Who was the first father in the bible to lose a son to violence?
a. Abraham
b. Adam
c. Abel
d. Alkaline
What is b - Adam
100
How did Noah save his family?
a. He smuggled them out of Sodom and Gomorrah in the middle of the night
b. He used a rope and basket to lower them out of the Tower or Babel
c. He built an ark to save them from a flood
d. He taught them the ways of the Lord
What is c - He built an ark to save them from a flood
100
Whom did God choose to be father of a great nation?
a. Aphrika
b. Mekziko
c. Joshua
d. Abram
What is d - Abram
100
Which of the following refers to Jacob's offspring?
a. The twelve tribes of Israel
b. The Abomination of Desolation
c. The Sanhedrin
d. The apostles
What is a - The twelve tribes of Israel
100
How is the fifth commandment, Honor your father and your mother, different from the other nine?
a. It is the only commandment with a promise attached to it
b. It is the only commandment that doesn't begin with "Thou shall not:
c. It is the only commandment that speaks of human relationships
d. It is the only commandment that was later overturned in a Jewish court
What is a - It is the only commandment with a promise attache
200
According to Genesis 2:24, why will a man leave his father and mother?
a. Because he is inherently sinful
b. To give them peace in their later years
c. To be united with his wife
d. To seek the Lord's will for his life
What is c - To be united with his wife
200
What did God command Abraham to do regarding his son Isaac?
a. Change his name to Isaaccar
b. Give him to his nephew Lot as a servant
c. Provide him with priestly training
d. Offer him as a human sacrifice
What is d - Offer him as a human sacrifice
200
Which famous father is the nation of Israel named for?
a. David
b. Judah
c. Jacob
d. Jehoshaphat
What is c - Jacob
200
How did Jacob respond when he got the news that his favorite son Joseph was dead?
a. He accused Asher of the crime and banished him to Egypt
b. He ripped his clothes apart
c. He refused to eat for eight days
d. He sacrificed a lamb and ate it with bitter herbs
What is b - He ripped his clothes apart
200
What was the Old Testament penalty for cursing one's father?
a. Forty lashes with a papyrus reed
b. A mark on the skin
c. Separation from one's tribe for four to six weeks, depending on how severe the cursing was
c. Death
What is d - Death
300
What is the promise that accompanies the fifth commandment "Honor your father and your mother?
a. So that you may receive the inheritance of your family
b. So that you may avoid the slavery your fathers knew in Egypt
c. So that you may please your heavenly Father
d. So that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you
What is d - So that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you
300
What role did Aaron and his sons serve in the wilderness?
a. They stopped the plague that kills hundreds
b. They gathered the manna for people to eat
c. They fulfilled priestly responsibilities
d. They interpreted God's instructions for Moses
What is c - They fulfilled priestly responsiblities
300
What were Aaron's sons killed for?
a. Laughing while offering sacrifices
b. Offering unauthorized fire before the Lord
c. Offering a blemished lamb before the Lord
d. Warming their dinners on the ashes of a burnt offering
What is b - Offering unauthorized fire before the Lord
300
What were the Israelite fathers to do to teach the Lord's commandments to their children?
a. Write them on the doorframes of their houses
b. Sing them before the entire congregation of Israel
c. Use strict corporal punishment until the child had memorized the law
d. All of the above
What is a - Write them on the doorframes of their houses
300
Why might it be said that Joshua had no parents?
a. His mother's name was Nobudi
b. He was the son of Nun
c. He was adopted by the Lord when he became leader of Israel
d. He is the only major figure in Scripture whose parents are never mentioned by name
What is b - He was the son of Nun
400
Cain named this city -- the first one mentioned in the bible -after his first son
a. Nuiark
b. Babel
c. Irad
d. Enoch
What is d - Enoch
400
Why were Jewish fathers command t consecrate their firstborn sons to the Lord?
a. God had delivered every firstborn among the Israelites
during the tenth plague in Egypt
b. The consecration was a symbolic atonement for the sin of Cain, the first firstborn son
c. Firstborn children tend to be brighter and more attractive than their younger siblings
d. God was merely following Hebrew custom in emphasizing the importance of the first born son
What is a - God had delivered every firstborn among the Israelites during the tenth plague
400
What did Zelophehad's daughters request of Moses and the leaders of Israel?
a. Husbands from among the tribe of Manasseh
b. The right to vote on issues that concerned their family and tribe
c. Permission to bury their father in the Desert of Zin
d. The inheritance of land that would have been their father's
What is d - The inheritance of land that would have been their father's
400
According to Deuteronomy 21:18-21, what was a father to do with a stubborn and rebellious son who would not respond to discipline?
a. Deny him an inheritance in the Promised Land
b. Renounce him in a public ceremony
c. Let the town elders stone him to death
d. Bring charges against him in a court of law
What is c - Let the town elders stone him to death
400
Why was Jephthah so upset to see his daughter come out to meet him when he returned from battle?
a. He thought he had been followed by enemy soldiers
b. He had to sacrifice her as a burnt offering
c. She was carrying a hidden sword
d. He knew she had secretly helped the enemy Amorites
What is b - He had to sacrifice her as a burnt offering
500
What charge did David give his son Solomon before David died?
a. Wipe out the last trace of Saul's dynasty
b. Abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked
c. Be strong, be a man, and observe what the Lord your God requires
d. Extol the Lord at all times; let his praise be always on your lips
What is c - Be strong, be a man, and observe what the Lord your God requires
500
How were Job's ten children killed?
a. They were bitten by poisonous serpents
b. A wind gust caused a house to fall on them
c. They were slaughtered by the Chaldeans
c. Lightning struck them as they offered a sacrifice
What is b - A wind gust caused a house to fall on them
500
Name Hosea's three children.
a. Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah
b. Shem, Ham and Japheth
c. Jehoshaphat, Jotham, and Hilkiah
d. Jezreel, Lo-ruhamahm, and Lo-ammi
What is d - Jezreel, Loruhamah, and Lo-ammi
500
What does the bible tell us about Timothy's father?
a. He was a Greek
b. He perished in a shipwreck off the coast of Berea
c. He strengthened Timothy in the faith
d. He cursed Paul for leading his son to the faith
What is a - He was Greek
500
Who is described in Hebrews 7:1-3 as being without mother or father?
a. Orphans
b. Adam
c. Melchizedek
d. Jesus Christ, the author and finisher of our faith