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GENESIS CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

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1. How old was Sarah when she died?
a) 132
b) 127 *
c) 122
d) 119

2. Where did Sarah die?
a) Kiriath Arba *
b)Beersheba
c) Moriah
d) Zoar

3. What is another name for Kiriath Arba?
a) Sarah
b) Beersheba
c) Hebron*
d) Ephron

4. What did Abraham do after Sarah died?
a) mourn and weep*
b) fast and pray
c) wail and whine
d) offer a sacrifice

5. What did Abraham ask the Hittites after Sarah's death?
a) Why did you let my wife die?
b) Will you please bury my wife?
c) Will you sell me some property for a burial site?*
d) What will I do without her?

6. How did the Hittites reply to Abraham's request?
a) We will bury your dead for you
b) We do not want to sell our property to you because you are a stranger
c) You must take her to her homeland to be buried
d) you are a might prince among us. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.*

7. What was the name of the cave that Abraham wanted to purchase to bury Sarah?
a) Machpelah*
b) Moriah
c) Zoar
d) Hebron

8. Who owned the cave that Abraham wanted to purchase to bury Sarah?
a) Abimelech
b) Ephron*
c) Nahor
d) Milcah

9. What was the response of the owner of the cave to Abraham?
a) that property has been in my family for a long time
b) I must ask my father if I should sell the property to you because you are a stranger here
c) I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it*
d) Please do not ask to buy my property

10. What was Abraham's response to Ephron's offer?
a) I will seek another field to bury my dead
b) I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead *
c) I will return to my home to bury my dead
d) thank you

11. How much did the owner say the land was worth?
a) 200 shekels of silver
b) 250 shekels of silver
c) 300 shekels of silver
d) 400 shekels of silver*

12. How much did Abraham pay for the property to bury Sarah?
a) 200 shekels of silver
b) 250 shekels of silver
c) 300 shekels of silver
d) 400 shekels of silver*

13. "So Ephron s field in Machpelah near _____ -- both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field--was deeded to Abraham..."
a) Mamre*
b) Hebron
c) Zoar
d) Uz

14. In whose presence was the field deeded to Abraham?
a) the Philistines
b) the Amorites
c) the Hittites*
d) the Isrealites

15. "Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (which is at Hebron) in the land of ______."
a) the Philistines
b) Canaan*
c) Zoar
d) the free
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