Monthly Bible Quiz Competitions
Quiz Number - 47
Bible Section : Genesis 28, 29, 30
Closing Date : 2017-11-30

(Some questions have more than one correct answer, all correct answers must be selected)


1. What did Isaac say after he blessed Jacob?

Go at once to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father.
And take as wife from there one of the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
May God almighty bless you and make you fruitful and numerous, that you may become a company of peoples.
May he give to you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you.
So that you may take possession of the land where you now live as an alien land that God gave to Abraham.

2. Who is Mahalath?

Daughter of Ishmael
Sister of Nebaioth
Against the will of Isaac, who requested his sons not to marry Canaanite women, Esau married Mahalath
Grand-daughter of Abraham
Grand-daughter of Sarah

3. What had the Lord said to Jacob in his dreams?

I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac
The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring
Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth
I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land.
For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.

4. Give short notes on Bethel?

It is the place where Jacob saw God in his dreams
This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven
Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. He called that place Bethel.
The stone, which Jacob have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house.
In this place, Jacob promised to give one-tenth of his property to God.

5. Fill in the blanks:

Laban had two daughters; the name of the elder was -------------, and the name of the younger was --------------.

Sarah
Rachel
Hagar
Leah
Simeon

6. “Surely you are my bone and flesh! You are my kinsman” – Who said this?

Abraham
Rachel
Leah
Reuben
Laban

7. Who is Rachel?

Daughter of Laban
She was graceful and beautiful
Jacob loved Rachel. So he served Laban for seven years
Joseph was the son of Rachel
Bilhah was her maid


8. Who is Leah?

Elder daughter of Laban
Leah’s eyes were lovely
Wife of Jacob
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun were her sons
Zilpah was her maid

9. Who is the daughter of Jacob?

Sarah
Dinah
Hagar
Rachel
Leah

10. What is the meaning of the names Reuben and Simeon?

The Lord has looked on my affliction
You are my kinsman
For my time is completed
The Lord has heard, that I am hated
You are my bone and flesh


11. What is the meaning of the names Levi and Judah?

Now this time my husband will join to me
I will praise the Lord
Sarah
Abraham
Isaac


12. What is the meaning of the names Dan and Naphtali?

May the Lord add to me another son
God has judged me, and has also heard my voice
With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled
Dinah
Joseph


13. What is the meaning of the names Gad and Asher?

Good fortune
Issachar
Zebulun
Benjamin
Happiness


14. What did Jacob say to Laban?

Send me away, that I may go to my own home and country
Give me my wives and my children
For whom I have served you
For you know very well the service I have given you
Good! Let it be as you have said


15. Fill in the blanks:

Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, “I will serve you ------------- for your younger daughter Rachel

Three years
Four years
Five years
Six years
Seven years