Cain and Abel bible quiz for youth programs will help youths to gain more understanding about the story of Cain and Abel. They were the sons of Adam and Eve our first parents.
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Cain and Abel Bible Quiz Questions
1. Who were the parents of Cain and Abel?
2. What was the occupations of Cain?
3. What was the occupations of Abel?
4. What did Cain bring as offerings to God?
5. What did Cain bring as offerings to God?
6. What happened as a result of Cain’s jealousy and anger towards Abel?
7. What was the consequence for Cain’s murder of Abel?
8. When God asked Cain where Abel was after he had killed him, what was Cain’s response?
9. What did God say to Cain after his response to the question about Abel’s whereabouts?
10. After God’s judgment on Cain, what was Cain’s fear, and what did God do to protect him?
11. What is the lesson we can learn from the story of Cain and Abel?
Answers
1. Adam and Eve Genesis 4:1 (NIV) “Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, ‘With the help of the Lord, I have brought forth a man.'”
2. Cain was a farmer. Genesis 4:2 (NIV) “Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.”
3. Abel was a shepherd. Genesis 4:2 (NIV) “Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.”
4. Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil. Genesis 4:3-4 (NIV) “In the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock.”
5. Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. Genesis 4:3-4 (NIV) “In the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock.”
6. Cain killed his brother Abel. Genesis 4:8 (NIV) “Now Cain said to his brother Abel, ‘Let’s go out to the field.’ And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.”
7. God punished Cain by making him a wanderer and placing a mark on him to protect him from retaliation. Genesis 4:12, 15 (NIV)
“When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth… But the Lord said to him, ‘Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.’ Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.”
8. Cain responded, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Genesis 4:9 (NIV)
“Then the Lord said to Cain, ‘Where is your brother Abel?’ ‘I don’t know,’ he replied. ‘Am I my brother’s keeper?'”
9. God confronted Cain about his sin and told him that Abel’s blood cried out to Him from the ground. Genesis 4:10 (NIV)
“The Lord said, ‘What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.'”
10. Cain feared that someone would kill him in retaliation for what he had done. To protect him, God put a mark on Cain. Genesis 4:15 (NIV)
“But the Lord said to him, ‘Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.’ Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.”
11. The story of Cain and Abel teaches us about the consequences of jealousy, anger, and offering to God with a sincere heart. It also illustrates the importance of making right choices in our lives. 1 John 3:12 (NIV)
“Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.”