06-14-2026 Answers

Fathers in the Bible

1. What father was stopped by God from sacrificing his son?

Answer: Abraham — Genesis 22:9–12

2. What father built an ark to save his family from the flood?

Answer: Noah — Genesis 6:13–18

3. What father blessed his younger son Jacob instead of Esau?

Answer: Isaac — Genesis 27:26–29

4. What father showed favoritism by giving his son a coat of many colors?

Answer: Jacob — Genesis 37:3

5. What father prayed earnestly for a child, resulting in the birth of Samuel?

Answer: Elkanah — 1 Samuel 1:19–20

6. What father mourned deeply when his rebellious son Absalom died?

Answer: David — 2 Samuel 18:33

7. What father lost all his children in a single day yet remained faithful to God?

Answer: Job — Job 1:18–22

8. What father was struck mute until his son John the Baptist was born?

Answer: Zechariah — Luke 1:18–20, 57–64

9. What father welcomed his wayward son home with compassion and celebration?

Answer: The father in the Prodigal Son parable (represents God) — Luke 15:20–24

10. What father obeyed God by taking his family to Egypt to protect the newborn Jesus?

Answer: Joseph — Matthew 2:13–14