Get ready to test your knowledge with this Genesis 6 quiz!
Whether you’re familiar with the chapter or just looking to learn, this quiz promises to be an enlightening experience from the King James Version (KJV).
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Genesis 6 Quiz with Answers
Question No. 1
What led to the wickedness of man on earth as described in Genesis 6?
- A) The length of man’s life and marrying foreign wives
- B) Marrying foreign wives
- C) The sons of God taking daughters of men
- D) The building of cities and towers
- E) None of the above
Answer: C) The sons of God taking daughters of men
Explanation: Genesis 6:2 (KJV) states, “That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.”
Question No. 2
How many years did God say man’s days would be limited to?
- A) 120 years
- B) 150 years
- C) 300 years
- D) 100 years
- E) None of the above
Answer: A) 120 years
Explanation: Genesis 6:3 (KJV) mentions, “And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.”
Question No. 3
What kind of beings were in the earth during the time of Genesis 6?
- A) Giants
- B) Angels
- C) Cherubim
- D) Demons
- E) None of the above
Answer: A) Giants
Explanation: Genesis 6:4 (KJV) states, “There were giants in the earth in those days…”
Question No. 4
What did God see that was great upon the earth, causing Him grief?
- A) The achievements of man
- B) The wickedness of man
- C) The cities built by man
- D) The prayers of man
- E) None of the above
Answer: B) The wickedness of man
Explanation: Genesis 6:5 (KJV) says, “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth…”
Question No. 5
What specific emotion did God feel about creating man?
- A) Regret
- B) Love
- C) Joy
- D) Sadness
- E) Pride
Answer: A) Regret
Explanation: Genesis 6:6 (KJV) mentions, “And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.”
Question No. 6
Whom did God find righteous in Genesis 6?
- A) Abraham
- B) Enoch
- C) Noah
- D) Moses
- E) None of the above
Answer: C) Noah
Explanation: Genesis 6:8-9 (KJV) says, “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord… Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.”
Question No. 7
What was Noah’s relationship to God described as?
- A) A carpenter who could build an ark for God
- B) A prophet
- C) A shepherd
- D) A just man who walked with God
- E) None of the above
Answer: D) A just man who walked with God
Explanation: Genesis 6:9 (KJV) describes Noah as a “just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.”
Question No. 8
What was God’s intention towards mankind after seeing their wickedness?
- A) To banish them
- B) To destroy them
- C) To Jesus Christ to them
- D) To send angels to teach them
- E) To change their language
Answer: B) To destroy them
Explanation: Genesis 6:7 (KJV) says, “And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth…”
Question No. 9
What type of wood was Noah instructed to use for the ark?
- A) Cedar wood
- B) Gopher wood
- C) Oak wood
- D) Pine wood
- E) Sycamore wood
Answer: B) Gopher wood
Explanation: Genesis 6:14 (KJV) states, “Make thee an ark of gopher wood…”
Question No. 10
How many levels (stories) was the ark to have?
- A) Two
- B) Three
- C) Four
- D) Five
- E) Bible didn’t specify
Answer: B) Three
Explanation: Genesis 6:16 (KJV) says, “With lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.”
Question No. 11
What was the purpose of the ark according to God’s instructions?
- A) To house the animals
- B) To save Noah and his family
- C) To display God’s power
- D) To store food
- E) To provide shelter for all creatures
Answer: B) To save Noah and his family
Explanation: Genesis 6:18 (KJV) specifies that the covenant was with Noah to save him and his family, “But with thee will I establish my covenant…”
Question No. 12
How many of each clean animal was Noah instructed to take into the ark?
- A) One pair
- B) Two pairs
- C) Seven pairs
- D) Four pairs
- E) Five pairs
Answer: C) Seven pairs
Explanation: Genesis 7:2 (KJV) mentions seven pairs of clean animals, though this verse appears in the next chapter for context.
Question No. 13
What covenant did God establish with Noah in Genesis 6?
- A) A covenant of peace
- B) A covenant of salvation
- C) A covenant of health
- D) A covenant of prosperity
- E) A covenant of land
Answer: B) A covenant of salvation through the ark
Explanation: Genesis 6:18 (KJV) states, “But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark…”
Question No. 14
What was Noah required to bring into the ark aside from his family?
- A) Livestock only
- B) Birds only
- C) All animals, male and female
- D) Seeds and plants
- E) None of the above
Answer: C) All animals, male and female
Explanation: Genesis 6:19 (KJV) instructs, “And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.”
Question No. 15
What was Noah to prepare in addition to the ark?
- A) Weapons for protection
- B) Food for himself and animals
- C) Clothing for all
- D) An altar for worship
- E) Water vessels for drinking
Answer: B) Food for himself and animals
Explanation: Genesis 6:21 (KJV) says, “And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee…”
Question No. 16
What did Noah do according to all God commanded him?
- A) He questioned God
- B) He built a tower instead
- C) He obeyed God’s instructions exactly
- D) He delayed due to fear
- E) He sought advice from his friends
Answer: C) He obeyed God’s instructions exactly
Explanation: Genesis 6:22 (KJV) states, “Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.”
Question No. 17
Why did God specifically choose Noah?
- A) Because he was a great builder
- B) Because he was wealthy
- C) Because he was a preacher
- D) Because he was fearless
- E) None of the above
Answer: E) None of the above
Explanation: Genesis 6:9 (KJV) describes Noah as “a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.”
Question No. 18
Who would perish in the flood according to Genesis 6?
- A) Only the wicked
- B) All flesh, except those on the ark
- C) Only those who mocked Noah
- D) The Nephilim only
- E) Only the people of Noah’s city
Answer: B) All flesh, except those on the ark
Explanation: Genesis 6:17 (KJV) explains, “And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh…”
Question No. 19
What did God say about every creeping thing in Genesis 6?
- A) Only some would be saved
- B) They must also enter the ark
- C) They are cursed
- D) They are unworthy of salvation
- E) They would increase after the flood
Answer: B) They must also enter the ark
Explanation: Genesis 6:20 (KJV) specifies, “Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee…”
Question No. 20
What did God give Noah as a sign to begin building the ark?
- A) A vision
- B) An angel
- C) A voice
- D) A covenant
- E) A rainbow
Answer: D) A covenant
Explanation: Genesis 6:18 (KJV) states God established a covenant with Noah before instructing him to build the ark.