Q 01/05

Which dish did Jacob hand over to a famished Esau as payment for the birthright?

A) Roast lamb

B) Lentil stew

C) Barley porridge

D) Fig cakes

Answer · why

B) Lentil stew

Lentil stew, served with bread, was the whole price. Esau ate, drank and walked off, and Genesis says he despised his birthright.

Q 02/05

Which part of Esau's body was the newborn Jacob holding when the twins were delivered?

A) Heel

B) Wrist

C) Elbow

D) Thumb

Answer · why

A) Heel

Heel in hand, Jacob arrived second. Years later Esau said his twin was rightly named, having supplanted him twice.

Q 03/05

What did Jacob wear on his hands and neck to fool his father's touch and pass as Esau?

A) Sheep's wool

B) Calf leather

C) Goatskins

D) Linen wraps

Answer · why

C) Goatskins

Goatskins came from the two kids his mother had just cooked, so the same animals supplied both the meal and the disguise.

Q 04/05

Which skill made Esau, a man of the open country, the favorite son of his father?

A) Farming

B) Shepherding

C) Wrestling

D) Hunting

Answer · why

D) Hunting

Hunting kept his father supplied with the game he loved, while Jacob, the quieter twin, was his mother's favorite.

Q 05/05

Which frailty of old age let Jacob pose as Esau before his father and take the blessing?

A) Blindness

B) Deafness

C) Forgetfulness

D) Lameness

Answer · why

A) Blindness

Blindness forced the old man to rely on touch and smell, and he stayed uneasy because the speaker did not sound like Esau.