Jacob Biblical trivia quiz questions with answers
Who were Jacob's parents according to the
Bible?
Answer: Isaac and Rebekah.
What was the name of Jacob's twin brother?
Answer: Esau.
What did Jacob do to receive Esau's birthright?
Answer: He tricked him into selling it for a bowl of stew.
What was the name of the ladder that Jacob saw in his
dream?
Answer: Jacob's ladder.
Where did Jacob flee to after tricking his father into
giving him Esau's blessing?
Answer: Haran.
Who did Jacob meet at a well in Haran?
Answer: Rachel, whom he later married.
How many sons did Jacob have?
Answer: 12.
What was the name of Jacob's favorite son?
Answer: Joseph.
What did Jacob do to receive Rachel's hand in marriage?
Answer: He worked for her father for seven years.
How many years did Jacob end up working for Rachel's
father before he was allowed to marry her?
Answer: 14.
What was the name of Jacob's first wife?
Answer: Leah.
How did Jacob acquire wealth while working for Laban?
Answer: He used his knowledge of
animal husbandry to breed strong and
healthy flocks.
What did Jacob do to protect his family and property
from Laban's deceitful actions?
Answer: He fled with his family in the middle of the night.
Who did Jacob wrestle with all night and receive a new
name from?
Answer: An angel.
What was Jacob's new name?
Answer: Israel.
What did Jacob's sons do in response to Dinah's rape?
Answer: They killed Shechem and his men.
Which of Jacob's sons was sold into slavery by his
brothers?
Answer: Joseph.
What did Jacob believe had happened to Joseph when his
brothers told him he was dead?
Answer: He believed that Joseph had been killed by a wild animal.
Who convinced Jacob to allow Benjamin to travel to
Egypt with his brothers?
Answer: Judah.
What did Joseph demand of his brothers before he would
reveal his true identity to them in Egypt?
Answer: He demanded that they bring their youngest brother, Benjamin, to
him.
What did Jacob think when he first heard that Joseph
was still alive and living in Egypt?
Answer: He did not believe it at first.
What was the name of the woman who became Joseph's wife
in Egypt?
Answer: Asenath.
How long did Jacob live in Egypt?
Answer: 17 years.
What did Jacob bless his grandsons Ephraim and Manasseh
with before he died?
Answer: He blessed them as if they were his own sons.
What did Jacob prophesy about his sons before he died?
Answer: He prophesied their future roles and fortunes.
What was the name of the cave where Jacob and his
ancestors were buried?
Answer: The cave of Machpelah.
How old was Jacob when he died?
Answer: 147 years old.
Who were the two sons of Joseph that Jacob adopted as
his own?
Answer: Ephraim and Manasseh.
What did Jacob say to his sons on his deathbed that
became known as the "blessing of Jacob"?
Answer: He prophesied their future and the future of their descendants.