Reuben 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 Reuben's mother?
- A. Rachel
- B. Leah ✓
- C. Bilhah
- D. Zilpah
Answer: Leah
Genesis 29:32 (KJV) — 'Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben.'
Q2.What sin did Reuben commit that defiled his father's bed?
- A. He stole
- B. He lay with Bilhah ✓
- C. He worshipped idols
- D. He cursed Jacob
Answer: He lay with Bilhah
Genesis 35:22 (KJV) — 'Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine.'
Q3.What did Reuben urge his brothers to do with Joseph?
- A. Sell him to Midianites
- B. Cast him into a pit, not slay him ✓
- C. Take him home
- D. Kill him
Answer: Cast him into a pit, not slay him
Genesis 37:21-22 (KJV) — 'Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit.'
Q4.What did Reuben offer Jacob as surety for Benjamin?
- A. His own life
- B. His two sons ✓
- C. His flocks
- D. His birthright
Answer: His two sons
Genesis 42:37 (KJV) — 'Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee.'
Q5.In Jacob's blessing, what was Reuben likened to?
- A. A lion's whelp
- B. Unstable as water ✓
- C. A fruitful bough
- D. A ravening wolf
Answer: Unstable as water
Genesis 49:4 (KJV) — 'Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.'
Q6.What did Reuben find in the field and bring to his mother?
- A. Quail
- B. Mandrakes ✓
- C. Pomegranates
- D. Manna
Answer: Mandrakes
Genesis 30:14 (KJV) — 'Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field.'
Q7.On which side of Jordan did the tribe of Reuben settle?
- A. West
- B. East ✓
- C. Both
- D. Neither
Answer: East
Numbers 32:33 (KJV) — Moses gave Reuben and Gad the land east of Jordan.
Q8.How many sons did Reuben have, according to Genesis 46?
- A. Two
- B. Three
- C. Four ✓
- D. Five
Answer: Four
Genesis 46:9 (KJV) — 'The sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.'
Q9.Who rebelled with Korah and Dathan from Reuben's tribe?
- A. Abiram and On ✓
- B. Eldad and Medad
- C. Nadab and Abihu
- D. Hophni and Phinehas
Answer: Abiram and On
Numbers 16:1 (KJV) — 'Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men.'
Q10.In Revelation, how many of Reuben's tribe are sealed?
- A. 10,000
- B. 12,000 ✓
- C. 24,000
- D. 144,000
Answer: 12,000
Revelation 7:5 (KJV) — 'Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand.'