Q&A for Genesis 12 | Understand Your Bible

Chapter

Genesis 12

Question/Answer 1

Question 1

1. What was Abram asked to leave?

Answer 1

v 1 Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you

Question/Answer 2

Question 2

2. What did God promise Abram?

Answer 2

v 2 and 3 I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

Question/Answer 3

Question 3

3. What did Abram tell Sarai to tell the Egyptians about their relationship, and why?

Answer 3

v 12 and 13 It will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will save you alive. Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.”