FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

Genesis Crossword Puzzle

Home» Crosswords» Religion
It's good to start at the beginning. For your enjoyment, here's a crossword puzzle on the Biblical book of Genesis. Have fun! A few notes: This crossword uses US spellings of common "o"/"ou" words. All names and verse-reference clues are taken from the JPS translation of the Hebrew Bible.
Author: Smurphie - Diff: Harder

ACROSS

    DOWN

      Become a Gold Member to save crossword progress, save scores, appear on crossword scoreboards, and print crosswords!
    • Save progress & come back later: must be logged in to use this!
    • Print this crossword: gold member feature!
    • Complete Clue List

      Across
      1. The name of the family burial cave that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite
      7. In order to marry my true love, I had to work seven extra years for my uncle
      9. 17:24 And Abraham was ninety years old and _____, when he was circumcised
      12. I brought Noah an olive branch
      13. 1:3 "Let there ___ light."
      14. Abraham's son Ishmael was thirteen of these when he was circumcised
      15. Arkansas for short, on an envelope
      16. I am Bilhah's second son
      18. 1:26 And God said, "Let us make ____ in our image, after our likeness..."
      21. I am the oldest man in the Bible
      26. 21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him fast by thy hand; for I will ____ him a great nation
      27. Beersheba, named by Abraham after his pact with Avimelech, is also the modern capital of this region
      29. Noah loaded this many of each type of non-kosher animal onto the Ark
      30. I am the son of Seth
      34. In the scene with Rebekah at the well, 24:47 And I put the ring on her ____ and the bands on her arm
      35. Jacob stole my birthright for being the oldest son
      36. My father tricked Jacob into marrying me first
      40. The Midianites/ Ishmaelites sold Joseph to me as a slave
      42. 3:2 The woman replied to the serpent, "___ may eat of the fruit of the other trees in the garden"
      43. I built an ark out of Gopher wood
      44. 49:22 Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; ____ branches run over the wall
      45. 8:24 And when the waters has swelled on the earth one hundred and fifty of these

      Down

      1. To show his love for Joseph, Jacob made his son a coat of _____ colors
      2. 45:25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of _______ unto Jacob their father...
      3. Opposite of Ma, in a family perhaps
      4. According to William Shakespeare, who has likely read Genesis, wrote "Much ___ About Nothing"
      5. Before the Common Era, for short
      6. My twin brother killed me, making me the world's first murder victim
      8. I am often credited as the first Jew
      9. New York, according to the postman, perhaps
      10. An example, for short
      11. Whether in the Bible or not, it is said that: To do THIS is human
      12. I am Jacob's only daughter
      17. One of the colors in Joseph's famed coat could also be dubbed a ___
      19. 1:1, When G-d began to create this and earth
      20. Isaac, whose eyes were weak had to rely on this sense to tell his two sons apart in 27:27
      22. I am the third son of Adam and Eve
      23. The sound of Sarah laughing after being told she would bear a child so late in life, perhaps
      24. After wrestling with me, Jacob earned the name Israel
      25. 48:10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for _____, so that he could not see...
      28. Accused of "lying" with his master's wife
      31. 13:8 And Abram said unto Lot: 'Let there be ___ strife, I pray thee, between me and thee...'
      32. Selenium, on the Periodic Table
      33. My name before my husband entered into the covenant with God
      35. Joseph's brothers tossed him into a pit that had no water. It was _______
      37. I was created to be Adam's C'negdo (fitting helper)
      38. Perhaps Potiphar's wife chased after Joseph because he was a ____
      39. My wife turned into a pillar of salt.
      41. Return to sender, for short
      42. West Virginia, for short