Who am I?

nstanford on January 30th, 2009

The following riddle was written by a woman in California, USA, over 100 years ago in the late 1800’s. The answer is one word, five letters long, and appears only four times in its various forms in the Authorized King James Bible.  Email me for the answer (nathan.stanford at gmail.com)

 

God made Adam out of dust,
     But thought it best to make me first:
So I was made before the man,
     According to God’s holy plan.
My whole body God made complete,
     Without arms or hands or feet. Read the rest of this entry »

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Bible Riddles

nstanford on January 30th, 2009

Q: Who was the greatest financier in the Bible?

A: Noah; he was floating his stock while everyone was in liquidation.

Q: Who was the greatest female financier in the Bible?

A: Pharaoh’s daughter; she went down to the bank of the Nile and drew out a little prophet.

Q: What kind of man was Boaz before he got married?

A: Ruth-less. Read the rest of this entry »

Bible Thoughts

nstanford on January 30th, 2009

Q: What did Adam and Eve eat that they shouldn’t in the Garden of Eden?

A: They ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:17
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die

Genesis 3:3
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

Q: Was Jesus a carpenter?

A: Yes Read the rest of this entry »