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Job had a total of ___ sons and

___daughters.

• 14 sons and 6 daughters

• 10 sons and 10 daughters

• 7 sons and 7 daughters

• 12 sons and 8 daughters

Answer explanation

Job 1:2 - Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

Job 42:13 - He also came to have seven more sons and three more daughters.

True or False. Samuel was Hannah's only child.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

1 Samuel 2: 21 - Jehovah turned his attention to Hanʹnah, so that she could conceive; and she gave birth to three more sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel continued growing up before Jehovah.

Jehovah sent Jonah to preach to where?

Answer explanation

Jonah 1:1,2 - The word of Jehovah came to Joʹnah the son of A·mitʹtai, saying: 2 “Get up, go to Ninʹe·veh the great city, and proclaim judgment against her, for their wickedness has come to my attention.”

When Jesus called Peter to come to him by walking on the water, why did Peter begin to sink?

• He saw a shark

• He was too heavy to float

• He gave way to doubt.

• He wanted to swim instead

Answer explanation

Matthew 14:28-31 - Peter answered him: “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you over the waters.” 29 He said: “Come!” So Peter got out of the boat and walked over the waters and went toward Jesus. 30 But looking at the windstorm, he became afraid. And when he started to sink, he cried out: “Lord, save me!” 31 Immediately stretching out his hand, Jesus caught hold of him and said to him: “You with little faith, why did you give way to doubt?”

Who betrayed Samsom?

Answer explanation

Judges 16:4,5 - After that he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Soʹrek whose name was De·liʹlah. 5 So the lords of the Phi·lisʹtines approached her and said: “Trick him and find out what gives him such great strength and how we can overpower him and tie him and subdue him. For this we will each give you 1,100 silver pieces.”

What was the name of the angel that visited Mary?

• Michael

• Gabriel

• John

• No named was given

Answer explanation

Luke 1:26,27 - In her sixth month, the angel Gaʹbri·el was sent from God to a city of Galʹi·lee named Nazʹa·reth, 27 to a virgin promised in marriage to a man named Joseph of David’s house, and the name of the virgin was Mary.

Ruth married ______

and became an ancestress of ______

and_______.

• Ruth married David and became an ancestress of Moses and Jesus Christ

• Ruth married King Solomon and became an ancestress of David and Goliath

• Ruth married a Moabite and became an ancestress of King David and King Solomon

• Ruth married Boaz and became an ancestress of King David and Jesus Christ

Answer explanation

Matthew 1:5, 6, 16 - Salʹmon became father to Boʹaz by Raʹhab; Boʹaz became father to Oʹbedo by Ruth; Oʹbed became father to Jesʹse;

 6 Jesʹse became father to David the king.

David became father to Solʹo·mon by the wife of U·riʹah;

16 Jacob became father to Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

Where did Rahab hide the spies that Joshua sent?

• in the closet, behind the clothes

• on the roof, among the stalks of flax

• in the basement, behind the grain

• in the corner, behind the door

Answer explanation

Joshua 2:6. - (However, she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among stalks of flax laid in rows on the roof.)

King Solomon was given what other name that means, "Beloved of Jehovah."

• Zachariah

• Jedidiah

• David

• Micah

Answer explanation

2 Samuel 12:24, 25 - Then David comforted his wife Bath-sheʹba. He went in to her and lay down with her. In time she bore a son, and he was named Solʹo·mon. And Jehovah loved him, 25 and he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jed·i·diʹah,* for the sake of Jehovah.

*Meaning “Beloved of Jah.”

The names of Noah’s

three sons were, Shem, Ham, and _______?

Answer explanation

Genesis 6:10 - In time Noah became father to three sons, Shem, Ham, and Jaʹpheth.