Genesis 22 Quiz — Abraham & Isaac on Mount Moriah — 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.After these things, God did what to Abraham?
- A. Blessed him with more land
- B. Tempted (tested) him ✓
- C. Sent angels to him
- D. Gave him a new name
Answer: Tempted (tested) him
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham. (Genesis 22:1)
Q2.Whom did God tell Abraham to take to the land of Moriah?
- A. Sarah
- B. Isaac ✓
- C. Ishmael
- D. Eliezer
Answer: Isaac
Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah. (Genesis 22:2)
Q3.What did Abraham take with him for the burnt offering?
- A. A lamb from his flock
- B. Wood, fire, and a knife ✓
- C. Gold and incense
- D. Water and bread
Answer: Wood, fire, and a knife
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife. (Genesis 22:6)
Q4.Who carried the wood?
- A. Abraham
- B. Isaac ✓
- C. The servants
- D. A donkey
Answer: Isaac
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son. (Genesis 22:6)
Q5.What did Abraham tell his young men they would do?
- A. Return to Ur
- B. Go and worship, and come again to them ✓
- C. Wait seven days
- D. Build an altar
Answer: Go and worship, and come again to them
Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. (Genesis 22:5)
Q6.What did Isaac ask his father?
- A. Where is the lamb for a burnt offering? ✓
- B. Why are we here?
- C. Will mother come too?
- D. How far is it?
Answer: Where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? (Genesis 22:7)
Q7.What was Abraham's answer to Isaac?
- A. The LORD will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering ✓
- B. We shall find one on the mountain
- C. Do not ask questions
- D. I will be the sacrifice
Answer: The LORD will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering. (Genesis 22:8)
Q8.When Abraham stretched forth his hand to slay Isaac, what stopped him?
- A. An angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven ✓
- B. Isaac ran away
- C. A thunderstorm came
- D. Sarah arrived
Answer: An angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. (Genesis 22:11)
Q9.What did Abraham see caught in the thicket?
- A. A lamb
- B. A ram ✓
- C. A goat
- D. A dove
Answer: A ram
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. (Genesis 22:13)
Q10.What did Abraham name that place?
- A. Bethel
- B. Jehovah-jireh ✓
- C. Moriah
- D. Shiloh
Answer: Jehovah-jireh
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. (Genesis 22:14)