Q 01/05

Genesis 5 lists Noah as the tenth patriarch descended from Adam. Who was Noah's father?

A) Methuselah

B) Enoch

C) Seth

D) Lamech

Answer · why

D) Lamech

Lamech was 182 when Noah was born; Methuselah, the longest-lived man in the Bible, was Noah's grandfather.

Q 02/05

According to Genesis, how long did rain fall during the flood?

A) Seven days and seven nights

B) One hundred and fifty days

C) A full year

D) Forty days and nights

Answer · why

D) Forty days and nights

The waters then prevailed 150 days before the ark came to rest; the two figures come from two interwoven sources.

Q 03/05

How old was Noah when the flood began, according to Genesis?

A) 700

B) 800

C) 600

D) 950

Answer · why

C) 600

He was 500 when his sons were born and died at 950, 350 years after the flood.

Q 04/05

What are the names of Noah's three sons?

A) Cain, Abel and Seth

B) Shem, Ham and Japheth

C) Abram, Nahor and Haran

D) Lamech, Enoch and Terah

Answer · why

B) Shem, Ham and Japheth

Medieval Christians treated them as founders of Asia, Africa and Europe respectively.

Q 05/05

How long did Noah live, according to Genesis?

A) 950 years

B) 600 years

C) 777 years

D) 900 years

Answer · why

A) 950 years

That is second only to Methuselah's 969; after Noah, biblical lifespans shrink toward Moses's 120.

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