In the Beginning
In Genesis 1:1, God created these two things.
What are the heavens and the earth?
This creature tempted Eve in the Garden.
What is the serpent?
God called this man to leave his country and promised to make him a great nation.
Who is Abraham?
Joseph’s brothers hated him partly because their father gave him this.
What is a special robe (ornate robe / coat of many colors)?
In Genesis 22, Abraham told Isaac that God himself would provide this.
What is the lamb?
On Days 1–3, God created spaces. On Days 4–6, He did this to them.
What is filled them? (Sun/moon/stars, birds/fish, animals/humans)
The serpent’s first move was to _________ God’s word.
What is question it? (“Did God really say?”)
Abraham waited 25 years for Isaac because Sarah — like Rebekah and Rachel after her — shared this condition that threatened the promise.
What is barrenness?
Joseph was falsely accused by this person’s wife, which landed him in prison.
Who is Potiphar?
John the Baptist pointed at Jesus and used this title that echoes Abraham’s words on the mountain. Behold, the ______ ____ _____.
What is “the Lamb of God”? (John 1:29)
Genesis 1:31 says God saw everything He made and called it this.
What is “very good”?
Genesis 3:6 says Adam was “with her” when Eve ate the fruit. His silence began a pattern, later traced through Abraham and Jacob. What is it?
What is being passive? (Staying silent when it mattered most)
This patriarch is called “the exception” because he prayed and waited 20 years for his wife to conceive — yet he repeated his father’s exact lie, calling his wife his sister.
Who is Isaac? (Genesis 25–26)
This person promised to remember Joseph after being released from prison but forgot him for two years.
Who is the cupbearer (butler)?
What is Genesis 3:15 known as because of God's promise to send a rescuer who would crush the serpent’s head?
What is the first gospel? (protoevangelium)
Humans were made in _____ _______ ___ ____, according to Genesis 1:26–28.
What is the image of God (imago Dei)?
Name all four relationships that broke because of the Fall.
What are: us and God (hiding), us and others (blaming), us and ourselves (shame), us and creation (curse)?
Jacob’s name was changed to this after he wrestled with God at the Jabbok River.
What is Israel (“he struggles with God”)?
Pharaoh’s dream, which Joseph interpreted, predicted this pattern of years.
What is seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine?
Joseph was rejected by his brothers, sent to a foreign land, suffered unjustly, and was exalted to save many lives. Name the person whose life follows the same pattern.
Who is Jesus?
In Genesis 2, God gave Adam specific jobs in the Garden of Eden. What is one of them?
What is naming the animals? (Also acceptable: tending/keeping the garden)
There are three verses in Genesis 3 that most people miss. How do they show God seeking, promising rescue, and providing a covering?
What are Genesis 3:9, 3:15, and 3:21?
Name all four women through whom Jacob’s 12 sons were born.
Who are Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, and Zilpah?
Complete this verse (Genesis 50:20): “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for ________ to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
What is “good”?
Paul says in Galatians 3:8 that God’s promise to Abraham — “all nations will be blessed through you” — was actually this good news, announced in advance.
What is the gospel?