Commands & Rules
What is the name of the tree in the Garden of Eden which had forbidden fruit?
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:16-17)
What was given as a reminder of God's covenant with all living creatures for all generations to come that He would never again destroy all life with floodwaters?
A rainbow (Genesis 9:13)
Who led the Israelites out of Egypt with God's help?
Moses
Which wicked city was Lot living in that was destroyed by fire?
Sodom (Genesis 19:1)
How many days did God take to create the heavens and the earth and everything in them?
6 days (Genesis 2:1)
How many pairs of each clean animal went on board the ark?
Seven (Genesis 7:3)
What was promised to Abraham?
Descendants that number the stars in the sky.
Land as far as he could see - north, south, east and west - as a permanent possession.
(Genesis 13:14-17)
Who murdered his brother and as a result was cursed to wander the earth and given a mark to warn others not to harm him?
Cain
Where did the LORD confuse the people with different languages so that they scattered all over the world?
The city of Babel or the land of Babylonia/Shinar (Genesis 11:2,9)
With God's help, Joseph interpreted Pharaoh's dreams and explained that there would be how many years of famine?
7 years (Genesis 41:27)
What did Abraham and his male descendants have done as sign of the covenant between them and God?
Circumcision (Genesis 17:9-14)
Who will bruise the serpent's head (Gen. 3)?
Jesus
Who was Joseph's younger brother?
Benjamin
Which city did Abraham originally come from before responding to God's call to leave?
Ur of the Chaldeans (Genesis 11:31, Acts 7:2-4)
Name any three of the ten plagues of Egypt?
1) Blood
2) Frogs
3) Gnats
4) Flies
5) Livestock
6) Boils
7) Hail
8) Locusts
9) Darkness
10) Death of firstborn
(Exodus 7:14 - 11:10)
What command did Achan violate concerning the defeat of Jericho?
Everything made of silver, gold, bronze, or iron must be brought into the LORD's treasury and everything else in Jericho must be completely destroyed as an offering to the LORD. (Joshua 6:17-19)
What did God promise to Joshua?
"No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will not fail you or abandon you." (Joshua 1:5)
Who walked with God and then was not, for God took him?
Enoch
Where did Jacob have a special dream of a stairway that reached from the earth to heaven?
Bethel (Genesis 28:19)
When the Israelites were bitten by poisonous snakes after complaining to God, how were they cured?
Moses made a bronze snake and place it on a pole. Everyone who looked at this was healed (Numbers 21:8-9)
Interesting Note: This was an allusion to Jesus' crucifixion (John 3:14-15)
Name any five of the Ten Commandments.
1) You shall have no other gods
2) You shall not make for yourself a carved image or bow down to them nor serve them
3)You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain
4) Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy
5) Honor your father and your mother
6) You shall not murder
7) You shall not commit adultery
8) You shall not steal
9) You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor
10) You shall not covet
(Exodus 20:1-17)
Identify one thing which was included in the blessing that Isaac unknowingly gave to Jacob and his descendants instead of Esau?
Abundant harvests of grain and wine.
Nations would become his servants.
He would be master over his brothers.
All who cursed him would be cursed and all who blessed him would be blessed.
(Genesis 27:28-29)
Who was the faithful woman from Jericho who protected the Israelite spies and belonged to the lineage of Jesus?
Rehab
In what region of Egypt did Jacob and his descendants settle?
The land of Goshen (Genesis 47:6, Exodus 8:22)
How did Korah, Dathan, and Abiram die when they rebelled against God's appointed leaders, Moses and Aaron?
The earth swallowed them up (Numbers 16:32)