Chapters 1-11
Who are the two first humans created on Earth who live in the Garden of Eden and disobey God's rule?
Adam and Eve
Who is the one who makes the original covenant with God? Why does his name change?
Original name: Abram
His name gets changed to Abraham which means Father of Nations because God wanted to bless him with as many descendants as particles of dust if he agreed to the covenant.
Who is Isaac's wife and how did he end up marrying her?
Rebekah
His servant goes back to Abraham's homeland to find Isaac a wife. He goes to the watering hole and asks God to signal who he should bring back. He then says whoever offers his camel and himself water was who should marry Isaac. That's when Rebekah does so and is brought to marry her new husband.
Who is raped by the King's son and who plunders the kingdom in revenge for her?
What name is God called and known by?
Jehovah
Who are the two brothers ( sons of Adam & Eve) and what is their story?
Cain and Abel
They both offer gifts to God, but only Abel's are accepted, so Cain kills his brother Abel.
Who is Abraham's wife? What is the name of her servant who gets pregnant with her husband's baby?
Sarah and Hagar
Rebekah has a very painful and hard pregnancy. Who are her two sons and what is their prophecy?
Esau (meaning hairy) and Jacob (meaning grabber)
Their prophecy was that the two sons would fight and be leaders of two rival nations. The second part is that the oldest son will be a servant to the youngest.
What is the name of the second son between Jacob and Rachel? What are the circumstances of his birth?
Benjamin, Rachel dies in childbirth
What is Jacob's new name after his encounter with God?
Israel
Who is the oldest person named in the Bible? Who is he a descendant of?
Methuselah (descendant of Adam)
What is the name of Hagar's son? What does his name mean?
Ishmael (meaning God hears) because God hears her cries about the treatment she received from Sarah.
When Jacob flees to Rebekah's Uncle Laban, who does he meet? Who did he want as a wife, and who did he end up getting tricked into marrying?
He meets Rachel in the fields and falls in love with her. He wants to marry her but ends up getting tricked by Laban into working 7 years for her hand and gets married to her sister Leah. He works another 7 years to get Rachel too.
Who is the brother that sells his brother to the Israelites?
What country/region does Joseph get sold to?
Egypt
What is Noah's story? Why was he saved?
God decides to wipe out the remaining human race because of their wickedness. He saves Noah because he is the only righteous man left according to God. He releases a dove three times to see if it is safe to go out after the flood. God sends Noah a rainbow to seal his promise of never sending a flood again.
Who is Abraham and Sarah's son? What does his name mean and its significance?
Isaac (meaning laughter) because that is what Abraham and Sarah did when they found out that they were having a baby at 90 and 100 years old.
Who are the two servants that are used to produce sons for Jacob by his two wives who are fighting?
Bilhah and Zilpah
Who goes back to save his brother Joseph from the well? What happens when they have to tell their father?
Reuben
They take Joseph's coat and splatter it in blood and tell their father that he was eaten by a wild animal.
How old was Abraham when he died?
175 years old
Who are Noah's sons? What is their story?
Ham, Shem, and Japheth.
Ham sees his father one day drunk and naked in his tent and goes in and laughs at him. He brings his brothers in to do the same but they don't laugh and cover him with a blanket.
Who is the man who offers his two virgin daughters to rapists when protecting the guests in his home (God and his angels)? His wife also turned into a pillar of salt.
Lot
What is the name of Jacob's first favorite son and his child with Rachel?
Joseph
Who's dreams does Joseph interpret? (All 3)
The wine-taster, the baker, and the Pharaoh.
What does Benjamin's name mean? And what was the meaning of his original name?
His original name meant "Son of my Sorrow". Benjamin means "Son of my Right Hand".