Genesis 11 to 15

1. Q: What was the name of the city where people spoke the same language before God confused their language?

A: The city Babel.


2. Q: Why did God confuse the language of the people at Babel?

A: God confused their language because they were building a tower to reach the heavens and make a name for themselves in disobedience to His command to fill the earth.


3. Q: Who was the father of Abram (later known as Abraham)?

A: Terah.


4. Q: What was the name of Abram’s wife?

A: Sarai (later known as Sarah).


5. Q: Who was Abram’s nephew?

A: Lot.


6. Q: What was the land that God promised to give Abram?

A: Canaan.


7. Q: What did Abram do when God told him to leave his country and go to a land that God would show him?

A: Abram obeyed God and left his country with his wife, Sarah, and his nephew, Lot.


8. Q: Whom did Abram meet in Canaan after he left his country?

A: Abram met the Canaanites in Canaan.


9. Q: What did God promise to do for Abram in Genesis 12:2-3?

A: God promised to make Abram a great nation, bless him, make his name great, and bless all the families of the earth through him.


10. Q: What did Abram build in Canaan after God appeared to him?

A: Abram built an altar to the Lord.


11. Q: What did Abram do when there was a famine in Canaan?

A: Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while.


12. Q: What did Abram tell Pharaoh when he entered Egypt?

A: Abram told Pharaoh that Sarai was his sister, not his wife.


13. Q: What did Pharaoh do when he found out that Sarai was actually Abram’s wife?

A: Pharaoh sent Abram, Sarai, and their possessions out of Egypt.


14. Q: Who was the king of Salem that blessed Abram?

A: The king Melchizedek.


15. Q: What did Abram give to Melchizedek?

A: Abram gave a tenth of everything he had to Melchizedek.


16. Q: What did God promise to Abram in Genesis 15:5-6?

A: God promised Abram that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars and that he would have a son who would be his heir. Abram believed God, and God credited it to him as righteousness.


17. Q: What did God instruct Abram to do with several animals in Genesis 15:9-10?

A: God instructed Abram to bring Him a heifer, a goat, a ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.


18. Q: What happened while Abram was in a deep sleep after preparing the animals as instructed by God?

A: God made a covenant with Abram, promising to give the land of Canaan to his descendants.


19. Q: How long did God say that Abram’s descendants would be strangers in a foreign land?

A: God said that Abram’s descendants would be strangers in a foreign land for 400 years.


20. Q: What did God promise to do to the nation that oppressed Abram’s descendants?

A: God promised to judge and punish the nation that oppressed Abram’s descendants, and afterward


21. Q: What did Abram do when Sarai was unable to bear children?

A: Sarai gave her maidservant, Hagar, to Abram as a wife in order to have children.


22. Q: What was the name of the son born to Abram and Hagar?

A: The son born to Abram and Hagar was named Ishmael.


23. Q: How old was Abram when God changed his name to Abraham?

A: Abram was 99 years old when God changed his name to Abraham.


24. Q: What was the sign of the covenant that God made with Abraham?

A: The sign of the covenant was circumcision. Every male in Abraham’s household, including himself and his descendants, was to be circumcised.


25. Q: What did God promise to do for Abraham’s wife, Sarah?

A: God promised to bless Sarah and give her a son, even though she was old and past childbearing age. Sarah’s son would be the father of many nations.