Genesis People Trivia

1. Jacob was born a twin. Why did his parents, Isaac and Rebekah, name him "heel-grabber"?

From Quiz Once an Outlaw, Now a Prince

Answer: He was born grabbing his twin brother's heel.

While Rebekah was pregnant, the twins wrestled in her. God told her, ""Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger." When the boys were born, they named the firstborn Esau because he was red and "hairy". Shortly behind Esau came Jacob, who was born grabbing his twin brother's heel. Because of the event, Isaac and Rebekah named him "Heel grabber", which also means "cheater". (Genesis 25:21-26, NIV)

From Quiz Who Did It: Was it Abraham, Isaac or Jacob?

Answer: Isaac

Isaac is the correct answer. According to Scripture, he and his wife Rebekah were the parents of Esau and Jacob. The account of Rebekah giving birth to the twins 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.

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

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.

From Quiz All About Adam and Eve

Answer: Man

"Adam" is now the Hebrew word for "man" but the word originally meant "earth". Eve's name also has a special meaning; it probably means "living."

From Quiz Abraham

Answer: Ishmael

Ishmael was born of Hagar, Sarah's concubine. Isaac was born of Sarah, Abraham's wife. Esau and Jacob were Isaac's children. (Genesis 16)

From Quiz Women in the Book of Genesis

Answer: Eve & Chava & Hava

Genesis 3 - Eve took the fruit off the tree, ate it, and shared it with Adam.

From Quiz Single Female Seeks...

Answer: Eve

Eve's name means, roughly, "Life Producer". Adam was quite literally a "man of the earth", made from the dust, and his name can mean, generically, "man" or "earth".

From Quiz Abraham's Son and Family

Answer: Sarai

Genesis 16: 2-3 & 15, states that Sarai (later changed to Sarah), Abraham's wife, was barren and so she gave her maid servant to Abraham. She became his wife and bore him a son.

From Quiz Jacob and Sons

Answer: Reuben

From Quiz Once an Outlaw, Now a Prince

Answer: He loved to stay at home and help his mother.

"The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents. Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob." (Genesis 25: 27-28, NIV)

From Quiz Who Did It: Was it Abraham, Isaac or Jacob?

Answer: Jacob

Jacob is the correct answer. The account of him wrestling with God is found in the 32nd chapter of Genesis. Here's how the incident is reported in Genesis 32:24-32 in the NKJV Bible: "Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day. Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob's hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him. And He said, 'Let Me go, for the day breaks.' But he said, 'I will not let You go unless You bless me!' So He said to him, 'What is your name?' He said, 'Jacob.' And He said, 'Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.' Then Jacob asked, saying, 'Tell me Your name, I pray.' And He said, 'Why is it that you ask about My name?' And He blessed him there. So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: 'For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.' Just as he crossed over Peniel the sun rose on him, and he limped on his hip. Therefore to this day the children of Israel do not eat the muscle that shrank, which is on the hip socket, because He touched the socket of Jacob's hip in the muscle that shrank."

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

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.

From Quiz Viva La Vida

Answer: Calling on the name of Jehovah

"And to Seth also there was born a son and he proceeded to call his name Enosh. At that time a start was made of calling on the name of Jehovah." (Gen. 4:26; NWT) Enosh's name means "mortal man," and during his life of 905 years, he fathered Kenan, among others. Some views of the above-quoted verse, including those of Jewish tradition, hold that this "calling on the name of Jehovah" was the start of a profane worship, possibly involving idols, rather than a continuation of Abel's worship of God.

From Quiz Abraham

Answer: The Friend of God

'And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.' (James 2:23)

From Quiz Women in the Book of Genesis

Answer: Sarah & Sarai

Genesis 18:2-14 - When three men came to visit Abraham, they told him that Sarah would have a son. She was listening behind the tent door and laughed. The men heard this and Abraham reprimanded her.

From Quiz Single Female Seeks...

