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Hebrew Bible Char.
YGK These Characters from the Hebrew Bible
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First patriarch in the Book of Genesis | Abraham |
| City that Abraham was originally from | Ur of the Chaldeans |
| Land promised to Abraham by the Lord | Canaan |
| Wife of Abraham | Sarah |
| Nephew of Abraham who entered Canaan with him | Lot |
| Son Abraham was ordered to sacrifice on Mount Moriah | Isaac |
| Animal provided as a substitute for Isaac's sacrifice | a ram |
| Natural elements used to describe the number of Abraham's future descendants | stars of the sky and sands of the seashore |
| Son Abraham is told to sacrifice in Islamic tradition | Ishmael |
| Mother of Ishmael | Hagar |
| Collectively known as "Abrahamic religions" | Judaism, Christianity, and Islam |
| Third patriarch and son of Isaac and Rebekah | Jacob |
| Item Jacob wore to impersonate his brother Esau | goatskins |
| Vision Jacob had while traveling to see his uncle Laban | angels moving up and down a ladder |
| Daughter of Laban whom Jacob married after seven years of work | Leah |
| Daughter of Laban whom Jacob worked a second seven-year period to marry | Rachel |
| New name given to Jacob after wrestling with an angel | Israel |
| Body part struck by the angel that led to Jewish dietary laws regarding the sciatic muscle | hip socket |
| Number of Tribes of Israel headed by Jacob's sons | twelve |
| Son of Jacob who received a coat of many colors | Joseph |
| Role Joseph attained in Egypt after being sold into slavery | vizier |
| Leader of the Israelites during the Exodus | Moses |
| Woman who raised Moses after finding him in a basket | Pharaoh’s daughter |
| Location where the Lord appeared to Moses in a burning bush | Midian |
| Brother of Moses who helped request the release of the Israelites | Aaron |
| Tenth and final plague of Egypt | death of every first-born male child |
| Holiday established by painting doorposts with lamb's blood | Passover |
| Body of water parted by Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt | Red Sea |
| Mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments | Mount Sinai |
| Moses' successor as leader of the Israelites | Joshua |
| Collective name for rules set forth in the first five books of the Bible | Mosaic Law |
| Strongman who was the last of the twelve leaders in the Book of Judges | Samson |
| Source of Samson's superhuman strength | his hair (never cutting it) |
| Weapon Samson used to slay 1,000 men | jawbone of a donkey |
| Woman who betrayed Samson by cutting his hair while he slept | Delilah |
| Philistine temple that Samson collapsed to kill himself and his captors | Temple of Dagon |
| Prophet whose mother Hannah dedicated him to the Lord's service | Samuel |
| Head priest whom a young Samuel mistook for the voice of God | Eli |
| Stone erected by Samuel after a victory over the Philistines | Ebenezer |
| First king of Israel anointed by Samuel | Saul |
| Person Saul consulted to summon the ghost of Samuel | Witch of Endor |
| Son of Jesse who succeeded Saul as King of Israel | David |
| Champion of the Philistines slain by David with a sling | Goliath |
| Son of Saul with whom David shared a deep relationship | Jonathan |
| Item David installed in the city of Jerusalem | Ark of the Covenant |
| Married woman David fell in love with | Bathsheba |
| Husband of Bathsheba sent by David to die in battle | Uriah the Hittite |
| Prophet who rebuked David for his actions with Bathsheba | Nathan |
| Son of David who led a rebellion against him | Absalom |
| Biblical book traditionally authored by David | Psalms |
| Son of David who requested "wisdom" from the Lord | Solomon |
| Method Solomon proposed to determine a child’s true mother | cut the child in half |
| Building in Jerusalem constructed under Solomon’s rule | The First Temple (Temple of Solomon) |
| Royal figure who visited Solomon in a famous artistic episode | Queen of Sheba |
| Prophet who denounced King Ahab and Jezebel | Elijah |
| Animals that fed Elijah in the wilderness during a drought | ravens |
| Location of Elijah's contest where he summoned fire against the priests of Baal | Mount Carmel |
| Student who requested a "double portion" of Elijah's spirit | Elisha |
| Vehicle that carried Elijah bodily into Heaven | chariot of fire |
| New Testament event where Elijah and Moses converse with Jesus | The Transfiguration |
| Jew brought to the court of Nebuchadnezzar II during the Babylonian captivity | Daniel |
| Daniel's interpretation of an enormous statue in a dream | Four successive kingdoms |
| Daniel's friends cast into a furnace by Nebuchadnezzar | Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego |
| Event during Belshazzar's feast interpreted by Daniel | The writing on the wall |
| Ruler who cast Daniel into a lion’s den | Darius the Mede |
| Reason Daniel was cast into the lion's den | Disobeying an order not to worship the god of Israel |
| Minor prophet sent by God to preach to Nineveh | Jonah |
| City Jonah attempted to flee to instead of Nineveh | Tarshish |
| Creature that swallowed Jonah for three days | A large fish |
| Action taken by Nineveh's inhabitants to show repentance | Donning sackcloth and ashes |
| Object God created to provide Jonah shade outside the city | A gourd |
| Creature that devoured Jonah's gourd | A worm |
| Jewish holiday where the Book of Jonah is read in the afternoon | Yom Kippur |
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