

  1. Name the three wives of Esau.
  1. Why did Esau take his family and possessions to a country far from his brother Jacob?

CHAPTER 37

  1. What did Joseph’s brothers first decide to do when they saw their brother coming in the distance?
  1. How much money did the brothers of Joseph make when they sold Joseph into slavery?

CHAPTER 38

  1. Judah’s eldest son married Tamar. What happened when Judah’s son died?
  2. What should Judah have done differently regarding Tamar?

CHAPTER 39

  1. To what office did Potiphar appoint Joseph?
  2. How did the keeper of the prison treat Joseph?

CHAPTER 40

  1. Why were the cupbearer and the baker put in prison?
  2. What happened to the baker?

CHAPTER 41

  1. In Pharaoh’s dream what do the seven cows represent?
  2. Why did Pharaoh elevate Joseph?

CHAPTER 42

  1. Why did Jacob send his sons to Egypt?
  2. Why did Joseph’s brothers think he could not understand their language?

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CHAPTER 43

  1. What forced Jacob to send Benjamin with his brothers to Egypt?
  1. When Joseph’s brothers sat down to eat how were they arranged?

CHAPTER 44

  1. How did the brothers respond when the planted cup was found in Benjamin’s sack?
  1. How great a sacrifice was Judah willing to take?

CHAPTER 45

  1. Why did Joseph want his family to move to Egypt?
  1. What did Pharaoh ordered to be sent with Joseph’s brothers?

CHAPTER 46

  1. How many people of the house of Jacob went to Egypt?
  1. What did Jacob do when he was presented to Pharaoh?

CHAPTER 47

  1. When the money ran out what did Joseph exchange for bread from the Egyptians?
  1. Who did Joseph take with him to visit his father?

CHAPTER 48

  1. Where were Jacob and Rachel going when she died?
  1. What was Jacob prophecy about Judah?

CHAPTER 49

  1. How did Jacob describe Naphtali?

CHAPTER 50

  1. Why did Joseph order that his father be embalmed?
  1. Who went with Joseph to bury Israel?

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CHAPTER 1

  1. What did God create on the sixth day?
  1. Why did God say, let us (plural) make man in Our image?

CHAPTER 2

  1. How was the ground watered before God made the rain?
  1. What did God say would happen to Adam if he eats from the forbidden tree?

CHAPTER 3

  1. What did the serpent say would happen to the woman if she eats from the forbidden tree?
  1. What was Adam’s punishment for his sin?

CHAPTER 4

  1. Who was the first musician mentioned in the Holy Bible? What instruments did he play?
  1. Name some of the professions know at the time of Lamech?

CHAPTER 5

  1. Who is the oldest man mentioned in the Holy Bible?
  1. How old was Noah when he had his three sons?

CHAPTER 6

  1. How long did the Lord say man’s life should be?
  1. What two races of men seem now to be living in the world?
  1. How many windows were in Noah’s Ark?

CHAPTER 7

  1. How high was the water of the flood?
  1. For how long did the waters prevail on the earth?

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CHAPTER 8

  1. What did God make to help the water subside from the surface of the earth?
  1. Why did the dove Noah sent the third time not return?

CHAPTER 9

  1. God allowed man to eat meat with one condition. What was it?
  2. What was Noah’s occupation after the flood?

CHAPTER 10

  1. From which sons are the Gentiles descendants?
  1. Which of Ham descendants lived in the Sodom and Gomorrah?

CHAPTER 11

  1. What is the meaning of the word “Babel”?
  1. Which of Abram brothers died before they left their native land?

CHAPTER 12

  1. How many blessings did God promise Abram when he left his country?
  1. What made Abram go to Egypt?

CHAPTER 13

  1. What was the basis of Lot’s choice of land? Give verse.
  1. Where was Mamre?

CHAPTER 14

  1. What kind of priest was Melchizedek?
  1. Why did Abram refuse to take anything from the King of Sodom?

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CHAPTER 15

  1. What was the name of Abraham’s servant?
  1. What new information did God give Abram about his “offspring”?

CHAPTER 16

  1. Why did Hagar despise Sarai?
  1. What task did the Angel of the Lord give Hagar?

CHAPTER 17

  1. Why did God give Abram a new name?
  1. What is the meaning of the word “Sarah”?

CHAPTER 18

  1. Why did Sarah deny laughing?
  1. Who cried out to God against Sodom and Gomorrah?

CHAPTER 19

  1. What offer did Lot give to the men of the city?
  1. Why did Lot choose to get refuge in a small city?

CHAPTER 20

  1. Give verses in chapter 19 which show that Lot could not influence the men of Sodom.
  2. How did Abraham justify himself to Abimelech?
  1. What punishment had the Lord on Abimelech’s house?

CHAPTER 21

  1. Why did Abraham circumcise Isaac?
  1. How did God provide for Hagar in the wilderness?

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CHAPTER 22

  1. How did Abraham answer Isaac concerning the offering?
  1. Did Abraham tell his son what he was about to do?
  1. Why did the Angel of the Lord tell Abraham not to lay hand on the lad?

CHAPTER 23

  1. Where did Abraham bury Sarah?
  1. What did Abraham ask from the sons of Heth?

CHAPTER 24

  1. Why did Abraham refuse to have his son marry a Canaanite woman?
  1. What two ways of finding a wife for Isaac did Abraham refuse and why?

CHAPTER 25