Genesis 15

Question 1

What did the Lord say to Abram in a vision?

Answer 1

Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

Question 2

Who was Eliezer of Damascus in relation to Abram?

Answer 2

He was the steward of Abram’s house.

Question 3

What did Abram express concern about?

Answer 3

He was childless and had no heir.

Question 4

What was the Lord’s response regarding Abram’s heir?

Answer 4

He that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

Question 5

What did the Lord ask Abram to do regarding the stars?

Answer 5

Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them.

Question 6

What did the Lord promise Abram concerning his seed?

Answer 6

So shall thy seed be.

Question 7

What was counted to Abram for righteousness?

Answer 7

He believed in the Lord.

Question 8

From where did the Lord bring Abram?

Answer 8

Ur of the Chaldees.

Question 9

What did Abram ask the Lord to know?

Answer 9

Whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

Question 10

What animals did the Lord instruct Abram to take?

Answer 10

• A heifer of three years old
• A she goat of three years old
• A ram of three years old
• A turtledove
• A young pigeon

Question 11

What did Abram do with the animals?

Answer 11

He divided them in the midst and laid each piece one against another.

Question 12

What fell upon Abram as the sun was going down?

Answer 12

A deep sleep fell upon Abram; and an horror of great darkness.

Question 13

What did the Lord reveal to Abram about his seed?

Answer 13

Thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them.

Question 14

How long shall Abram’s seed serve the other nation?

Answer 14

Four hundred years.

Question 15

What promise did the Lord make regarding the nation that afflicts Abram’s seed?

Answer 15

I will judge that nation.

Question 16

What assurance did the Lord give Abram about his death?

Answer 16

Thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

Question 17

In which generation shall Abram’s seed return?

Answer 17

In the fourth generation.

Question 18

What did Abram see pass between the divided pieces?

Answer 18

A smoking furnace and a burning lamp.

Question 19

What covenant did the Lord make with Abram?

Answer 19

Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

Question 20

List some of the nations mentioned in the land promised to Abram’s seed.

Answer 20

• The Kenites
• The Kenizzites
• The Kadmonites
• The Hittites
• The Perizzites
• The Rephaims
• The Amorites
• The Canaanites
• The Girgashites
• The Jebusites