Book of Genesis Quiz

1. What are the first words God speaks in the Bible?

1. Be fruitful
2. It is good
3. Let there be light
4. Let us make mankind

2. On which day of creation did God separate the waters with a vault called sky?

1. Day 1
2. Day 2
3. Day 3
4. Day 5

3. On which day did dry land and plants appear?

1. Day 2
2. Day 3
3. Day 4
4. Day 6

4. On which day did God make the sun, moon and stars?

1. Day 1
2. Day 3
3. Day 4
4. Day 5

5. What did God create on the fifth day?

1. Land animals
2. Plants and trees
3. Sea creatures and birds
4. Sun and moon

6. On which day were the first humans created?

1. Day 4
2. Day 5
3. Day 6
4. Day 7

7. In whose image were human beings created?

1. Adam's image
2. God's image
3. The angels' image
4. The animals' image

8. How did God describe everything he had made at the end of the sixth day?

1. Beautiful
2. Complete
3. Holy
4. Very good

9. What did God do on the seventh day?

1. He made Eve
2. He named the stars
3. He planted Eden
4. He rested

10. What did God form the first man from?

1. A rib
2. A rock
3. Clay and water
4. Dust of the ground

11. In which direction was the Garden of Eden planted?

1. In the east
2. In the north
3. In the south
4. In the west

12. Which of these rivers is named as flowing out of Eden?

1. The Euphrates
2. The Jabbok
3. The Jordan
4. The Nile

13. Why did God put the man in the Garden of Eden?

1. To build a city
2. To guard the tree
3. To name the stars
4. To work it and care for it

14. From which tree were Adam and Eve forbidden to eat?

1. Knowledge of good and evil
2. The fig tree
3. The olive tree
4. The tree of life

15. Who gave names to all the livestock, birds and wild animals?

1. Adam
2. Eve
3. God
4. The angels

16. What did God take from the man to make the woman?

1. A bone from his hand
2. A lock of hair
3. A rib
4. Some dust

17. Why did the man call her 'woman'?

1. God named her that
2. She was mother of all
3. She was taken out of man
4. She was the last made

18. Genesis 2:24 says a man and his wife become one what?

1. Family
2. Flesh
3. Heart
4. Spirit

19. How is the serpent described at the start of Genesis 3?

1. More crafty than any animal
2. The largest beast
3. The most beautiful
4. The oldest creature

20. What were the serpent's first words to the woman?

1. Did God really say...?
2. Eat and be wise
3. Look at this fruit
4. You will not die

21. What did Eve add to God's command when she answered the serpent?

1. You must not look at it
2. You must not pick it
3. You must not smell it
4. You must not touch it

22. What did the serpent promise would happen if they ate the fruit?

1. They would be like God
2. They would live forever
3. They would rule Eden
4. They would see angels

23. After eating the fruit, what did Adam and Eve make coverings from?

1. Animal skins
2. Fig leaves
3. Palm fronds
4. Woven grass

24. At what time of day did Adam and Eve hear God walking in the garden?

1. At dawn
2. At midnight
3. At noon
4. The cool of the day

25. Who did Adam blame when God asked if he had eaten from the tree?

1. Himself
2. The angels
3. The serpent
4. The woman

26. Who did Eve blame for her eating the fruit?

1. Adam
2. God
3. Herself
4. The serpent

27. What did God say the serpent would do for the rest of its life?

1. Crawl and eat dust
2. Hide in the desert
3. Live in the sea
4. Never speak again

28. God said the woman's offspring would crush the serpent's head. What would the serpent strike?

1. His hand
2. His head
3. His heart
4. His heel

29. What did God say would now be cursed because of Adam?

1. The animals
2. The ground
3. The rivers
4. The sky

30. God told Adam he would eat his food by the sweat of his what?

1. Back
2. Brow
3. Feet
4. Hands

31. Why did Adam name his wife Eve?

1. God told him to
2. Mother of all the living
3. She came from his rib
4. She was beautiful

32. What did God make to clothe Adam and Eve before sending them out?

1. Cloaks of leaves
2. Coats of wool
3. Garments of skin
4. Robes of linen

33. What did God place east of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life?

1. A great river
2. A high wall
3. Cherubim and a flaming sword
4. Two lions

34. What was Cain's occupation?

1. He built cities
2. He kept flocks
3. He was a hunter
4. He worked the soil

35. What did Abel bring as his offering?

1. A tenth of his grain
2. Bread and wine
3. Fat from his firstborn flock
4. Fruit of the soil

36. God warned Cain that sin was crouching where?

1. At his door
2. In his heart
3. In the field
4. Under a tree

37. What did Cain say when God asked where Abel was?

1. Am I my brother's keeper?
2. Ask my father
3. He is in the field
4. I do not know him

38. God told Cain that Abel's blood was crying out from where?

1. The altar
2. The ground
3. The river
4. The sky

39. What did God put on Cain so no one who found him would kill him?

1. A chain
2. A crown
3. A mark
4. A scar on his face

40. To which land did Cain go after leaving the LORD's presence?

1. Cush
2. Havilah
3. Nod
4. Shinar