grandparents
parents
children
wives
husbands
100
  • I am the second king of Israel. My great-grandmother was not an Israelite by birth. What is her name?

Ruth

100
  • My father was in line to be the second king of Israel, but was not upset when Jehovah chose someone else to be king. What is my father’s name?

Jonathan

100
  • Ten of my sons hated their younger brother and sold him into slavery. Years later he proved himself to be forgiving and merciful. What is his name?

Joseph

100
  • I betrayed my husband when I accepted an invitation from the king. What is my name?

Bath-sheba

100
  • Despite all my wealth and wisdom, I could not convince a country girl to become my wife. What is my name?

Solomon

200
  • I did not have any grandchildren by my only daughter because I dedicated her to Jehovah and she went to live at the temple. What is my name?

Jephthah

200
  • My mother was thought to be drunk, but she was actually begging Jehovah for me. What is my mother’s name?

Hannah

200
  • I was raised as the child of a high ruler. However, I gave that up and ended up taking care of sheep for 40 years. What is my name?

Moses

200
  • When I became pregnant, my husband was unable to speak until the day we had our son circumcised. What is my name?

Elizabeth

200
  • I took someone else’s wife and made her pregnant. Then, I had her husband killed to cover it up. What was her husband’s name?

Uriah

300

After my father died, my grandmother killed my brothers and anyone else in the royal line so she could become queen. I was hidden in the temple by the high priest. What is her name?

Athaliah

300
  • I danced beautifully, but the only thing my mother allowed me to receive was the head of an executed man. What is my mother’s name?

Herodias

300
  • I gave up my right as firstborn, but still wanted my father to bless me as if what I did was nothing important. What is my name?

Esau

300
  • I joined my husband in his work as tentmaker. What is my name?

Priscilla

300
  • My first husband was senseless; my second husband was a king. What was my first husband’s name?

Nabal

400
  • Isaac is my cousin. Who is our grandfather?

Terah

400
  • My son and I were dismissed by his father because my son taunted his half-brother. What is my name?

Hagar

400

I am the firstborn son of a patriarch of a great nation, but the Messiah did not come through my tribe. What is my name?

Reuben

400
  • One time I helped my husband escape from my father’s wrath, but later I despised him when he danced for joy at Jehovah’s worship. What is my name?

Michal

400
  • After Jesus died and was resurrected, I took my wife along in my ministry. What is my name?

Peter

500
  • My grandfather died in the same year as the flood, so he could not enter the ark with me. What is his name?

Methusalah

500
  • I was so concerned at hearing that my wife and I would finally have a child that I begged Jehovah to send a messenger to tell us how to raise the child. What is my name?

Manoah

500
  • According to Isaiah’s prophecy, a virgin will give birth to a son. What would be the son’s name?

Immanuel

500
  • I loved my sister, but I couldn’t allow her to take my place as firstborn daughter and get married first. What is my name?

Leah

500

I told the king that my wife was my sister to avoid being killed. What is my name?

Abraham