Answer: Adah

Adah, the wife of Lamech, is the first woman named in the Bible after Eve. Lamech is the first bigamist in the Bible. His other wife was named Zillah (Genesis 4:19). None of the other three women married a bigamist. Adam had only one wife, Eve; Isaac had only one wife, Rebekah, and Abraham had only one wife Sarah (although he did have a son with Sarah's handmaiden and also remarried after Sarah died).

From Quiz Abraham's Son and Family

Answer: 86

Gen 16:16 states that Abraham was 86 years old when Ishmael was born.

From Quiz Biblical Women

Answer: Because he is afraid the Egyptians will physically eliminate the husband of such a pretty woman.

Pharaoh himself falls in love with Sarai. He is furious with Abram for not telling him Sarai was a married woman, as trying to have intercourse with a married woman could have been a blemish on Pharaoh's character. Abraham does not seem to have learned from this incident because later in the Biblical story he repeats this tricky behaviour and again passes off Sarah as his sister when staying with Abimelek, the King of Gerar. Abraham then finds a diplomatic excuse: Sarah is the daughter of his father, but not of his mother. The least that can be said is that his behaviour was deceitful. Some 'critics' even suspect him of having behaved as a pimp, getting favourable treatment from people hoping to marry his so-called sis.

From Quiz Jacob and Sons

Answer: 4

Rachel, Leah, ( his wives, who were sisters) Bilhah and Zilpah (concubines - technically, the handmaids of his wives)

From Quiz Once an Outlaw, Now a Prince

Answer: Taking advantage of Esau's hunger, he sold a bowl of food for the birthright.

Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. Esau had hunted all day and had found nothing for food. When he saw his brother cooking, Esau said to Jacob, "Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I'm famished!" Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright.""Look, I am about to die," Esau said. "What good is the birthright to me?" But Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. Esau hated his birthright after that because Jacob had taken it from him. (Genesis 25:29-34, NIV)

From Quiz Who Did It: Was it Abraham, Isaac or Jacob?

Answer: Jacob

Jacob is the correct answer. He was married to sisters Leah and Rachel and eventually was given permission to sleep with his wives' two maidservants for the purpose of creating children. The maidservants were Bilhah and Zilpah. The names of his twelve sons are Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin. The names of the sons are found in Genesis 35:23-26. Jacob and Leah were also parents of a daughter, Dinah, as per Genesis 30:19-21.

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

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."

From Quiz All About Adam and Eve

Answer: Rib

God created Eve because, He said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him" (Genesis 2:18). He put Adam in a deep sleep and took one of his ribs from which to make the woman.

From Quiz Abraham

Answer: Uncle

It is believed that Lot's parents were killed, and that Abraham treated him like his own son. (Genesis 12:5)

From Quiz Women in the Book of Genesis

Answer: Rebekah

Genesis 27 - Instead of wanting her first born, Esau, to have the blessing, Rebekah wanted her favorite son, Jacob, to be blessed by Issac.

From Quiz Cain and Abel

Answer: Seth

Seth means, roughly, "appointed one." Noah descended from him.

From Quiz Single Female Seeks...

Answer: Hagar

Hagar was Abraham's handmaiden and mother of his first son Ishmael. Abraham's wife Sarah told her husband to cast her out. He reluctantly did so. In the wilderness, God spoke to her, promising to make Ishmael a great nation (Genesis 21).

From Quiz Abraham's Son and Family

Answer: Scoffing

Genesis 21:9 states that Sarah saw Ishmael scoffing.

From Quiz Once an Outlaw, Now a Prince

Answer: With his mom's help, he dressed up in goat skin and disguised himself as Esau to his father.

Isaac called Esau and told him to go hunting. Isaac wanted a juicy steak for his last meal before he blessed Esau. While Esau was out, Jacob's mother came to him and told him to get dressed...in goat's skin. She prepared a meal for Isaac and sent Jacob in. Isaac was so blind, he felt Jacob to see if he was hairy, to make sure he had the right twin. The goat skin worked! By the time Esau and Isaac realized what had happened, Jacob was long gone with the blessing. (Genesis 26-27, NIV)

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