Prominent Pentateuch People

Question 1

Name is derived from the Hebrew noun for “red earth”

Answer 1

Adam

Question 2

Mother of all living

Answer 2

Eve

Question 3

Killed his brother

Answer 3

Cain

Question 4

Killed by his brother

Answer 4

Abel

Question 5

Given to Eve in place of Abel

Answer 5

Seth

Question 6

He walked with God, and then he was no more because God took him away

Answer 6

Enoch

Question 7

A righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, he found grace in the eyes of the LORD

Answer 7

Noah

Question 8

Wife of Abram

Answer 8

Sarai/Sarah

Question 9

Abraham’s nephew; there was strife between his herdsmen and those of Abram

Answer 9

Lot

Question 10

King of Salem who blessed Abraham as he returned from Abraham’s victory of Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him

Answer 10

Melchizedek

Question 11

Sarai’s maidservant whom Sarai gave to Abraham to father a child

Answer 11

Hagar

Question 12

The child from Abraham and Hagar’s sexual union

Answer 12

Ishmael

Question 13

His name means “God hears”

Answer 13

Ishmael

Question 14

Name of son of promise given to Abraham and Sarah

Answer 14

Isaac

Question 15

Daughter of Bethuel: became the wife of Isaac

Answer 15

Rebekah

Question 16

Rebekah’s brother and Jacob’s father-in-law

Answer 16

Laban

Question 17

The older of Issac and Rebekah’s twin sons

Answer 17

Esau

Question 18

The younger of Rebekah’s and Issac’s twins

Answer 18

Jacob

Question 19

Described as a skillful hunter, a man of the open country

Answer 19

Esau

Question 20

Described as a quiet man, staying among the tents

Answer 20

Jacob

Question 21

Alternate name for Esau

Answer 21

Edom

Question 22

Older sister of Rachel; Laban deceptively married her off to Jacob

Answer 22

Leah

Question 23

Favorite wife of Jacob; was barren in the early years of their marriage

Answer 23

Rachel

Question 24

Favorite son of Jacob

Answer 24

Joseph

Question 25

Youngest brother of Joseph

Answer 25

Benjamin

Question 26

sold into slavery by his brothers; he later became God’s instrument for preserving the family of Jacob

Answer 26

Joseph

Question 27

Son of Jacob whose prominence increases in the final chapters of Genesis

Answer 27

Judah

Question 28

An Egyptian, one of Pharaoh’s officials, who purchased Joseph

Answer 28

Potiphar

Question 29

Selected by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt

Answer 29

Moses

Question 30

Brother of Moses who served as his mouthpiece in the presence of pharoah

Answer 30

Aaron

Question 31

Sister of Moses and Aaron

Answer 31

Miriam

Question 32

Priest of Midian; father-in-law of Moses

Answer 32

Jethro

Question 33

Wife of Moses

Answer 33

Zipporah

Question 34

First high priest of Israel

Answer 34

Aaron

Question 35

Along with Joshua, this spy insisted Israel could indeed conquer the land of Canaan

Answer 35

Caleb

Question 36

Along with Dathan and Abiram, this man challenged the authority of Moses and Aaron. He perished when Yahweh sent an earthquake to swallow him and those who challenged Moses and Aaron’s authority

Answer 36

Korah

Question 37

The Israelites conquered this Amorite king from east of the Jordan river along with Og king of Bashan

Answer 37

Sihon

Question 38

King of Moab who hired Balaam to cure the Israelites

Answer 38

Balak

Question 39

Mesopotamian diviner/ sorcerer hired to curse Israel, but who ended up instead pronouncing a blessing on Israel

Answer 39

Balaam

Question 40

Chosen to succeed Moses as leader of Israel

Answer 40

Joshua