"But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living." -- the Lord Jesus, at Matthew 22:31,32

Quiz on the Biblical Patriarchs
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1) This man's earthly life span is the longest recorded in Scripture:

a) Adam.
b) Jared.
c) Methuselah.
d) Seth.


2) Lamech was:

a) An uncle of Abram.
b) A fourth son of Noah who died in the Great Flood.
c) The first recorded monogamist.
d) The father of Noah.


3) The SECOND woman named in the Bible is:

a) Zillah, Lamech's wife.
b) Adah, Lamech's other wife.
c) Sarah, Abram's wife.
d) Avilhah, Cain's wife.


4) Lamech was:

a) The father of Jubal.
b) The first recorded polygamist.
c) A, B, and D.
d) The father of Jabal.


5) According to the Bible, Enoch was:

a) The first man to have a city named for him.
b) The son of Cain.
c) A, B, and D.
d) NOT taken by God so as to not see physical death.


6) According to the Bible, Enoch was:

a) The great grandfather of Noah.
b) A, C, and D.
c) A man who never tasted physical death, for God took him.
d) A patriarch who foretold the coming of judgment day.


7) According to Genesis, the matriarch Leah bore how many children to Jacob?

a) Four
b) Three
c) Seven.
d) Six.


8) The matriarch of the prolific Israelite tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh was:

a) An Egyptian.
b) A Moabitess.
c) An Ammonitess.
d) A Midianite.


9) The waters of the Great Flood of Noah's day:

a) Prevailed on the earth forty days and forty nights.
b) Did not really cover the entire globe of the Earth.
c) Prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.
d) Began their destructive work at Noah's command.


10) When Jacob and his family fled from Laban, Rachel stole Laban's:

a) Best camel saddle.
b) Ephod of divination.
c) Household idols.
d) Best stud ram.

11) When Melchizedek met Abraham:

a) Abraham gave Melchizedek a tenth of his spoils.
b) Melchizedek asked Abraham to bless him.
c) Melchizedek gave Abraham a tenth of his spoils.
d) Abraham sacrificed a lamb to the LORD.

12) Immediately after the Great Flood, God established His covenant with:

a) Noah's three sons and their three wives.
b) Only Noah's son Shem, his wife, and his descendants.
c) Noah, his descendants, and all the animals on the ark.
d) Abram (Abraham), Noah's as yet unborn descendant of promise.

13) Before God gave him Isaac, Abraham surmised that his heir would be:

a) Ephron the Hittite.
b) Lot, his nephew.
c) Mamre the Amorite.
d) Eliezer of Damascus.

14) Abraham & Sarah, Isaac & Rebekah, and Jacob & Rachel were all:

a) Direct ancestors of Jesus.
b) Temporarily barren as married couples.
c) B & D.
d) Descendants of the patriarch Terah.

15) According to the Bible, Adam's immediate descendants by Eve:

a) Were given one more chance to do the right thing in Eden.
b) Were "sons and daughters", quantity not stated.
c) Were three sons only - Abel, Cain, and Seth.
d) Were thirty sons and seventy daughters.

16) The man Canaan is:

a) Nimrod's father.
b) Called "mighty hunter" in the Bible.
c) Noah's grandson.
d) The founder of Egypt.

17) The land of Canaan is:

a) Where some descendants of the man Canaan settled.
b) Also called the land of Goshen.
c) Unrelated to the man Canaan.
d) Also called Mizraim.

18) God said that this patriarch would beget twelve princes:

a) Shem.
b) Ishmael.
c) Jacob.
d) Esau.

19) Cainan (or Kenan) is:

a) Another spelling for Canaan.
b) The grandson of Seth.
c) The longer form of the name Cain (son of Adam).
d) Listed twice in Matthew's geneology of Christ.

20) While in prison, Joseph interpreted dreams for:

a) The chief butler and the chief tailor.
b) The chief baker and the chief barber.
c) The chief baker and the chief butler.
d) The chief barber and the chief tailor.

21) Amraphel, Arioch, Chedorlaomer, and Tidal were:

a) The sons and sons-in-law of Lot.
b) Kings of Abraham's time.
c) The four horsemen of the Negev.
d) Sons of Abraham through his second wife Keturah.

22) Dinah was:

a) Tamar's mother.
b) Judah's sister
c) Tamar's daughter.
d) Judah's concubine.

23) The Bible lists two distinct patriarchs for both of these two names:

a) Irad and Orad.
b) Job and Jobab.
c) Terah and Haran.
d) Enoch and Lamech.

24) In the days of the patriarch Peleg:

a) Men began to call on the name of the LORD.
b) The earth was divided.
c) Mankind discovered how to mine and use metal.
d) Pirates first sailed on the bounding main.

25) The time before the Great Flood, the Antedeluvian Age, was:

a) A time when human lifespans were multiple centuries long.
b) An age when mighty men and giants lived.
c) A grief to the heart of God.
d) All of the above.

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