Rahab Bible Quiz

Answer key for Rahab Bible Quiz

1. Q1: In which city did Rahab live? Answer: Jericho. And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. Reference: Joshua 2:1 (KJV).
2. Q2: What was Rahab's profession before she believed? Answer: A harlot. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. Reference: Joshua 2:1 (KJV).
3. Q3: What did Rahab hide on her roof? Answer: The spies of Israel. But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax. Reference: Joshua 2:6 (KJV).
4. Q4: What sign did Rahab hang from her window for protection? Answer: A scarlet thread / cord. Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by. Reference: Joshua 2:18 (KJV).
5. Q5: What did Rahab confess about the LORD God of Israel? Answer: The LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. For the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. Reference: Joshua 2:11 (KJV).
6. Q6: Who was spared when Jericho fell? Answer: Rahab and her father's household, and all that she had. And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day. Reference: Joshua 6:25 (KJV).
7. Q7: In which New Testament chapter is Rahab praised for her faith? Answer: Both Hebrews 11 and James 2. By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. (Hebrews 11:31) …Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? (James 2:25) Reference: Hebrews 11:31 (KJV).
8. Q8: Rahab became the mother of whom in the genealogy of Christ? Answer: Boaz. And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse. Reference: Matthew 1:5 (KJV).
9. Q9: What did Rahab ask the spies to show her? Answer: Kindness to her father's house, and save alive my father, my mother, my brethren, and my sisters. Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token. Reference: Joshua 2:12 (KJV).
10. Q10: What does Rahab's story demonstrate? Answer: God's grace can save anyone who believes. Rahab, a Gentile and a harlot, was saved by faith and became an ancestor of Jesus Christ. Reference: Joshua 2 (KJV).