Q 01/05

According to Genesis 1, on which day of creation did God make the sun, moon and stars?

A) The second day

B) The fourth day

C) The first day

D) The sixth day

Answer · why

B) The fourth day

Light itself was created on day one, but the 'two great lights' and the stars came three days later. Plants were made on day three, before the sun.

Q 02/05

God made Eve from which part of Adam's body?

A) A finger bone

B) A lock of hair

C) A handful of dust

D) A rib

Answer · why

D) A rib

Adam himself was formed from the dust of the ground. God caused a deep sleep to fall on him before taking the rib.

Q 03/05

Which son of Adam and Eve is described in Genesis 4 as 'a keeper of sheep'?

A) Lamech

B) Abel

C) Enoch

D) Seth

Answer · why

B) Abel

His brother Cain was 'a tiller of the ground', and the difference in their offerings led to the first murder in the Bible.

Q 04/05

Who is the longest-lived person in the Bible, dying at 969 years old?

A) Jared

B) Methuselah

C) Enoch

D) Lamech

Answer · why

B) Methuselah

His grandson was Noah, and by the numbers in Genesis 5 he died in the very year of the flood. Adam lived to 930.

Q 05/05

How long did the rain fall during Noah's flood, according to Genesis 7?

A) Seven days and seven nights

B) Forty days and forty nights

C) Twelve days and twelve nights

D) One hundred and fifty days

Answer · why

B) Forty days and forty nights

The waters then 'prevailed' on the earth for 150 days before beginning to recede, so Noah's family was aboard for about a year in total.