Bible Quiz, Beginner Level: Abraham and the promise (10 Questions and Answers)

Category: Adults · 10 questions

Ten basic questions on Abraham: the call, the promise, Isaac, Sodom and the sacrifice on the mountain.

1. What does the LORD ask of Abram in Genesis 12?
   Answer: To leave for a land God will show him
   The LORD said to Abram: "Go from your country to the land that I will show you" (Genesis 12:1).
2. Who left with Abram for the land of Canaan?
   Answer: Lot, his nephew
   Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son, and they set out for Canaan (Genesis 12:4-5).
3. What does God compare Abram's offspring to?
   Answer: The stars of heaven
   God told him: "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able. So shall your offspring be" (Genesis 15:5).
4. What new name does God give to Abram?
   Answer: Abraham
   God said: "Your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations" (Genesis 17:5).
5. Who laughed on hearing she would have a son?
   Answer: Sarah
   Sarah was listening at the tent door and laughed to herself, because she was old (Genesis 18:10-12).
6. How were Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed?
   Answer: By a rain of sulfur and fire
   The LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from heaven (Genesis 19:24).
7. How old was Abraham when Isaac was born?
   Answer: One hundred years old
   Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him (Genesis 21:5).
8. What does Abraham offer in place of Isaac on the mountain?
   Answer: A ram
   Abraham saw a ram caught in a thicket by its horns and offered it up in place of his son (Genesis 22:13).
9. Where did Abraham bury Sarah?
   Answer: In the cave of Machpelah
   Abraham buried Sarah in the cave of the field of Machpelah, east of Mamre (Genesis 23:19).
10. How many men came to visit Abraham at Mamre?
    Answer: Three
    Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw three men standing near him by the oaks of Mamre (Genesis 18:1-2).