Chapter26

Question 1

1. According to Genesis 26:1, what king did Isaac visit during the famine?
   A. Nebuchadnezzar
   B. Abimelech
   C. Saul
   D. David

Answer 1

B. Abimelech

Question 2

2. Where did the Lord tell Isaac NOT to go in Genesis 26:2?
   A. Egypt
   B. Assyria
   C. Jerusalem
   D. Canaan

Answer 2

A. Egypt

Question 3

3. In Genesis 26:3-4, what promise did God make to Isaac in return for Isaac staying in the land?
   A. To be with Isaac and bless him
   B. That the land of Gerar would be given to him and his descendants
   C. That all the nations would be blessed in his seed
   D. All of the above

Answer 3

D. All of the above

Question 4

4. In Genesis 26:4, how numerous did God say Isaac’s descendants would be?
   A. As the grains of sand
   B. As the hairs on his head
   C. As the stars of heaven
   D. All of the above

Answer 4

C. As the stars of heaven

Question 5

5. According to Genesis 26:5, which of the following was NOT one of the examples listed about how Abraham obeyed God?
   A. He kept God’s commandments
   B. He kept God’s charge
   C. He kept God’s laws
   D. He kept God’s promises

Answer 5

D. He kept God’s promises

Question 6

6. In Genesis 26:7, whom did Isaac say was his sister in order to protect himself from the men of the land?
   A. Rebekah
   B. Sarah
   C. Rachel
   D. Ruth

Answer 6

A. Rebekah

Question 7

7. How, in Genesis 26:8, did Abimelech discover that Rebekah was Isaac’s wife?
   A. He saw them through a window
   B. God told him in a dream
   C. Isaac told him the truth
   D. Rebekah told him the truth

Answer 7

A. He saw them through a window

Question 8

8. In Genesis 26:9, what reason did Isaac give to Abimelech for lying about Rebekah?
   A. He was ashamed of her
   B. He knew Rebekah was too beautiful to be his wife
   C. He was afraid he would die because of her
   D. He hoped to sell her to become another man’s wife

Answer 8

C. He was afraid he would die because of her

Question 9

9. According to Genesis 26:11, what did Abimelech promise would happen to anyone who touched Isaac or Rebekah?
   A. They would be cast out of the city
   B. They would be put to death
   C. They would develop leprosy
   D. They would receive a reward

Answer 9

B. They would be put to death

Question 10

10. According to Genesis 26:12, how much did Isaac reap his first year in Gerar?
    A. Tenfold
    B. Twofold
    C. One hundredfold
    D. One thousandfold

Answer 10

C. One hundredfold

Question 11

11. According to Genesis 26:14, which of the following did Isaac possess?
    A. Flocks
    B. Wives
    C. Sons
    D. Land

Answer 11

A. Flocks

Question 12

12. According to Genesis 26:14, who began to envy Isaac’s prosperity?
    A. Rebekah
    B. Ishmael
    C. Abimelech
    D. The Philistines

Answer 12

D. The Philistines

Question 13

13. With what did the Philistines fill Isaac’s wells in Genesis 26:15?
    A. Earth
    B. Water
    C. Wine
    D. Snakes

Answer 13

A. Earth

Question 14

14. In Genesis 26:16, who told Isaac to leave the land?
    A. Rebekah
    B. God
    C. Abimelech
    D. The Philistines

Answer 14

C. Abimelech

Question 15

15. In Genesis 26:20, over what did Isaac’s herdsmen and the herdsmen of Gerar argue?
    A. Rebekah
    B. The water from the wells
    C. The land
    D. The cattle

Answer 15

B. The water from the wells

Question 16

16. According to Genesis 26:22, what did Isaac name the well over which he and the herdsmen did not quarrel?
    A. Rehoboth
    B. Sitnah
    C. Esek
    D. Beersheba

Answer 16

A. Rehoboth

Question 17

17. According to Genesis 26:23, where did Isaac go when he left the Valley of Gerar?
    A. Egypt
    B. Beersheba
    C. Jerusalem
    D. Canaan

Answer 17

B. Beersheba

Question 18

18. According to Genesis 26:24, when the Lord appeared to Isaac his first night in Beersheba, as whom did He identify himself?
    A. I AM
    B. Jehovah
    C. The God of your father Abraham
    D. The Alpha and Omega

Answer 18

C. The God of your father Abraham

Question 19

19. According to Genesis 26:27, what question did Isaac ask Abimelech when he came to him in Beersheba?
    A. “Why have you come to me?”
    B. “Where have you been?”
    C. “Where can we settle?”
    D. “Have you met my sister Rebekah?”

Answer 19

A. “Why have you come to me?”

Question 20

20. According to Genesis 26:28, why did Abimelech say he had come to find Isaac?
    A. They missed seeing Rebekah
    B. They were afraid
    C. They had seen that the Lord was with Isaac
    D. They wanted to make him king

Answer 20

C. They had seen that the Lord was with Isaac

Question 21

21. According to Genesis 26:28, what was the purpose of Abimelech’s visit to Isaac?
    A. To establish a covenant
    B. To escape God’s wrath
    C. To kill Isaac
    D. To steal his flocks

Answer 21

A. To establish a covenant

Question 22

22. According to Genesis 26:32-33, what did Isaac call the place where the servants found the well after Abimelech left him?
    A. Rehoboth
    B. Sitnah
    C. Shebah
    D. Padan

Answer 22

C. Shebah

Question 23

23. According to Genesis 26:34, how old was Esau when he took wives?
    A. 40
    B. 70
    C. 105
    D. 175

Answer 23

A. 40

Question 24

24. According to Genesis 26:35, what did Esau and his wives bring Isaac and Rebkah?
    A. Many descendants
    B. Joy
    C. A fatted calf
    D. Grief

Answer 24

D. Grief