Husbands and Wives in the Bible Quiz

Answer: Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve are in the first few chapters of Genesis. Adam was created from the dust of the ground (Genesis 2:7) and Eve was created from Adam's rib (Genesis 2:21-22). In Genesis 3 they ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil and were driven out of the garden of Eden.

Answer: Abraham and Sarah

The story of Abraham and Sarah is in Genesis 12 through 23. In Genesis 12:1 God tells Abram to leave his country to a land He will show him. In Genesis 17:3-16 God changes their names to Abraham and Sarah and promises them a child who is born when Abraham is 100 and Sarah is 90 (Genesis 21:1-7).

Answer: Isaac and Rebekah

In Genesis 24 Abraham sends a servant to the city of Nahor where he finds Rebekah who agrees to go back with him and marry Isaac. She gives birth to Esau and Jacob in Genesis 25:24-26. Rebekah deceives Isaac in Genesis 27:6-29 by making him think Jacob is Esau and he proceeds to give Jacob the blessing.

Answer: Jacob and Rachel

Jacob's father-in-law was another deceiver. He forced Jacob to marry Leah before he could marry Rachel (Genesis 29:21-30). Rachel gave birth to her first son Joseph in Genesis 30:22-24, and Jacob gave him the coat of many colors in Genesis 37:5. Sadly, Rachel died while giving birth to her second son Benjamin (Genesis 35:16-20).

Answer: Moses and Zipporah

We read in Exodus 2 where Moses was born and his mother put him in a basket and into the river. Pharaoh's daughter found him and he later became her son (verse 10). Later in the chapter Moses runs away to Midian where he meets the priest's daughters and remains in Midian and marries Zipporah (verse 21). In Numbers 12:1 Miriam and Aaron are upset because Zipporah is Ethiopian.

Answer: Boaz and Ruth

Ruth became a young widow (Ruth 1:4-5) and refused to go home to Moab because she wanted to go with Naomi (Ruth 1:15-19). There in Bethlehem she met and later married Boaz (Ruth 4:13). Their son Obed was the father of Jesse who was the father of David (Ruth 4:17).

Answer: Elkanah and Hannah

In the first chapter of I Samuel Elkanah has two wives, Peninnah and Hannah, but he loved Hannah more (verse 5). Pininnah had children and liked to provoke Hannah because she was barren (verse 6). She prayed at the temple for a son and promised to give him to the Lord (verse 11). Samuel was soon born and they brought him to the priest, Eli, and returned him to the Lord (verses 19-28).

Answer: Joseph and Mary

Joseph was a carpenter (Matthew 13:55). When the angel Gabriel came to Mary to give her the news that she will have a son Jesus, he called her "highly favoured of the Lord" (Luke 1:28). Jesus was later born in a stable and placed in a manger (Luke 2:7). The angel announced to the shepherds that a Saviour was born (verses 10-11).

Answer: Zacharias and Elisabeth

Just before the story of the saviour's birth is the story of Zacharias and Elisabeth in Luke 1. In verse 5 we find that Zacharias is a priest and Elisabeth was "of the daughters of Aaron". An angel appears to Zacharias to tell him he will have a son (verse 13) and then strikes Zacharias dumb because he didn't believe (verses 19-20).

When John (the Baptist) was born his father prophesied that he will prepare the way of the Lord (verse 76).

Answer: Ananias and Sapphira

In Acts 4:34-35 people who owned land or houses sold them and gave the full amount to the disciples to distribute to those in need. Ananias and Sapphira sold a possession, but decided to keep part of the price for themselves. When Ananias laid the money at the apostles' feet and when Sapphira later came to the apostles both were struck dead for lying to God (Acts 5:1-10).