Bible Jobs Trivia

1. According to Genesis 4:2, who was the first farmer?

From Quiz Farmers in the Old and New Testaments

Answer: Cain

Cain, described as a tiller of the ground in Genesis 4:2 in the NKJV, is the correct answer. (The same verse in the NIV describes him as a person "who worked the soil".) Incidentally, Genesis 4:2, indicates Cain's brother Abel was a keeper of sheep. In other words, he was the first shepherd. Chapter 4 of Genesis goes on to tell of Cain becoming severely jealous of Abel and killing him.

From Quiz Shepherds in the Old and New Testaments

Answer: Abel

Genesis 4:2 states Abel was the "keeper of sheep" while his older brother Cain was a "tiller of the ground." No further details are giving about their occupations. The two men were the sons of Adam and Eve. Chapter 4 of Genesis goes on to tell of Cain killing Abel in a severe fit of jealousy.

From Quiz Write On! A Quiz About Writers in the Bible

Answer: The LORD

The ten commandments were inscribed into two tablets of stone by God, according to Scripture. According to Exodus 20, a first set of tablets containing the ten commandments had been created. However, Exodus 32:19 states Moses broke the two tablets when he threw them in anger after returning from his visit with the LORD and saw the Isrzelites worshiping a golden calf. When Moses returned to meet with the LORD a second set of tablets was produced. Exodus 34:1, in the NKJKV states: "And the LORD said to Moses, 'Cut two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I will write on these tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you broke'."

From Quiz Biblical Blue Collars

Answer: Judas Iscariot and Matthew

Matthew was a tax collector, so his job was a governmental position. Judas kept the accounts of the group, so he was able to read, write and handle money. Most Bible scholars think he was a scribe. Of the others, Peter, James, John and Andrew were recruited from among the fishermen of the Sea of Galilee. The occupations of Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, James, Judas and Simon are unknown. It is assumed they were tradesmen or laborers of some sort without much education.

From Quiz Work in the Bible

Answer: Adam

After he had eaten from the tree of knowledge, God punished Adam by requiring him to work for his food. (Genesis 3:22-24)

From Quiz Biblical Employment

Answer: farmer

Noah started farming, and planted a vineyard. He became drunk on his own wine. Genesis 9:20,21

From Quiz Occupations of the Bible

Answer: farmer

Genesis 4:2 ... 'but Cain was a tiller of the ground.'

From Quiz A Quick Look at Fishermen & Fish in the Bible

Answer: Plague of Waters Becoming Blood

When the water of the Nile River was miraculously turned into blood, Exodus 7:21 in the NKJV states all the fish died and the river stank. As a result, the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river. Details about the water turned into blood can be found in Exodus 7:14-21. It was the first of ten plagues unleashed on Egypt to convince the Pharaoh to give permission to the Israelites to leave the country and head to Canaan, known as the Promised Land.

From Quiz Farmers in the Old and New Testaments

Answer: Gideon

Judges 6:11 tells of Gideon threshing wheat in a winepress "in order to hide it from the Midianites" when he was visited by an Angel of the LORD. At the time, the Midianites ruled over the Israelites and in a divine message, Gideon was told he would lead Israel to victory over its oppressors. Scripture goes on to tell of Gideon leading the Israelites to spectacular military victories and becoming a judge of the nation.

From Quiz Shepherds in the Old and New Testaments

Answer: Rachel

Rachel is the correct answer. According to Scripture, Jacob had travelled to Haran, the home of his mother Rebekah, when he met Rachel, who was taking care of her father's sheep. Scripture goes on to tell of Jacob rolling the stone from the mouth of a nearby well, enabling Rachel's sheep to drink. Scripture goes on to tell of Jacob working for fourteen years for Rachel's father Laban to earn the right to win her hand in marriage. Jacob and Rachel were the parents of Joseph and Benjamin.

From Quiz Write On! A Quiz About Writers in the Bible

Answer: Isaiah

According to 2 Chronicles 26:22, Isaiah wrote about the exploits of Uzziah, a king of Israel who was struck with leprosy as divine retribution. 2 Chronicles 26:16-21 tells of Uzziah's downfall with Verse 22, in the NKJV, stating, "The other events of Uzziah's reign, from beginning to end, are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz." According to Scripture, Uzziah was struck with leprosy after he had an altercation with no less than eighty "courageous" priests of the LORD. Scripture states Uzziah "had leprosy until the day he died." He was replaced as king by his son Jotham. Here's how 2 Chronicles 26:16-23 explains things in the NKJV: "But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. Azariah the priest with eighty other courageous priests of the LORD followed him in. They confronted King Uzziah and said, 'It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by the LORD God.' "Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests in their presence before the incense altar in the LORD'S temple, leprosy broke out on his forehead. When Azariah the chief priest and all the other priests looked at him, they saw that he had leprosy on his forehead, so they hurried him out. Indeed, he himself was eager to leave, because the LORD had afflicted him." "King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house -- leprous, and banned from the temple of the LORD. Jotham his son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land."

From Quiz Biblical Blue Collars

Answer: farming

When Adam was in the Garden of Eden, his job was to care for it (Genesis 2:15). After Adam was driven from the Garden of Eden, he had to support his growing family by raising his own food which wasn't easy because of the curse placed on the land (Genesis 3:17-19). Adam's sons, Cain and Abel also had agriculture-related jobs. Cain was a farmer and Abel a shepherd (Genesis 4:2).

From Quiz Job Alert!

Answer: brickmaker

It says in Genesis 11:3, "And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar." Earlier in chapter 10 we see that the "they" the verse refers to is Noah's family.

From Quiz Work in the Bible

Answer: Jacob

Ultimately, Jacob had to work fourteen years for Rachel because, after the first seven years, Laban required Jacob to marry the older sister, Leah. (Genesis 29)

From Quiz Occupations of the Bible

Answer: maidservant

Genesis 16:1

From Quiz A Quick Look at Fishermen & Fish in the Bible

Answer: Solomon

1 Kings 4:1-34 tells of Solomon's riches and his superior wisdom. According to Verse 34 in the NKJV, "men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon." Verse 33 also states Solomon spoke of trees and of animals, including "birds, creeping things and fish." According to the passage, Solomon "spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs were one thousand and five."

From Quiz Farmers in the Old and New Testaments

Answer: Noah

Noah is the correct answer. After surviving a massive flood that engulfed the world, Scripture tells of Noah becoming a farmer and planting a vineyard. In the process, he became the first person in the Bible to become drunk. For details, see Genesis 9:20-21. For an account of the flood that engulfed the world, see Genesis 6, 7 and 8.

From Quiz Shepherds in the Old and New Testaments

Answer: Moses

Zipporah was the wife of Moses. According to Exodus 2, Moses first met Zipporah in Midian after he had fled from Egypt where he had murdered an Egyptian man who was beating a Hebrew. Verses 16-17 tell of Moses meeting seven sisters at a well while they were tending the flocks of their father Reuel, also known as Jethro elsewhere in the Bible. Scripture goes on to tell of Moses ending up at the home of Jethro and then taking Zipporah as his wife. Moses and Zipporah were the parents of two sons, Gershom and Eliezer, as per Exodus 18:3-4. The Website Biblegateway.com states Zipporah means "a little bird" or "a sparrow."

From Quiz Write On! A Quiz About Writers in the Bible

Answer: Ezekiel

Ezekiel received divine instructions to write a message on two sticks of wood, as per Ezekiel 37:16-17. On one stick Ezekiel wrote, "For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions", and then on the second stick he wrote, "For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions." According to Scripture, Ezekiel was instructed to put the two sticks together to show to the people of Israel. The exercise was intended to communicate to the Israelites they were to be part of one kingdom with one king. Ezekiel 37:15-23 explains things this way in the NKJV: "Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it: 'For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions.' Then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions.' Then join them one to another for yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand. "'And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, 'Will you not show us what you mean by these?' -- say to them, 'Thus says the LORD God: 'Surely I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.' And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes. "Then say to them, 'Thus says the LORD God: 'Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again. They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God."

