Who Did It: Was it Rebekah or was it Rachel? Quiz

Answer: Both of them

Both Rebekah and Rachel were unable to conceive for a number of years, but eventually became mothers after prayers were answered, according to Scripture.

Genesis 25:21 tells of Rebekah's husband Isaac praying to the LORD. The verse in the NIV Bible states: "Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant."

Rachel would be also able to conceive due to divine intervention, according to Genesis 30:22.

Answer: Rachel only

Rachel, who was barren at the time, gave permission to her husband to sleep with her servant for the purpose of creating children. According to Genesis 30:3, Rachel gave permission to her husband to sleep with Bilhah so she could bear children for her and build a family through her. Bilhah gave birth to two boys, Dan and Naphtali, as per Genesis 35:25.

According to Scripture, Leah and Sarai, who was also known as Sarah, also gave permission to their husbands to sleep with their servants to produce children.

Answer: Rachel only

Rachel and her sister Leah were both married to Jacob. According to Scripture, the two sisters did not get along, largely because Jacob loved Rachel and didn't care much for Leah. And while this was happening, Leah was giving birth to children while Rachel was barren.

Scripture suggests there was friction between the two, notably in passages beginning in Genesis 29:31 to 30:32. Leah took delight in bearing children for Jacob while Rachel was barren. By bearing children, Leah mistakenly thought she could win Jacob's affection, but it was not to be. Rachel may have been Jacob's true love, but she was apparently jealous of Leah for being able to bear children while she was barren.

Genesis 30:1, in the NIV Bible, states: "When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, 'Give me children, or I'll die!'"

Genesis 30:14-15, tells of an exchange between the two sisters after Rachel requested to have some mandrakes that were picked by Leah's son Reuben. Verse 15 quotes Leah as responding: "Wasn't it enough that you took away my husband? Will you take my son's mandrakes too?" The story goes on to state Rachel told Leah she could sleep that night with Jacob for the mandrakes. The story ends with Leah giving birth to a fifth son, Issachar, followed by a sixth son, Zebulun, as well as a daughter, Dinah.

Notes in the NKJV Study Bible, state this about the unusual story: "Mandrakes are a special type of herb that the peoples of the ancient Middle East regarded as aid to conception. Their aroma was associated with lovemaking (Song of Solomon 7:13). Reuben's discovery of the mandrakes led to another squabble between Leah and Rachel. In the end, Leah hired Jacob for a night with her."

Answer: Rebekah only

Rebekah is the correct answer. The account of her giving birth to twin boys (Esau and Jacob) is found in the 25th chapter of Genesis. According to Scripture, Esau became a skillful hunter while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents. The two boys are the first twins born in the Bible.

Answer: True

True. Laban was the brother of Rebekah and the father of Rachel. In other words, Rebekah was the aunt of Rachel. Genesis 25:40 states Rebekah was the sister of Laban and Genesis 29:10 states Rachel was his daughter.

Answer: Rebekah only

According to the 26th chapter of Genesis, Rebekah pretended to be the sister of her husband Isaac so he wouldn't be killed.

Genesis 26:7-9 in the NIV Bible states: "When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, 'She is my sister,' because he was afraid to say, 'She is my wife.' He thought, 'The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.' When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah. So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, 'She is really your wife! Why did you say, She is my sister?' Isaac answered him, 'Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her'."

A similar ruse was pulled off by Abram and Sari, according to Genesis 12:10-20.

Answer: Neither of them

Neither Rebekah or Rachel were married a second time. Tamar is the only woman in Genesis who was married a second time. According to the 38th chapter of Genesis, she was married to two sons of Judah. Their names were Er and Onan. Scripture states both men were put to death by the LORD because of their wickedness.

Answer: Both of them

Scripture indicates both Rebekah and Rachel were highly depressed.

There's no mistaking the fact Rebekah was depressed after Esau married women she did not like. The mother of Esau is quoted in the NIV Bible as saying she was "disgusted with living" because her son had married two Hittite women. She also said her "life will not be worth living" if her other son Jacob married a Hittite woman. According to Genesis 26:34, Esau married two Hittite women, Judith and Basemath, when he was 40 years old. Verse 35 goes on to state the women were a "source of grief" to Isaac and Rebekah, but no details are given.

Rachel was highly distraught over the fact she was unable to conceive while her sister Leah, who was also married to her husband Jacob, bore a number of children. She didn't commit suicide, but it's apparent she was deeply depressed. Genesis 30:1, in the NIV Bible, states: "When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, 'Give me children, or I'll die'!"

Answer: Rachel only

Rachel is the correct answer. The unusual story is told in the 31st chapter of Genesis. Verse 19 tells of Rachel stealing the household gods after her husband Jacob had a quarrel with her father Laban. Verses 34-35, in the NIV Bible, tells what happened when Laban went looking for his missing items: "Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them inside her camel's saddle and was sitting on them. Laban searched through everything in the tent but found nothing. Rachel said to her father, 'Don't be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence; I'm having my period.' So he searched but could not find the household gods."

Answer: Rachel only

Rachel is the correct answer. Details about her death giving birth to her second son, Benjamin, appear in the 35th chapter of Genesis.

Genesis 35:17-18, in the NIV Bible, states: "And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, 'Don't despair, for you have another son.' As she breathed her last -- for she was dying -- she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin."