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Adam is the first man created by God, according to Genesis 1:26. In Genesis 2:23 (KJV), Adam calls Eve the "bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh." When God created Eve, he put Adam to sleep, then took one of his rib bones and created her. Difficulty: Very Easy.

Elisha and Elijah both raised boys from the dead as found in the King James Version of the Bible, in both cases employing at one stage the tactic of lying on the dead boy.

In 1 Kings, the son of the widow with whom Elijah was staying died, and the prophet appealed to the Lord to bring the boy back to life. In 2 Kings 4, a Shunammite woman came to Elisha, asking him to revive the son whose birth the prophet had earlier predicted against her expectations, and who had suddenly sickened and died.

Question submitted by logcrawler Difficulty: Easy.

 

Jeremiah and Isaiah, Amos and Joel, Habakkuk and Malachi

When it came to their twin sons, Isaac and Rebekah were divided. Scripture states Isaac favored Esau, the slightly older twin, while Rebekah favored Jacob.

Although they were twins, the two boys had significant differences. Genesis 25:27-28 states Esau was "a skillful hunter, a man of the field" while Jacob "was a mild man, dwelling in tents."

The favoritism shown by the two parents would have a dramatic impact, with Jacob coming out ahead over Esau as a result of Rebekah's conniving actions. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Isaac favored Jacob, Rebekah favored Esau, Isaac favored Joseph, Rebekah favored Benjamin, Isaac favored Benjamin, Rebekah favored Joseph

The first child mentioned in the Old Testament is Cain, the son of Adam and Eve. According to Genesis 4:1, after Cain's birth, Adam and Eve said they had "acquired a man from the LORD." Abel, the second child of Adam and Eve, is mentioned in the following verse.

The fourth chapter of Genesis goes on to tell of Cain killing Abel in a severe fit of jealousy. Difficulty: Average.

 

Abel, Seth, Joseph

Hagar and her young son Ishmael were banished into the desert by Abraham. This even though Hagar had been Abraham's concubine and a handmaiden to his wife Sarah. According to Scripture, they were given meagre supplies before they were forced to fend for themselves.

Genesis 21:14, in the NKJV, states: "So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water; and putting it on her shoulder, he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and sent her away. Then she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba."

Scripture goes on to state God was with Hagar and Ishmael and Ishmael became father of the Arab nation. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Esau, Jacob, Isaac

Adam and Eve were the first people exiled in the Bible. According to Genesis 3, the first man and the first woman were driven out of the Garden of Eden because they both ate forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Genesis 3:24 states that, after Adam and Eve were removed from the garden, God placed cherubim at the east of the garden "and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life." Difficulty: Easy.

 

Joseph and Asenath, Abraham and Sarah, Hagar and Ishmael

It's mindboggling, but Jacob thought he had married Rachel and spent his wedding night with her, but to his amazement in the morning he found out he had actually spent the night with Rachel's older sister Leah. Details of the extraordinary situation can be found in Genesis 29:21-25.

In a nutshell, Jacob agreed to work for Laban, the father of Leah and Rachel, for seven years. In return, Jacob was to win the hand of Rachel. Verse 22 states Laban gathering together "all the men of the place and made a feast" and later in the evening he took Leah to Jacob, who had sexual relations with her, thinking it was Rachel. (It must've been extremely dark and/or Leah was excellent at impersonating Rachel.)

Verse 25 tells of Jacob discovering to his amazement in the morning he had spent the evening with Leah. Scripture goes on tell of Jacob pointing out the deception to Laban with Laban simply replying it was not the custom to "give the younger before the firstborn". As a result, Jacob worked seven additional years to win the hand of Rachel.

According to Scripture, Leah ended up in a loveless marriage and Rachel was always the highly favored one in Jacob's eyes. Difficulty: Average.

 

Rachel, Zilpah, Bilhah

Joseph was the eleventh of Jacob's twelve sons. Jacob favored Joseph because he was Rachel's son; Rachel was Jacob's favorite, beloved wife. It's possible that Joseph got his good looks from his mother, because the Bible doesn't say that Jacob was handsome, but it does say that Rachel was physically beautiful (Genesis 29:17).

Joseph's half-brothers were envious of Joseph, so they sold him into slavery. An Egyptian, Potiphar, purchased him. One day, Potiphar's no-good wife was attracted to Joseph, so she told him to "lie with" her (Genesis 39:7).

After he refused her, she lied (in the other way!) and accused him of attempting to rape her. They threw Joseph in jail. When he was released, he married Asenath, an Egyptian damsel. The seemingly monogamous Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Asher , Reuben , Levi

Noah is the first person reported to be drunk in Scripture, as per the ninth chapter of Genesis. According to Scripture, he became a farmer and after planting a vineyard, he became drunk when he consumed wine.

Noah, of course, is best known for building a gigantic ark in which his family took refuge when a massive flood engulfed the world. According to Scripture, two of every kind of animals and birds were also housed on the ark. Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Cain, Lot, Jacob

The first scriptural couple is Adam and Eve. According to Genesis chapter 3 Adam and Eve ate from the tree which was in the midst of the garden. In doing so they disobeyed God's explicit command. As a result they were to experience hard times and eventually die. Eve would conceive in sorrow and Adam would rule over her. (Gen.3:16) The earth was cursed for Adam's sake and in the sweat of his brow he would eat bread. (Gen.3:17-18) Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Exodus, Judges, I Kings

James cites Job as a man who was patient in his sufferings. James 5:11. Even though Job found himself losing almost everything he humbled himself under God and reasoned that since we brought nothing into the world then it is certain that we will take nothing out. Despite all his challenges Job submitted himself to God's will and was eventually rewarded. Patience is crucial in the process of overcoming. Difficulty: Easy.

 

joy in the Holy Ghost, benevolence, cleanliness

God made male and female for every kind of animal. Adam was in charge of naming all the animals. However Adam was alone and was God's most prized creation. God had formed Adam from the dust of the ground and breathed life into him with His own breath. God saw it was not good for Adam to be alone. He put Adam to sleep and formed a woman out of one of Adam's ribs. Adam woke up to a beautiful surprise standing beside him. Adam named her Eve, because she would be the mother of all living humans. (Genesis 2:18-25) Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Noah, Canaan, Nimrod

Genesis 15 records Ishmael as the son of Abraham and his wife Sarah's handmaid Hagar. Genesis 21 tells how after Abraham and Sarah had a son, Isaac, Sarah didn't want Ishmael in the household and ordered Abraham to send the boy and his mother into the wilderness. When the food and water ran out, Hagar put her child under a bush so she didn't have to watch him die, but God intervened and saved the boy. Ishmael later married and fathered twelve sons who became tribal chiefs throughout Assyria. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Isaac, Moses, Samuel

According to Scripture, the boy provided Jesus with five barley loaves and two small fish to feed the people. The age of the child is not known, but in the KJV and the NKJV he is described as a "lad" and in the NIV as a "boy." The name of the child is also not known.

John 6:8-9, in the NKJV, states the boy was led to Christ by Andrew: "One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him, 'There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?'"

The chapter goes on to tell of Jesus taking the food from the boy and then giving it to the disciples to distribute to the multitude. The passage concludes by stating the disciples filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the barley loaves that had not been eaten.

Scripture reports there were 5,000 men fed, but it was the custom of the day not to include women and children in such reports. As a result, theologians estimate that 15,000 people were fed with the tiny bit of food from the little boy. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Five small fish and two barley loaves., Seven barley loaves and seven fish., Twelve barley loaves and ten fish.

Aaron, brother of Moses, was ordained in a holy ceremony in the wilderness of Sinai. The details can be found in Leviticus 8 (KJV). This was after Aaron was coerced into making a golden calf for the Israelites to worship, which was a big wrongdoing in the sight of God. He was forgiven, though. Aaron died on Mount Hor before reaching the Promised Land (Numbers 20:23-29, KJV) Difficulty: Hard.

 

Moses, Eli, Zadok

Samson was considered the strongest man in the Bible. Judges 14:5-6 of the KJV Bible refers to Samson killing a lion with his bare hands while he was with his parents at the vineyard in Timnah. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Gideon, Joshua, Elisha

According to the Law, the ancient Jews were to execute those who practiced witchcraft, demon worship, etc., because of God's command against these practices. The Jews were commanded to worship God only, though of course, throughout most of the history recorded in the Bible, the Israelites practiced many other religions along with the worship of Jehovah Himself. (See Exodus 22:18, Leviticus 19:31;20:6, and Deuteronomy 18:10-11 for more information) Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Subsidize them, Accept them, Ignore them

They were whining about the manna - it was getting monotonous. In Numbers 11:5, they remember the meat, fish, cucumbers, leeks, melons, onions and garlic they ate in Egypt. God sent the quail to shut them up - they blew in from the sea and landed three feet deep throughout the camp. Difficulty: Hard.

 

quail and manna, bread and wine, milk and honey

According to the scripture provided in 1 Samuel 22-24, Eli, the high priest, was given "custody" of sorts of Samuel, as a part of his mother's vow to loan him to the Lord.


Question submitted by logcrawler Difficulty: Average.

 

David, Ruth, Hagar

The Anakims were giants who were descendants of Anak, as per Numbers 13:33. However, not much is known about Anak the man, as he is mentioned in passing reference in Scripture.

As pointed out in the information to Question No. 1, the Anakim lived in Canaan and were so tall they made a group of Israelite spies feel as if they were grasshoppers.

The Anakim are also mentioned in the books of Deuteronomy and Joshua.

According to Deuteronomy 2:10 the Emim, another race of people, were "as great and numerous and tall as the Anakim." Difficulty: Hard.

 

Lot, Reuben, Joseph

1 Samuel 17:12-14 states David was the youngest of eight sons of Jesse, who was "old, advanced in years, in the days of Saul". The names of all the sons are not given, but according to the passage, Jesse's three oldest sons were Eliab, Abinadab and Shammah.

1 Samuel 17 goes on to tell of David, a young shepherd, slaying Goliath, a much feared Philistine behemoth. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Saul, Ahab, Solomon

Job is the correct answer. According to Job 1:1-5, Job had seven sons and three daughters who loved having feasts together. Verse 5 states when feasting had ended, Job would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings in case any of them had sinned against God. The verse goes on to state Job offered burnt offerings on behalf of his children on a regular basis. Difficulty: Hard.

 

David, Jacob, Aaron

Genesis 15:13 tells of the Israelites being afflicted in a foreign land for four hundred years and sure enough that's what eventually happened. Chapters 42 through to 46 of Genesis report about Jacob and his eleven sons moving to Egypt in a time of severe famine when it was discovered Joseph was the second most powerful man in Egypt.

The Pharaoh and the Egyptians initially welcomed the Israelites, but things changed drastically over the years, with the Jews being reviled and becoming slaves of the Egyptians. Their suffering would go on until Moses and Aaron were raised up by God. The two brothers got permission to lead the Israelites on a mass exodus out of Egypt and into Canaan, known as the Promised Land. Difficulty: Hard.

 

40, 10, 1,000

After Cain killed Abel, he ended up in the land of Nod, east of the Garden of Eden, as per Genesis 4:16. It is not known exactly where Nod was as the Bible does not mention it again.

According to Gotquestions.org, Nod means "wanderer, exile, or fugitive" in Hebrew. In Genesis 4:12, God declares Cain would be "a fugitive and a vagabond". Difficulty: Easy.

 

Mesopotamia, Arabia, Scripture doesn't say

On two different occasions, Sarah pretended to be Abraham's sister rather than his wife. The deception took place in Egypt and in Gerar, a Philistine district in what is today south central Israel.

Genesis 12:11-20 tells of Abraham and Sarah (who were known as Abram and Sarai at the time) moving to Egypt during a famine and pretending to be brother and sister. Scripture states they took such action to prevent Abraham from being killed.

According to Genesis 12:11, Sarah was extremely beautiful and as per the custom of the day, the Pharaoh would want to add her to his harem. Notes in the NIV Study Bible state "if Pharaoh were to add Sarai to his harem while knowing she was Abram's wife, he would have to kill Abram first."

According to Scripture, reports of Sarah's beauty reached the Pharaoh and he added her to his harem. However, Scripture states "the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife." When the Pharaoh found out Abram and Sarai were husband and wife, he re-united the couple.

Abraham and Sarah would pull off the same ruse in Genesis 20 to deceive Abimelech, king of Gerar, into thinking they were brother and sister. And once again, the deception was designed to save Abraham's life.

To stave off an endless series of correction notices, it must be pointed out Isaac and Rebekah pulled off the same deception, pretending to be brothers and sisters, in Genesis 26:7. Again, such action was taken to prevent Isaac from being killed. However, the deception of Isaac and Rebekah took place in Gerar. The question is based on such a deception taking place in TWO different locations -- Egypt and Gerar. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Leah, Rachel, Rebekah

The verse, from my favorite translation, the New American Standard Bible, states, "Then Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel." A few other translations use the exact word, census.

It might seem odd that Satan wanted David to number Israel rather than do something seemingly more sinister. What exactly is wrong about taking a census? Enduring word.com suggests that God didn't want David to take a census because Israel didn't belong to David or any man. Israel belonged to the Lord. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Yell at Bathsheba , Divorce Michal , Murder Uriah

The two boys born as a result of Lot's incestuous relationship with his daughters were called Moab and Ben-Ammi. The sordid account about Lot having sex with his daughters appears in Genesis 19:30-38. According to Scripture, Lot's two unnamed daughters got him drunk to trick him into impregnating them. It's a bit of a long story, but the young women thought their actions were justified as there were no other men for them in the area and they wanted to preserve their father's blood line, according to Scripture.

Scripture states the firstborn son was Moab, who became the father of the Moabites. The second son was called Ben-Ammi, who became the father of the people of Ammon. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Shem and Ham, Perez and Zerah, Cain and Esau

Exodus 12 records the final plague that fell upon the Egyptians when Pharaoh refused to let God's people go. The Passover meal was eaten and verses 29-33 state that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn of the land of Egypt from the firstborn of the Pharaoh that sat upon the throne to the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon and all the firstborn of cattle. Hard times indeed. Pharaoh rose up and sent Moses and the children of Israel away. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Herod, Artaxerxes, Nebuchadnezzar

The story of David and Goliath can be found in I Samuel 17. David was sent by his father, Jesse, to take food for his brothers and find out how they were doing. When David saw the need for a man to stand up to Goliath he offered his services. It was David's faith in God (vs 43-47) that made him an overcomer. You can be an overcomer too. Faith in God is a key ingredient. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Abinadab, Shammah, Ozem

Jacob ran away as a young man from his family because he had tricked his brother Esau and Esau swore to kill him.

Years passed, Jacob got married and had many kids. He eventually decided to return home and sent messengers to his brother. Jacob became very afraid when he found out his brother was coming to meet him with 400 men. Jacob was so scared he divided up his family in case his brother decided to attack and kill them. Then he went across the river himself. That night Jacob wrestled with the angel. Jacob refused to let him go until he blessed him. The angel renamed Jacob (which means "cheater"), Israel, or "prince".

The next morning Jacob greeted his brother, and Esau blessed him instead of hurting him. Esau hugged Jacob and the two were reunited after many years. He allowed Jacob to continue his journey in peace. (Genesis 32) Difficulty: Easy.

 

Ishmael, Labin, Isaac

In 2 Kings 2:9 we see that Elijah asked Elisha what he could do for him before he was translated into the heavenly realm. Elisha asked for a double portion of Elijah's spirit, and while Elijah told him that the request was difficult, he would nonetheless fulfill it conditionally.

The tenth verse shows Elijah's response - "And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so."

Elisha did see him as he was taken away, and thus received his request.

Elijah's name in Hebrew (El-i-ya'hu) means something like "Yah is God" and the name Elisha (Eel-ee-shaw') has a meaning akin to "God is salvation". Difficulty: Average.

 

that Elijah would bless his entire family, that Elisha could expect 200 talents of gold, that Elijah would send the same chariot for him later

The story of Joseph is found in Genesis 37 and 39-40. He was sold in Egypt by slave traders to Potiphar who was the captain of Pharaoh's guard. Joseph became overseer of Potiphar's household, but was imprisoned when Potiphar's wife falsely accused him of making sexual advances toward her. While there, he interpreted dreams of two other prisoners, Pharaoh's chief cupbearer and chief baker, which led to him being called to interpret the Pharaoh's dreams. Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Jacob, Esau, Joash

Mephibosheth, according to Scripture, became lame in his feet when his nurse was fleeing with him and accidentally dropped him during a time when the Israelites were in a civil war to determine who would become king. One side in the civil war backed David and the other side backed Ishbosheth, the son of Saul.

(In Chronicles 8:34 and 9:40, Mephibosheth is called Merib-Baal. Notes in the NKJV Study Bible offer this explanation: "Meib-Baal, which means 'The Master is Advocate' was the original name of Jonathan's son. The author of Samuel changed it to Mephibosheth, meaning 'He Scatters Shame', apparently to avoid the idolatrous implications of the word Baal.")

Incidentally, David and Mephibosheth's father were the best of friends. This, even though Jonathan's father Saul devoted much of his latter life trying to kill David. 2 Samuel 9:7 states that David restored to Mephibosheth all the land that belonged to his grandfather Saul and he ensured he would "always dine at his table with him." Difficulty: Hard.

 

He was maimed by adversaries of the Israelites., His feet were crushed beneath the wheels of a chariot., He was mauled by a wild beast before being saved by David.

The correct answer is Eglon, the king of Moab who reigned over Israel for eighteen years, according to Judges 3:14.

Scripture tells of the LORD raising up Ehud, a deliverer for the Israelites. According to Verse 16, Ehud was the son of Gera, a Benjamite, and he was left-handed. The chapter tells of Ehud meeting privately with Eglon in his "cool private chamber", giving the impression he was always sweating because of his obesity.

Judges 3:20-23 goes on to provide gory details about Ehud killing the obese king with a dagger being lunged into Eglon's massive belly. Scripture states, "even the hilt went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade... and his entrails came out."

Then Ehud went out through the porch and shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them. Only after some time did Eglon's servants find him dead, and Ehud had made his escape, according to Scripture. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Abinadab, Zadok, Naphish

Different Bible version have give various descriptions of this plant. Some translate it as a gourd (as in the King James), in some it is a vine or ivy (NIV and Douay-Rheims Bible) and others it is simply "a plant". It is mentioned in Jonah 4:6. Difficulty: Hard.

 

hyssop, palm tree, mustard

II Kings 9:10 of the KJV Bible has Jezebel and her family being slaughtered by Jehu and his followers. Jezebel's body was left unburied and eaten by dogs. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Abigail, Sarah, Miriam

In Exodus 2:21, prior to Moses' encounter with God's spirit in the burning bush, Moses had been living with a man named Reuel, also known as Jethro. One of this man's daughters, Zipporah, was accepted by Moses as his wife. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Aaron, David, Solomon

Just goes to show that the Lord respects an honest question, so long as you direct it to Him rather than generalized whining. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Zechariah, Micah, Obadiah

Moses was put in a basket and placed in the Nile River when he was a baby, in hopes his life would be spared, as the Pharoah of that time ordered all the male Hebrew children born to be killed (Exodus 1:22-2:3 KJV).

In Exodus 3, God told Moses that He would use Moses to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt.

In Exodus 19, the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. In the next chapter, Moses gave the people the Ten Commandments he received from God. Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Noah, Abraham, Isaiah

Rahab, the famous prostitute who assisted two Israelite spies, lived in Jericho. In the eyes of the Israelites she was a heroine, but in the eyes of her countrymen she was a despicable traitor. Joshua 2 tells of Rahab giving safe haven to two Israelite spies. When authorities came looking for the spies, Rahab told them they had visited her house and had left some time ago. In actuality, the spies were hidden beneath a pile of flax on the roof of her house. After the authorities left, Rahab enabled the spies to escape undetected from Jericho. Joshua 2:15 in the NKJV states she "let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall." Difficulty: Easy.

 

Jerusalem, Damascus, Ai