Quiz on Isaac (10 Questions and Answers)

Category: Family · 10 questions

Ten questions about Isaac: his promised birth, the averted sacrifice, Rebekah, Esau and Jacob, and the wells.

1. How did Sarah react to the announcement of a son?
   Answer: She laughed
   Sarah laughed to herself at the news of a birth, and the son was named Isaac (Genesis 18:12; 21:3-6).
2. What does the name Isaac mean?
   Answer: He laughs
   Sarah said: God has made laughter for me, and the son was named Isaac (Genesis 21:6).
3. How old was Abraham when Isaac was born?
   Answer: One hundred
   Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born (Genesis 21:5).
4. What did God ask Abraham to do on Mount Moriah?
   Answer: Offer Isaac as a burnt offering
   God tested Abraham by asking him to offer Isaac as a burnt offering (Genesis 22:1-2).
5. Who stopped Abraham's hand?
   Answer: The angel of the Lord
   The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven and told him not to lay a hand on the boy (Genesis 22:11-12).
6. What did God provide in place of Isaac?
   Answer: A ram
   Abraham saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket and offered it up (Genesis 22:13).
7. Whom did Abraham send to find a wife for Isaac?
   Answer: His servant
   Abraham sent his servant to his own country to get a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:2-4).
8. Which young woman gave the camels a drink at the well?
   Answer: Rebekah
   Rebekah drew water for the servant and for all his camels (Genesis 24:17-20).
9. What children did Isaac and Rebekah have?
   Answer: Esau and Jacob
   Rebekah gave birth to twins, Esau and Jacob (Genesis 25:24-26).
10. What did Isaac do about the wells at Gerar?
    Answer: He dug again the wells of Abraham
    Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham (Genesis 26:18).