God's Promise to Abraham (Genesis 11-21)

Question 1

What happened long after the Flood?

Answer 1

People on earth made a plan to build a great city with a tower right up to the heavens and to make a name for themselves

Question 2

What did God do to the people building the tower?

Answer 2

He confused their language (Babbel means confusion) and scattered them across the earth

Question 3

Where did God first speak to Abram?

Answer 3

Ur of the Chaldees (Ур Халдејски)

Question 4

What did God say to Abram when he first talked to him?

Answer 4

“Leave this land. Go to the land I will show you.”

Question 5

Where did God lead Abram and who came with him?

Answer 5

To Canaan. His wife Sarai and nephew Lot went with him.

Question 6

What happened to Abram and his nephew Lot when they went to Canaan?

Answer 6

They became rich and had herds of cattle so large that there was not enough pasture for so many animals

Question 7

What happened when Lot’s herdsmen quarreled with Abram’s herdsmen?

Answer 7

Abram said “we will separate. Lot, you take the first choice of land you want”

Question 8

Which piece of land did Lot choose when Abram told him to choose a piece of land after their herdsmen had quarreled?

Answer 8

A great grassy plain dotted with cities and villages, which ended up being wicked places

Question 9

What happened after Lot left to the wicked cities and villages?

Answer 9

God spoke again to Abram and said “I give all the land of Canaan to you and your children forever” (even though they didn’t have children)

Question 10

What happened after God promised all the land of Canaan to Abram and Sarai?

Answer 10

Three men from God came to Abram and Sarai and said “you’ll have a baby soon”, to which Sarai laughed because she was 90

Question 11

What happened after God sent the three men to notify Abram and Sarai of their baby coming soon?

Answer 11

God told Abram he would now be called “Father of Many” (Abraham) and Sarai would now be called “Princess” (Sarah)

Question 12

Where did Lot live with his family?

Answer 12

In Sodom

Question 13

What did God tell Abram he would do with the cities? Which cities?

Answer 13

He said He’d destroy the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah

Question 14

After God said what would happen with Sodom and Gomorrah, what issue did Lot face?

Answer 14

Lot’s daughters’ husbands refused to leave Sodom

Question 15

Who made it to safety when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah?

Answer 15

Only Lot and his two daughters

Question 16

Why didn’t Lot’s wife make it out of Sodom too?

Answer 16

She disobeyed God’s warning and looked back as she ran. She turned into a pillar of salt.

Question 17

What happened to Abraham and Sarah in old age?

Answer 17

They had their son Isaac

Question 18

Who are Isaac and Ishmael’s mothers and fathers?

Answer 18

Abraham is the father of both of them. Ishmael’s mother is Hagar and Isaac’s mother is Sarah. (Abraham later had more kids with Keturah)

Question 19

Who is Isaac? Who is Esau?

Answer 19

Isaac is Abraham’s son with Sarah. Esau is Isaac’s son with Rebekkah

Question 20

Who is Jacob?

Answer 20

One of Isaac’s sons

Question 21

Who was Abraham’s first son and who was this son’s mother?

Answer 21

First son was Ishmael and his mother was Hagar, Sarah’s Egyptian maidservant

Question 22

God’s Promise to Abraham - Order of Events

Answer 22

1. People want tower
2. God confuses languages
3. Abraham told to leave
4. Abram, Sarai, and Lot go to Canaan
5. Abram and Lot become rich
6. Herdsmen fight and Lot moves
7. God promises to Abram’s children
8. Three men promise baby and Abram & Hagar have Ishmael
9. Names change
10. God says Sodom Gomorrah will be destroyed
11. Lot’s daughters’ husbands didn’t believe
12. Only Lot and 2 daughters make it out
13. Lot’s wife looks back, becomes sand
14. Isaac miraculously born