Genesis Chapter Fifteen Questions

Bible Bowl 2013

Genesis 15:1

1.  After Abram returned from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, what?

A. Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward

B. I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee

C. I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect

Genesis 15:1

1.  After Abram returned from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, what?

A. Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward

Genesis 15:2

2. What does Abram ask, after the LORD tells him that he is his great reward?

A. LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

B. Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old?

C. Shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

Genesis 15:2

2. What does Abram ask, after the LORD tells him that he is his great reward?

A. LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

Genesis 15:3

3. After Abram says he is childless, what does he say that LORD has given him?

A. no seed

B. many possessions

C. no son

Genesis 15:3

3. After Abram says he is childless, what does he say that LORD has given him?

A. no seed

Genesis 15:3

4. Because Abram says the LORD has given him no seed, who is his heir?

A. one born in my house is mine heir

B. Lot, Abram's brother's son

C. Nahor, Abram’s brother

Genesis 15:3

4. Because Abram says the LORD has given him no seed, who is his heir?

A. one born in my house is mine heir

Genesis 15:4

5. How does the LORD respond to Abram’s heir being one born in his house?

A. I will bless this one for thy sake

B. of thy brother Lot, I will make a great nation

C. This shall not be thine heir

Genesis 15:4

5. How does the LORD respond to Abram’s heir being one born in his house?

C. This shall not be thine heir

Genesis 15:4

6. From where does the LORD say Abram’s heir shall come?

A. he shall come forth out of thine own bowels

B. he shall come forth out of Sarai’s womb

C. he shall be adopted from a stranger

Genesis 15:4

6. From where does the LORD say Abram’s heir shall come?

A. he shall come forth out of thine own bowels

Genesis 15:5

7. What does the LORD ask Abram as he tells him to Look now toward heaven?

A. where were you when I made the stars

B. tell the stars, if thou be able to number them

C. consider the stars, is any impossible for God

Genesis 15:5

7. What does the LORD ask Abram as he tells him to Look now toward heaven?

B. tell the stars, if thou be able to number them

Genesis 15:5

8. What does the LORD tell Abram about the number of the stars?

A. they are numbered and are you not of more value than a star

B. without number are they and the angels of heaven

C. So shall thy seed be

Genesis 15:5

8. What does the LORD tell Abram about the number of the stars?

C. So shall thy seed be

Genesis 15:6

9. What was counted to Abram for righteousness?

A. he believed in the LORD

B. he followed the LORD

C. he walked with the LORD

Genesis 15:6

9. What was counted to Abram for righteousness?

A. he believed in the LORD

Genesis 15:7

10. Why did the LORD bring Abram out of Ur of the Chaldees?

A. to make of thee a chosen people

B. to give thee this land to inherit it

C. to bless thee with the fruits of this land

Genesis 15:7

10. Why did the LORD bring Abram out of Ur of the Chaldees?

B. to give thee this land to inherit it

Genesis 15:8

11. What does Abram ask the LORD, after the LORD said that he had brought Abram to this land to give thee this land to inherit it?

A. LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

B. O that Eliezer of Damascus might live before thee!

C. How shall these thing be seeing I have no son?

Genesis 15:8

11. What does Abram ask the LORD, after the LORD said that he had brought Abram to this land to give thee this land to inherit it?

A. LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

Genesis 15:9

12. What does God say to Abram, after he asked, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

A. Build me an altar of stones not hewn by tools

B. Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon

C. An angel of the LORD will appear unto thee

Genesis 15:9

12. What does God say to Abram, after he asked, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

B. Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon

Genesis 15:10

13. What did Abram do with the heifer, and she goat, and ram?

A. he offered them as a burnt offering to the LORD

B. he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another

C. he brought them to Melchizedek the priest of the most high God

Genesis 15:10

13. What did Abram do with the heifer, and she goat, and ram?

B. he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another

Genesis 15:10

14. What did Abram do with the turtledove, and the young pigeon?

A. he divided them in the midst

B. the birds divided he not

C. he offered them as an offering

Genesis 15:10

14. What did Abram do with the turtledove, and the young pigeon?

B. the birds divided he not

Genesis 15:11

15. What did Abram do when the fowls came down upon the carcases?

A. Abram drove them away

B. Abram permitted them to feast upon the carcases

C. Abram covered the carcases

Genesis 15:11

15. What did Abram do when the fowls came down upon the carcases?

A. Abram drove them away

Genesis 15:12

16. After Abram divided the animals what happened when the sun was going down?

A. wolves came seeking the carcasses

B. a deep sleep fell upon Abram

C. an angel of the LORD appeared to Abram

Genesis 15:12

16. After Abram divided the animals what happened when the sun was going down?

B. a deep sleep fell upon Abram

Genesis 15:12

17. What happen when a deep sleep fell upon Abram?

A. the fowls feasted upon the carcasses

B. an horror of great darkness fell upon him

C. the LORD appeared to him in a dream

Genesis 15:12

17. What happen when a deep sleep fell upon Abram?

B. an horror of great darkness fell upon him

Genesis 15:13

18. What did the LORD tell Abram about his seed while he was in a deep sleep?

A. Know of a surety that thy seed shall conquer this land

B. Know of a surety that they seed shall establish a kingdom in this land

C. Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them

Genesis 15:13

18. What did the LORD tell Abram about his seed while he was in a deep sleep?

C. Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them

Genesis 15:13

19. How long will Abram’s seed be afflicted in a strange land?

A. three hundred years

B. four hundred years

C. five hundred years

Genesis 15:13

19. How long will Abram’s seed be afflicted in a strange land?

B. four hundred years

Genesis 15:14

20. What will the LORD do to the nation that Abram’s seed will serve?

A. will I plague

B. will I judge

C. will I punish

Genesis 15:14

20. What will the LORD do to the nation that Abram’s seed will serve?

B. will I judge

Genesis 15:14

21. How will Abram’s seed come out of the land where they were a stranger?

A. with great substance

B. with their lives

C. with great might and the power of God

Genesis 15:14

21. How will Abram’s seed come out of the land where they were a stranger?

A. with great substance

Genesis 15:15

22. How shall Abram go to his fathers?

A. in sorrow

B. in peace

C. in confidence

Genesis 15:15

22. How shall Abram go to his fathers?

B. in peace

Genesis 15:15

23. At what point in his life will Abram be buried?

A. in a good old age

B. in the middle age of life

C. in the prime of his life

Genesis 15:15

23. At what point in his life will Abram be buried?

A. in a good old age

Genesis 15:16

24. When shall Abram’s seed return to the land given to them by the LORD?

A. in the fourth generation

B. after four hundred years

C. in the fullness of time

Genesis 15:16

24. When shall Abram’s seed return to the land given to them by the LORD?

A. in the fourth generation

Genesis 15:16

25. Why will Abram’s seed not return until the forth generation?

A. the sins of the Canaanites are not yet complete

B. the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full

C. the rebellion of the inhabitants of this land must be fulfilled

Genesis 15:16

25. Why will Abram’s seed not return until the forth generation?

B. the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full

Genesis 15:17

26. What passed between the pieces of animals, when the sun went down, and it was dark?

A. a pillar of flame

B. a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp

C. a mighty rushing wind

Genesis 15:17

26. What passed between the pieces of animals, when the sun went down, and it was dark?

B. a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp

Genesis 15:18

27. What were the boundaries of the land that the LORD gave to Abram’s seed by covenant with Abram?

A. from the Great Sea to the Jordan River

B. from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates

C. from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza

Genesis 15:18

27. What were the boundaries of the land that the LORD gave to Abram’s seed by covenant with Abram?

B. from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates

Genesis 15:19-21

28. Who were the peoples living in the land between the river of Egypt and the river Euphrates?

A. the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite

B. the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites

C. the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites

Genesis 15:19-21

28. Who were the peoples living in the land between the river of Egypt and the river Euphrates?

B. the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites