Genesis
What does the word Genesis Mean ?
Genesis means “beginning.”
Genesis is a book of beginnings.
What was the name of the King of Egypt during the time when Moses Lived ?
King Pharaoh
What was the name of Abraham and Sarah’s promised son?
Answer: Isaac. (Genesis 21:1–3)
Who were the first two sons of Adam and Eve mentioned in Genesis?
Answer: Cain and Abel. (Genesis 4:1–2)
Who created the heaven and the earth?
Answer: God. (Genesis 1:1)
What Three Commandments did god give Adam and Eve ?
Genesis 1:28 and Genesis 2:15-17
Who found baby Moses in the river ?
Answer: Pharaoh’s daughter. (Exodus 2:5–6)
What did God tell Abraham to leave behind, and where did God tell him to go?
Answer: His country, his family, and his father’s house, to a land God would show him. (Genesis 12:1)
Why were Joseph’s brothers jealous of him, and what did they do to him because of their jealousy?
Answer: Jacob favored Joseph and gave him a coat of many colors, and Joseph told his brothers about dreams in which he would rule over them. Because of their jealousy, they threw him into a pit and later sold him into slavery. (Genesis 37)
What tree were Adam and Eve commanded not to eat from?
Answer: The tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Genesis 2:16–17)
On which day did God create Cattle , Wild animals and Man ?
Day 1: Light
Day 2: Sky / atmosphere
Day 3: Seas, dry land, plants
Day 4: Sun, moon, stars
Day 5: Fish and flying creatures
Day 6: Cattle, wild animals, man
What message did Moses repeatedly give Pharaoh ?
“Let my people go.” (Exodus 5:1; 7:16)
How did God test Abraham’s faith concerning Isaac?
Answer: God commanded Abraham to take Isaac to the mountain and offer him as a sacrifice. Abraham obeyed God.
What sign did God give of His covenant after the Flood?
Answer: The rainbow. (Genesis 9:12–17)
What did the Israelites put on their doorposts during the first Passover?
Answer: The blood of the lamb
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
True or False ?
False
Genesis 1:1 (KJV):
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
What caused Moses to flee Egypt?
Answer: He killed an Egyptian who was beating a Hebrew. (Exodus 2:11–15)
What did God promise Abraham?
Answer: To make him a great nation, bless him, make his name great, and bless the families of the earth through him. (Genesis 12:1–3)
According to Genesis 50:20, how did God turn the evil done to Joseph into something good ?
answer: God used Joseph’s circumstances to save many people from the famine, including his family.
Answer : God used Joseph’s circumstances to save many people from the famine, including his family.
Why did God send the Flood upon the earth?
Answer: Because mankind’s wickedness had become great. (Genesis 6:5–7)
After Adam and Eve sinned by disobeying God, what was the first thing they realized and did, and what final consequence did God pronounce upon mankind?
1. They realized they were naked and made coverings from fig leaves.
2. Death : Man should return to dust from which he was formed
What was the final plague?
Answer: The death of the firstborn. (Exodus 12:29–30)
Or
Passover
According to Genesis 15:6, why was Abraham counted as righteous?
Answer: Abraham believed God, and God counted it to him for righteousness.
God changed Jacob’s name to what, and why is this name important to the rest of the Bible?
Answer: Israel. Jacob’s descendants became the children/nation of Israel. (Genesis 35:9–10)
What name did God use when Moses asked what he should tell Israel when they asked who sent him ?
**Hint - Exodus 3:14
Answer: “I AM THAT I AM.” (Exodus 3:14)