Genesis Test 1-50

Question 1

The first five books of the OT are a collection known as the _____________ or the _________________.

Answer 1

Torah, Pentateuch

Question 2

What are three NT designations for the Pentateuch?

Answer 2

Law of Moses, Writing of Moses, Moses

Question 3

The Pentateuch comprises _______ percent of the OT.

Answer 3

20

Question 4

No specific claim for _______________ appears in Genesis, but there are abundant claims in the other four books.

Answer 4

authorship

Question 5

List five NT passages in which Jesus connected Moses’ name with the Law.

Answer 5

Matt. 8:4; 19:7-8
Mark 7:10; 12:26
Luke 24:44-47

Question 6

One reason skeptics deny Mosaic authorship is their belief that _______________ had not been sufficiently developed at that time.

Answer 6

writing

Question 7

In the ____________________, the claim is made that the Pentateuch was a collection of documents compiled in different places and times over a period of centuries.

Answer 7

Documentary Hypothesis

Question 8

The key name in the Documentary Hypothesis is _______________________________.

Answer 8

Julius Welhausen

Question 9

The Bible indicates that God revealed to Moses a complex worship system about __________ B.C.

Answer 9

1400

Question 10

The best time indicator we have for dating the Pentateuch is found in ____________________.

Answer 10

1 Kings 6:1

Question 11

A date of _________ B.C. can be determined for the Exodus.

Answer 11

1447

Question 12

Those who accept Mosaic authorship debate the dating as either ________ or ________ B.C.

Answer 12

1490, 1425

Question 13

Genesis is a literary _________, meaning “divided into parts.”

Answer 13

Bifid

Question 14

The spiritual outline of the book of Genesis can be outlined in what three words?

Answer 14

construction, destruction, reconstruction

Question 15

The book of Genesis relates the history of the kingdom of God on the earth from the time of the ________________ to the ___________________ in Egypt.

Answer 15

creation, death of Joseph

Question 16

The book of Genesis unfolds in what three different geographical areas?

Answer 16

Mesopotamia River Valley, Canaan, Egypt

Question 17

List the five components necessary to “make the world.”

Answer 17

time, force, energy, space, matter

Question 18

The Bible begins with the supposition of the existence of a ______________.

Answer 18

Supreme Being

Question 19

The Latin term ________________ means “out of nothing.”

Answer 19

Ex nilo or Ex nihilo

Question 20

List and briefly describe the eight major philosophies of the world.

Answer 20

1. Atheism, which says there is no God
2. Agnosticism, which says I do not know if there is a God
3. Polytheism, which says there are many gods
4. Fatalism, which says all things happen by fate
5. Idealism, which says matter is an illusion of the mind
6. Darwinism, which says natural selection is true
7. Materialism, which says matter is eternal and the only reality
8. Pantheism, which says all is God

Question 21

The _____________ Theory presents a “Pre-Adamic” race.

Answer 21

Gap-Theory

Question 22

Two “dinosaurs” mentioned in the Bible are _______________ and ________________.

Answer 22

Behemoth, Leviathan

Question 23

The God of Creation is called __________________ in chapter one.

Answer 23

God/Elohim

Question 24

The God of Revelation is called ___________________ in chapter two.

Answer 24

Lord/Jehovah

Question 25

The ____________ River is most likely the Tigris River.

Answer 25

Hiddekel

Question 26

Biblically, the word ________ speaks of the male rather than the female.

Answer 26

seed

Question 27

We are looking at about __________ years between the prophecy of Gen. 3:15 and its fulfillment.

Answer 27

4,000

Question 28

The name "Eve" means ______________________.

Answer 28

life

Question 29

What two things comprised Cain's curse? (4:12)

Answer 29

1. ground would be tilled but would not produce | 2. vagabond or wanderer

Question 30

In Lamech we have the first occasion of ________________ or ________________ (4:19).

Answer 30

Bigamy, Polygamy

Question 31

The "seed line" through which Christ would come is traced through _______________ (5:3).

Answer 31

Seth

Question 32

_______________ walked with God after he begat Methuselah (5:22).

Answer 32

Enoch

Question 33

Noah was ________ years old when Shem, Ham, and Japeth were born (5:32).

Answer 33

500

Question 34

The words ______________ and ______________ are from the same Hebrew word.

Answer 34

pitch, atonement

Question 35

Noah was ______ years old at the time of the Flood.

Answer 35

600

Question 36

The Flood lasted ________________________ up to the point the earth was dry (8:14).

Answer 36

a year and ten days

Question 37

The rainbow is a sign or ______________ between God and man (9:9-12).

Answer 37

covenant

Question 38

The Hebrew people came through the lineage of ___________ (9:27).

Answer 38

Shem

Question 39

Josephus credits ______________ as being the one who started the Tower of Babel.

Answer 39

Nimrod

Question 40

The land of Shinar is now widely known as _______________ (10:10).

Answer 40

Babylon

Question 41

____________ was the father of Abraham (11:26).

Answer 41

Terah

Question 42

Lot was the ____________ of Terah (11:31).

Answer 42

grandson

Question 43

Pharaoh was a descendant of __________. If he and Sarah had cohabitated, it would have corrupted the Messianic line.

Answer 43

Ham

Question 44

When given a choice of land, Lot chose _________________________.

Answer 44

Sodom and Gomorrah

Question 45

_________________ is known as the "king of righteousness" (Heb. 7:2).

Answer 45

Melchizedek

Question 46

Melchizedek received _____________ from Abraham, which was the first mention of what would become part of Mosaic Law (14:20).

Answer 46

tithes

Question 47

Melchizedek was the king of Salem. Salem most likely referred to ____________________ (14:18).

Answer 47

Jerusalem

Question 48

The ______________ were inhabitants of Canaan (15:16).

Answer 48

Amorites

Question 49

The name Hagar means _________________.

Answer 49

Fugitive

Question 50

The Hebrew term _____________________ is translated as Almighty God. The term is used six times in Genesis and 31 times in Job.

Answer 50

El-shaddai