End of Genesis Begining of Exodus Jeoperady Questions. Flashcards
What is the second book in the Bible?
Exodus
In the Book of Genesis, who became powerful due to his ability to interpret dreams?
Joseph
Whose bag did Joseph place a cup into so that he could have him arrested for theft?
Benjamin
Which brother convinced the others not to kill Joseph?
Rueben
When Joseph sent away his brothers from Egypt the first time, which brother had to stay behind?
Simeon
How many commandments did God give Moses on Mount Sinai?
10
What human is responsible for freeing the Jewish people from the Egyptians (with the help of God of
course)
Mosses
Who was Tamar’s first husband?
Er
After Moses died, who led the Jewish people into Canaan (the promised land)?
Joshua
Who was Moses’ father-in-law?
Jethro or reuel
How does God help Moses to produce water to the Israelites?
Taping a stone with his staff or throwing wood in the water
What was the final plague against the Egyptians?
Death of all first born males
When Moses asked God his name what did God tell him He should be called?
I Am or Yaweh
Who was Joseph’s older son?
Manasseh
Who was Moses’ wife?
Zipporah
What is the title of the Egyptian leader
pharaoh
Who was Moses’ brother that helped him free the Israelites?
Aaron
How many plagues did God unleash on the Egyptians?
10 Plagues
What was the name of Joseph’s younger son that Jacob gave his blessing to?
Ephraim
Who was tricked into having sex with his daughter-in-law?
Judah
How did God first appear to Moses?
Burning Bush
What false idol did the Jewish people build while Moses was away?
Golden Calf
Which brother would Jacob not allow going to Egypt at first?
Benjamin
Who tricked her father-in-law into having sex with by dressing up like a prostitute?
Tamar
Which brother pleads with Joseph to keep him in prison rather than Benjamin?
Judah
What false idol did the Jewish people make to worship while Moses up the mountain?
Golden Calf
What did Joseph place in Benjamin’s bag in order to arrest him?
A silver cup
What Jewish holiday celebrates their freedom from the Egyptians?
Passover
What is the fourth book in the Hebrew Bible/the Old Testament?
Numbers
When Moses asked for help to kill those in rebellion against God, the "sons" of what family stepped
up to help?
Levi
Who is the last person to die in Deuteronomy?
Moses
Who is the last person to die in the book of Genesis?
Joseph
What is the fifth book in the Hebrew Bible/the Old Testament?
Deuteronomy
Who was the second to last person to die in the Book of Genesis?
Jacob
Who was Moses’ sister?
Miriam
How many years had the Israelites lived in Egypt before God and Moses freed them?
430 Years
Who was the first man God created?
Adam
Who are the first two sons born in the Bible?
Cain and Abel
What new name does God give Jacob?
Israel
What name does Sarah’s slave women call God in the desert?
El roí
Who does Abraham take as his new wife after his first one died?
Keturah
Who was the first woman God created?
Eve
Who did Isaac marry?
Rebekah
Who said, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Cain
Who tricked Isaac into giving him his blessing with the help of his mother?
Jacob
Which of Noah’s sons walked in on his father passed out and naked, making his father very upset?
Ham
What animal tells the first woman that she will not die if she eats the fruit from the Tree of
Knowledge?
A serpent or snake
What was the name of the tower built in an attempt to be God like?
Babel
What was the name of the child produced by Abraham and his wife’s slave?
Ishmael
Who were the two sons of Isaac?
Jacob and Esau
Who was the third son born to Adam and Eve?
Seth
Who was Abraham’s wife?
Sarah
Who build ark on God’s command to be saved from a great flood?
Noah
What was the name of the Abraham’s (Abram) wife’s slave that was given to Abraham so that he
could have a male heir?
Hagar
What word means a promise/contract/deal between the Jewish people (started with Abraham) and
God?
Covenant
Which of Jacob’s sons came up with the idea to sell Joseph into slavery?
Judah
What Jewish holiday celebrates the Jewish New Year?
Rosh Hashannah
Whose wife was turned to salt for not obeying God’s command and looking back at the destruction
of a city?
Lot
Who was Abram’s nephew with whom he divided his land with?
Lot
Who wrestled God?
Jacob
What cities are destroyed by God because they were simply too evil?
Sodom and Gomorrah
What person do Muslims, Christians and Jews all trace their roots back to and consider him to be
the “father” of the religions because promised that his offspring would be the chosen people?
Abraham
What act did God require all Jewish males to perform in order to keep the Covenant?
Circumsicioin
Who was Jacob’s daughter that was raped?
Dinah
When Abram and his wife first leave their father’s land, a famine breaks out. Where did they go for
refuge?
Eygpt
Who was Rebekah’s brother?
Laban
Who became Jacob favorite son?
Joseph
According to Judaism who is the son born to Abraham and his wife that God asked Abraham to
sacrifice?
Isaac
Who offered his two virgin daughters to an angry crowd to avoid having to turn over his recently
arrived guests?
Lot
Who was the mother to Reuben, Simeon, Dinah and Levi (among others)?
Leah
Which son had sexual relations with his dad’s concubine?
Rueben
Who did Jacob give a special robe to?
Joseph
When Joseph was sold into slavery where did he end up?
Eygpt
Which of Jacob’s sons stopped Joseph from being killed?
Rueben
Who raped Dinah?
Shecum
Who was one of Jacob’s concubines but also had sexual relations with one of his sons?
Bilhah
In Genesis chapter 1, what did God create on day 1?
Light
What did God do on the seventh day of the first creation story?
he rested
What Jewish holiday is known as the Day of Atonement?
Yom Kippur
Who killed his brother over jealousy?
Cain
Who did Esau marry because he thought it would upset his parents?
Mahalath
Who are the two sons of Jacob and Rachel?
Joseph and Benjamin
Who was the father of the man that raped Dinah?
Hamor
