Thomas Nelson - Did You Know?: More Than 6,000 Bible Questions and Answers

1987 by Thomas Nelson

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Bible questions & answers.

Nelsons quick-reference Bible questions and answers.

Originally published as Bible questions and answers.

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CONTENTS

Learning more about the Bible is one of the most important things you can do. And it can also be exciting. Did You Know? helps you to explore the Bible from beginning to end. You will meet the people, walk the places, and relive the events that shaped the Bible world and our faith today.

Did You Know? is divided according to the content of the six sections of Bible literature:

Historythe early history of the world; Gods covenants with Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David; the judges; the kings; and chronicles of war

Poetrypraise, prayer, and wisdom in poetic form

ProphecyGods voice through the prophets to Israel regarding His will for them and His promise of a Deliverer

Gospelsthe accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John concerning the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ

Acts of the Apostlesthe history of the early church and those who helped to spread the gospel to both Jews and Gentiles

Epistlesletters of instruction to the church

The questions in this book make acquiring Bible facts easy and fun. They are asked in a variety of ways (short answer, true/false, multiple choice, fill in the blank, sentence completion); and the answers, all of which are supported by Bible references, are often expanded to give you background or explanatory information.

Illustrations, lists, and maps are included as visual aids to increase your understanding.

You may choose to read Did You Know? on your own, but it is also an entertaining and educational tool when used in groups. Challenge your youth or Bible study members to become more well rounded in their knowledge of the Bible. This book is a great place to start.

1. Fill in the blank: In the beginning created the heavens and the earth.God (Gen. 1:1).

2. Multiple choice: Who was hovering over the face of the waters when God began His creative acts? (a) The Spirit of God; (b) Lucifer; or (c) Michael the archangel. (a) The Spirit of God (Gen. 1:2).

3. Fill in the blanks: Then God said, Let make man in image, according to likeness.Us... Our... Our (Gen. 1:26). These pronouns are either majestic plurals or hints of the Trinity.

4. Multiple choice: To whom did God say, I have given you every herb that yields seed... and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food? (a) All living creatures; (b) man only; or (c) cattle only. (b) Man only (Gen. 1:2729). The other creatures were given only green herbs (v. 30).

5. True or false? A river went out of Eden to water the garden.True (Gen. 2:10). This river divided into four rivers.

6. Question: Who was Adam and Eves first son?Cain (Gen. 4:1).

7. Fill in the blank: Adam and Eves second son, , was a keeper of sheep.Abel (Gen. 4:2). Although Abels life was brief, the writer of Hebrews saw him as a great example of wholehearted commitment to God (Heb. 11:4).

8. Multiple choice: What son did Eve say God gave her to replace Abel, whom Cain killed? (a) Seth; (b) Enoch; or (c) Enosh. (a) Seth (Gen. 4:25).

9. Fill in the blank: And walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.Enoch (Gen. 5:24).

10. Question: Who were the three sons of Noah?Shem, Ham and Japheth (Gen. 5:32). Noah began to have children when he was five hundred years old.

11. Multiple choice: On what mountain did the ark come to rest after the Flood? (a) Olives; (b) Ararat; or (c) Horeb. (b) Ararat (Gen. 8:4).

12. Multiple choice: From which son of Noah was Abram descended? (a) Shem; (b) Ham; or (c) Japheth. (a)Shem (Gen. 11:10, 26). All the Near Eastern people descended from Shem (Gen. 10:2131). The word Semitic comes from his name.

Noahs ark

13. Multiple choice: Which one of these does not identify Terah? (a) Abrams father; (b) Sarais father-in-law; or (c) Harans brother. (c) Harans brother (Gen. 11:31). Haran was Abrams brother and the father of Milcah, the wife of Abrams brother Nahor.

14. Fill in the blanks: Noah and his family were spared destruction by the Flood because Noah was a man, in his generations.Just... perfect (Gen. 6:9). Noah seems to have been alone as a righteous man before the Lord. Therefore, he found grace in the eyes of the LORD (V. 8).

15. Multiple choice: What descendant of Ham became a mighty hunter before the Lord? (a) Cush; (b) Canaan; or (c) Nimrod. (c) Nimrod (Gen. 10:9).

16. Multiple choice: Identify Chedorlaomer. (a) The king of Sodom; (b) the king of Elam; or (c) the king of Gomorrah. (b) The king of Elam (Gen. 14:9).

17. Multiple choice: To whom did the Angel of the Lord say, Return to your mistress, and submit yourselfunder her hand? (a) Tamar; (b) Hagar; or (c) Shamgar. (b) Hagar (Gen. 16:8, 9).

18. Multiple choice: Who besides Pharaoh did Abraham tell that Sarah was his sister, so that they would treat him well? (a) Bera, king of Sodom; (b) Melchizedek, king of Salem; or (c) Abimelech, king of Gerar. (c) Abimelech, king of Gerar (Gen. 20:2).

19. True or false? Sarah and Abraham had the same father.True (Gen. 20:12).

20. Question: What was the name of Abrahams son which Sarah bore him?Isaac (Gen. 21:3).

21. Multiple choice: Who made Lot drunk with wine so that he unknowingly fathered a child by each of his two daughters? (a) His wife; (b) his two daughters; or (c) Abraham. (b) His two daughters (Gen. 19:3236).

22. Multiple choice: Who carried the wood for the burnt offering that God instructed Abraham to make of Isaac? (a) Abraham; (b) Isaac; or (c) Ishmael. (b) Isaac (Gen. 22:6). When Isaac carried the wood to Moriah, he did not know that he was to be the sacrifice (v. 7).