From Quiz Tonight

Answer: Sheep

This beloved passage can be found in Luke, chapter 2. God could have sent the angel to the richest or most powerful men in the world. Instead, He chose a group of humble shepherds to be the first to learn of the birth of Jesus.

From Quiz Job Alert!

Answer: butler

We can read about his dream in chapter 40 of Genesis as well. He dreamed he was crushing grapes into wine. Joseph told him that in three days he'd go back to being a butler.

From Quiz Work in the Bible

Answer: the Levites

The Levites were set apart from the other Israelite tribes to work at the Tent of Meeting. In exchange for this work, the Levites were taken care of by the other tribes. (Numbers 8:15 and many other references in the Old Testament)

From Quiz Biblical Employment

Answer: governor of the land

He was appointed as the governor over all the land, second only to Pharaoh. Genesis 41:40-44, 42:6

From Quiz Occupations of the Bible

Answer: baker

Genesis, Chapter 40. (The 'cupbearer' was responsible for the household's drinks.)

From Quiz Farmers in the Old and New Testaments

Answer: barley

Boaz, the future husband of Ruth, was a barley farmer. References to barley appear in a number of occasions in the Book of Ruth -- Ruth 1:22, 2:17, 2:23, 3:2, 3:15 and 3:17. The book of Ruth is largely about a romance between Boaz, an Israelite farmer, and Ruth, a Moabite widow. Scripture tells of Boaz and Ruth marrying and becoming parents of Obed. Obed was the father of Jesse and the grandfather of David, one of the greatest kings in Israel's history.

From Quiz Shepherds in the Old and New Testaments

Answer: Psalm 23

David is credited with writing more than seventy Psalms, but Psalm 23, known as 'The Lord is My Shepherd' is the most popular. This even though it consists of only six verses. It's impossible to come up with an exact total of the number of Psalms David wrote as many of the Psalms do not have credit lines. The numbers vary, with different Websites giving a different total for David's contributions. However, the consensus appears to be that David wrote more than seventy Psalms at the very least. According to notes in the NKJV Study Bible, some of the other Palmists include Ethan, Heman, Moses and Asaph as well as Solomon, who is credited with writing two of the Psalms -- Numbers 72 and 127.

From Quiz Write On! A Quiz About Writers in the Bible

Answer: David

David orchestrated the death of Uriah, the husband of Bathsheba, according to Scripture. 2 Samuel 11 states after David committed adultery with Bathsheba while Uriah, a soldier was away fighting in a war, she became pregnant. After plotting and scheming, David eventually decided Uriah had to be removed from the scene. So he ordered Uriah to be placed in the front line where the fighting was fiercest and then had all the men withdraw, as per 2 Samuel 11:15. True to plan, Uriah was killed. David's plan to have Uriah killed was actually documented in a letter he wrote and gave to Uriah to hand deliver to Joab, commander of David's army. Here's how the situation is explained in 2 Samuel 11:14-17 in the NKJV: "In the morning it happened that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. And he wrote in the letter, saying, 'Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die.' So it was, while Joab besieged the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew there were valiant men. Then the men of the city came out and fought with Joab. And some of the people of the servants of David fell; and Uriah the Hittite died also." Scripture goes on to tell of David taking Bathsheba as his wife and the son who was born as a result of the adulterous affair dying shortly after birth.

From Quiz Biblical Blue Collars

Answer: coppersmith

Apparently Paul did not get along with Alexander. He says that the coppersmith in Troas caused him "much trouble" and "withstood his words" (2 Timothy 4:14-15).

From Quiz Job Alert!

Answer: carpenter & carpentry

It says in Mark 6:3, "Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Judah, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him." Joseph, Jesus' step-father was also a carpenter. Jesus began his ministry when he was about 30 years old.

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