Genesis 12 Quiz — The Call of Abram — 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.What did the LORD tell Abram to leave?
- A. His country, kindred, and father's house ✓
- B. His flocks only
- C. His tent
- D. His city only
Answer: His country, kindred, and father's house
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee. (Genesis 12:1)
Q2.What three things did God promise to make Abram?
- A. A great nation, to bless him, and make his name great ✓
- B. A king, a priest, and a prophet
- C. Rich, famous, and powerful
- D. Wise, strong, and honorable
Answer: A great nation, to bless him, and make his name great
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing. (Genesis 12:2)
Q3.What did God say about those who bless and curse Abram?
- A. I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee ✓
- B. They will be ignored
- C. They will be punished
- D. They will be blessed regardless
Answer: I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (Genesis 12:3)
Q4.How old was Abram when he departed from Haran?
- A. Sixty years old
- B. Seventy years old
- C. Seventy-five years old ✓
- D. One hundred years old
Answer: Seventy-five years old
So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. (Genesis 12:4)
Q5.Who went with Abram from Haran?
- A. Sarai, Lot, and all their substance ✓
- B. Sarai only
- C. Lot only
- D. His servants only
Answer: Sarai, Lot, and all their substance
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran. (Genesis 12:5)
Q6.Where did Abram build his first altar unto the LORD in Canaan?
- A. Unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh ✓
- B. Bethel
- C. Hebron
- D. Beersheba
Answer: Unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD. (Genesis 12:6-7)
Q7.Why did Abram go down into Egypt?
- A. For there was a famine in the land ✓
- B. To trade goods
- C. To visit Pharaoh
- D. To find Lot
Answer: For there was a famine in the land
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. (Genesis 12:10)
Q8.What did Abram ask Sarai to do in Egypt?
- A. Say she was his sister, because he feared they would kill him for his wife ✓
- B. Dress as a servant
- C. Hide in the tent
- D. Pretend to be Egyptian
Answer: Say she was his sister, because he feared they would kill him for his wife
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife... Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. (Genesis 12:11-13)
Q9.What did Pharaoh do when he saw Sarai?
- A. He took her into his house
- B. He gave Abram gifts
- C. Both of the above ✓
- D. He sent them away
Answer: Both of the above
The Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. (Genesis 12:14-16)
Q10.How did the LORD plague Pharaoh?
- A. With great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife ✓
- B. With locusts
- C. With darkness
- D. With hail
Answer: With great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife
And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. (Genesis 12:17)