Match the Numbers, Old Testament -- #3 Quiz

Answer: 2

According to Genesis 40, Joseph interpreted two prisoners' dreams while he was in prison. Genesis 40 states Joseph successfully interpreted the dreams of the Pharaoh's butler and baker. His actions eventually ended up with him being called upon to interpret dreams for the Pharaoh. Scripture states the Pharaoh was so impressed with Joseph's accurate interpretations that he freed him from prison and made him the second most powerful man in Egypt.

Answer: 127

Sarah, according to Genesis 23:1, was one hundred and twenty-seven years old when she died. She is the only woman in Scripture to have her age recorded at death.

Sarah was married to Abraham and they were the parents of Isaac. According to Scripture, Sarah was often at loggerheads with her Egyptian handmaiden Hagar.

Answer: 30

Joseph was thirty years old when the Pharaoh made him the second most powerful man in Egypt, according to Genesis 41:46. Incredibly, Joseph had been sold into slavery and then tossed into a prison on false charges before his lofty appointment by the Pharaoh. His story is told in Chapters 37 through 50 of Genesis.

Answer: 1

Abraham and Hagar had one child together, Ishmael. According to Genesis 16:1-4, Abraham's wife Sarah was unable to conceive so she gave permission to Abraham to sleep with her handmaiden Hagar to produce a child.

Scripture states after the birth of Ishmael, Sarah and Hagar were often at loggerheads. In fact, the friction became so bad that in later years Abraham ordered Hagar and Ishmael out of his home, to fend for themselves.

Ishmael is generally considered to be the father of the Arab nations.

Answer: 100

Abraham, according to Genesis 21:5, was one hundred years old when Isaac was born. In addition to Abraham being one hundred years old at the time of Isaac's birth, his wife Sarah was ninety years old, according to Genesis 17:17.

Isaac would marry Rebekah and they would become the parents of twin boys, Esau and Jacob.

Answer: 3

According to Scripture it did not rain for three years during the days of Elijah.

1 Kings 17 tells of Elijah proclaiming the drought to King Ahab, his bitter adversary. Chapter 18 begins with Elijah announcing in the third year the drought was coming to an end. The chapter concludes with a dramatic showdown on Mount Carmel between Elijah and four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and rain falling on the land after Elijah's dramatic victory on the mountain.

Answer: 40

According to Genesis 7:4, it rained for forty days and forty nights during Great Flood.

Scripture state eight people were saved on the ark. Those saved were Noah and his wife as well as his three sons and their wives. The sons' names were Shem, Ham and Japheth. The account of Noah and his wife and his three sons and their wives entering the ark to escape the floodwaters can be found in Genesis 7:13.

Meanwhile, Scripture also tells of two of every kind of animals and birds being taken aboard the ark to survive the flood which engulfed the world.

Answer: 50

There are fifty chapters in Genesis. It is the first book in the Hebrew Bible as well as the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

The book tells of the creation of the world and God making a covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to make them a great and mighty nation. Tradition holds Genesis was written by Moses, but many modern day theologians dispute this fact. The book of Genesis is followed by Exodus.

Answer: 12

There are twelve books in the Minor Prophet section of the Old Testament of the Protestant Bible.

The twelve books in the Minor Prophet section are:
1.) Hosea
2.) Joel
3.) Amos
4.) Obadiah
5.) Jonah
6.) Micah
7.) Nahum
8.) Habakkuk
9.) Zephaniah
10.) Haggai
11.) Zechariah
12.) Malachi

The books are called Minor Prophets because they are much shorter than books by major prophets Isiah, Jeremiah, Daniel and Ezekiel. However, the Minor Prophets are seen to be every bit as important as books by the major prophets.

Answer: 39

There are 39 books in the Old Testament Bible. (The Catholic Bible has 48 books in the Old Testament.)

The thirty-nine books in the Old Testament of the Protestant Bible are:
1.) Genesis
2.) Exodus
3.) Leviticus
4.) Numbers
5.) Deuteronomy
6.) Joshua
7.) Judges
8.) Ruth
9.) 1 Samuel
10.) 2 Samuel
11.) 1 Kings
12.) 2 Kings
13.) 1 Chronicles
14.) 2 Chronicles
15.) Ezra
16.) Nehemiah
17.) Esther
18.) Job
19.) Psalm
20.) Proverbs
21.) Ecclesiastes
22.) Song of Solomon
23.) Isaiah
24.) Jeremiah
25.) Lamentations
26.) Ezekiel
27.)Daniel
28.) Hosea
29.) Joel
30.) Amos
31.) Obadiah
32.) Jonah
33.) Micah
34.) Nahum
35.) Habakkuk
36.) Zephaniah
37.) Haggai
38.) Zechariah
39.) Malachi