Bible Trivia Study: Standard

1. Who was the first recorded Hebrew to leave his famine stricken land to seek provision in the land of Egypt?

Answer: Abraham (Abram)

"And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land." (Gen 12:10 KJV)

2. What Old Testament leader had his heart repeatedly hardened by God?

Answer: Pharoah, at the time of the Exodus from Egypt

"And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go." (Exo 4:21 KJV)

"And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt." (Exo 7:3 KJV)

Also see Exodus 14:7, 17.

3. Were the Jews allowed to perform circumcision on the Sabbath?

Answer: Yes

"Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?" (John 7:22-23 NKJV)

4. When God ascertained that man's heart was "only evil continually," what did He do? Answer: Decided to flood and destroy the earth

"And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them."(Gen 6:5-7 KJV)

"And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die." (Gen 6:17 KJV)

5. Re-order the following words to match a familiar verse.

which in heaven art our father

Answer: Our Father which art in heaven.

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. (Mat 6:9 KJV)

6. Jesus used a few fishes and how many loaves of bread to feed the 4,000 men?

Answer: 7 loaves

"Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children." (Mat 15:32-38 KJV)
See also Mar 8:1-9

Note that in a separate instance Jesus fed 5,000 with five loaves - see Mat 14:17-21, Mar 6:35-44, Lu 9:12-17, John 6:5-14.

7. Who was the first Bible personality recorded as living in a tent?

Answer: Jabal (or immediate descendants of Jabal)

"And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle." (Gen 4:20 KJV)

8. What did manna taste like?

Answer: honey and/or olive oil

"And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey." (Exo 16:31 KJV)

"And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil." (Num 11:7-8 KJV)

9. When Adam "awoke" for the first time, could he have had a "glass of milk?" (Assumes the account of creation is literal and chronological!)

Answer: Yes, the cattle (land animals) were created first.

"And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." (Gen 1:24-27 KJV)

10. Believe on , and thou shalt be saved, and thy .

Answer: See below

"And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." (Acts 16:31 KJV)

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