Genesis Chapter 23 Questions

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1.  What were the years of the life of Sarah? (Genesis 23:1 KJV)

A. an hundred and seven and twenty years old
B. an hundred and thirty years old
C. an hundred and three and thirty years old

2. Where did Sarah die? (Genesis 23:2 KJV)

A. at Beersheba
B. in Jehovahjireh
C. in Kirjatharba

3. What is the same as Kirjatharba in the land of Canaan? (Genesis 23:2 KJV)

A. Beersheba
B. Zoar
C. Hebron

4. What did Abraham come to do after Sarah died? (Genesis 23:2 KJV)

A. to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her
B. to find Hagar the Egyptian
C. to find his son Ishmael

5. After Abraham mourned and wept for Sarah, to whom did Abraham stand up from before his dead, and spake unto? (Genesis 23:3 KJV)

A. Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host
B. the sons of Heth
C. Lot his brother’s son

6.  What did Abraham request of the sons of Heth because he was a stranger and a sojourner with them, and needed to bury his dead? (Genesis 23:4 KJV)

A. give me a possession of a buryingplace with you
B. give me a tomb hewn out of stone
C. give me a grave plot

7. How did the children of Heth address Abraham? (Genesis 23:5, 6 KJV)

A. prophet of the most high God
B. a mighty hunter before the LORD
C. my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us

8. Where did the children of Heth tell Abraham that he may bury his dead? (Genesis 23:6 KJV)

A. in the Philistines’ land
B. in the plain of Jordan
C. in the choice of our sepulchres

9. What would none of the children of Heth withhold from Abraham?  (Genesis 23:6 KJV)

A. his tomb, but that thou mayest bury thy dead
B. his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead
C. his graveyard, but that thou mayest bury thy dead

10. After the children of Heth told Abraham that none of them would deny their sepulcher from him to bury his dead, what did Abraham do? (Genesis 23:7 KJV)

A. he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them
B. he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD
C. Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth

11. Who did Abraham request that the children of Heth intreat for him that he should bury his dead? (Genesis 23:8 KJV)

A. Abimelech
B. Ephron the son of Zohar
C. Eliezer of Damascus

12. What did Abraham want from Ephron the son of Zohar? (Genesis 23:9 KJV)

A. the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field
B. a grove in Beersheba
C. sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants

13. Why did Abraham want to give as much money as it is worth to Ephon the son of Zohar, for the cave of Machpelah? (Genesis 23:9 KJV)

A. that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this cave
B. that he may dwell in the cave, he and his family
C. for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you

14. Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of whom? (Genesis 23:10 KJV)

A. Abimelech, and Phichol the chief captain of his host
B. Melchizedek king of Salem, the priest of the most high God
C. the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city

15. What does Ephron the Hittite first tell Abraham about the cave of Machpelah which is in the end of Ephron’s field, in the presence of the sons of Ephron’s people? (Genesis 23:11 KJV)

A. Oh, not so, my LORD
B. the field give I thee: bury thy dead
C. the field is worth ten shekels weight of gold

16. After Ephron the Hittite told Abraham that he would give him the cave of Machpelah, then before whom did Abraham bow down himself? (Genesis 23:12 KJV)

A. before Ephron the Hittite
B. before the children of Heth
C. before the people of the land

17. After Ephron the Hittite told Abraham that he would give him the cave of Machpelah, what did Abraham say to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land? (Genesis 23:13 KJV)

A. Behold, I will give thee a thousand pieces of silver for the cave of Machpelah
B. But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there
C. I will not take any thing that is thine

18. What did Ephron tell Abraham, that the land is worth? (Genesis 23:14, 15 KJV)

A. four hundred shekels of silver
B. five hundred shekels of silver
C. six hundred shekels of silver

19. What did Ephron tell Abraham about the four hundred shekels of silver? (Genesis 23:15 KJV)

A. pay me this amount and then bury therefore thy dead
B. what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead
C. pay me half of this amount great prince and favored of God

20. How did Abraham respond when Ephron said what the land was worth? (Genesis 23:16 KJV)

A. Abraham gave Ephron a thousand pieces of silver for the land
B. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant
C. Abraham took sheep, and oxen, and servants, and gave them unto Ephron

21. What was made sure after Abraham weighed to Ephron four hundred shekels of silver? (Genesis 23:17 KJV)

A. For these four hundred shekels of silver shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well
B. Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Ephron, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children
C. the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about

22. Before whom was the field of Ephron made sure unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth? (Genesis 23:18 KJV)

A.before all that went in at the gate of his city
B. before Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host
C. before Eliezer of Damascus

23. Where did Abraham bury Sarah his wife? (Genesis 23:19 KJV)

A. in a grove in Beersheba
B. in Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen
C. in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre

24. What is another name for the burial place of Sarah? (Genesis 23:19 KJV)

A. the same is Beersheba in the land of the Philistines
B. the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan
C. the same is Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered

25. For what purpose was the field, and the cave that is therein, made sure unto Abraham by the sons of Heth? (Genesis 23:20 KJV)

A. for a possession of a wateringplace
B. for a possession of a dwellingplace
C. for a possession of a buryingplace