Benjamin Bible Quiz — Questions and Answers
All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.
Q1.Who was Benjamin's mother?
- A. Leah
- B. Rachel ✓
- C. Bilhah
- D. Zilpah
Answer: Rachel
Genesis 35:18 (KJV) — Rachel died in childbirth, naming him Ben-oni; 'his father called him Benjamin.'
Q2.What did Rachel first call him before she died?
- A. Ben-ammi
- B. Ben-oni ✓
- C. Benoni-el
- D. Beni-rachel
Answer: Ben-oni
Genesis 35:18 (KJV) — 'She called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.'
Q3.Near what city was Benjamin born?
- A. Hebron
- B. Bethel
- C. Bethlehem (Ephrath) ✓
- D. Shechem
Answer: Bethlehem (Ephrath)
Genesis 35:19 (KJV) — 'Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.'
Q4.How much greater was Benjamin's mess at Joseph's table than his brothers'?
- A. Twofold
- B. Threefold
- C. Fivefold ✓
- D. Sevenfold
Answer: Fivefold
Genesis 43:34 (KJV) — 'Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs.'
Q5.What was hidden in Benjamin's sack?
- A. Bread
- B. Joseph's silver cup ✓
- C. Gold
- D. A garment
Answer: Joseph's silver cup
Genesis 44:12 (KJV) — 'The cup was found in Benjamin's sack.'
Q6.What did Joseph give Benjamin in addition to his portion?
- A. A house
- B. Five changes of raiment and 300 pieces of silver ✓
- C. A flock of sheep
- D. A signet ring
Answer: Five changes of raiment and 300 pieces of silver
Genesis 45:22 (KJV) — 'To Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.'
Q7.In Jacob's blessing, Benjamin is compared to what?
- A. A lion's whelp
- B. A ravenous wolf ✓
- C. A serpent by the way
- D. A fruitful bough
Answer: A ravenous wolf
Genesis 49:27 (KJV) — 'Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf.'
Q8.Israel's first king came from which tribe?
- A. Judah
- B. Levi
- C. Benjamin ✓
- D. Ephraim
Answer: Benjamin
1 Samuel 9:1-2 (KJV) — Saul was 'a Benjamite... a choice young man, and a goodly.'
Q9.Paul declared himself to be of which tribe?
- A. Judah
- B. Benjamin ✓
- C. Levi
- D. Reuben
Answer: Benjamin
Philippians 3:5 (KJV) — 'Of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin.'
Q10.In Judges 20, what calamity nearly destroyed the tribe of Benjamin?
- A. A plague
- B. Civil war with the other tribes ✓
- C. Famine
- D. Philistine invasion
Answer: Civil war with the other tribes
Judges 20:46-48 (KJV) — Israel's war with Benjamin nearly wiped out the tribe.