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GENESIS CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

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1. At the beginning of Chapter 18, the Lord appeared to Abraham near what landmark?
a) Sodom
b) the great trees of Lebanon
c) the great trees of Mamre *
d) the great trees of Cypresswood

2. When Abraham looked up what did he see?
a) three angels
b) three women
c) three men *
d) Adam, Eve and Moses

3. When Abraham saw them what did he do?
a) ran away
b) built an altar for them
c) hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and sang praises
d) hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground *

4. What did Abraham offer to do for them?
a) wash their feet and bring them something to eat *
b) give them money for their journey
c) wash their dirty laundry

5. When Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah what did he want her to do?
a) wash the three men's clothes
b) get three goats and sacrifice them
c) get three seahs of fine flour and knead it and bake some bread *
d) run out to Kroger's and get three loaves of Mrs. Bairds bread

6. After telling Sarah what to do what did he run out and select?
a) a small goat
b) a choice tender calf *
c) a basket of figs

7. Abraham brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared and set them before the three men. While they ate what did Abraham do?
a) ate with them
b) stood near them under a tree *
c) relaxed by them
d) went back to the tent where Sarah was

8. What question did the three men ask Abraham?
a) where is the salt?
b) where is your son?
c) where is your wife Sarah? *
d) where's the beef?

9. What did the Lord tell Abraham and Sarah would happen when he returned?
a) he would bless them with new land
b) Sarah will have a son *
c) he would make Abraham King and Sarah Queen.

10. Sarah was listening to what was said about here having a son. Where was she standing?
a) near the entrance to the temple
b) near the entrance to the tent *
c) near a great tree

11. What was Sarah's reaction to the news that she was to have a child?
a) she laughed to herself *
b) she rushed out to tell her family
c) she was overjoyed

12. Why did Sarah laugh to herself?
a) she thought that she was too old *
b) she realized that she did not have the things needed to have a child and knew that Abraham would be no help because he was too old
c) she thought how will I be able to make the new clothes for the baby

13. After the Lord said "Is anything too hard for the Lord?, what was Sarah's reaction?
a) she fell down before the Lord
b) she was afraid
c) she said 'I did not laugh
d) b&c *

14. When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom. What did Abraham do?
a) he walked back to the tent where Sarah was
b) he walked with them to see then on their way *
c) he went and cleaned up

15. What question did the Lord ask concerning Abraham?
a) Are Sarah and Abraham too old to have children
b) Where should I send the men now?
c) Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? *

16. The Lord had chosen Abraham so that he would do what?
a) direct his children and the household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just *
b) teach his children to grow wheat so they would provide the bread of life
c) lead his nation in a fight against all nations in the west.

17. What was the Lord going to do to find out if the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was in fact that great?
a) see if what they had done is as bad as the outcry that had reached him *
b) send Abraham to find out and report back to him
c) send the three men to find out and report back to him

18. Abraham had great concern about what could happen to Sodom and Gomorrah. What did he ask the Lord?
a) give the cities enough time to repent
b) will he sweep away the righteous with the wicked? *
c) would he wait and destroy Sodom and Gomorrah after the Lord granted him a son by Sarah

19. When he first asked the Lord if he would rally sweep the righteous with the wicked, what was the initial threshold number of people that Abraham asked would be enough to spare the cities?
a) 100
b) 1000
c) 50 *
d) 500

20. Abraham started with 50 people as a threshold number needed to save the cities. He then began to lower that number and kept asking the Lord how many he would need to find in order to spare Sodom and Gomorrah. How many times did he do this after he initially asked?
a) one more time
b) three *
c) five

21. What was the final number of people the Lord needed to find that he would spare the cities?
a) 10 *
b) 5
c) 1
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