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1 Genesis 1-26 Flashcards

1
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What did God do on first day?

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Separated light from darkness, called light ‘day’ and dark ‘night’

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2
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What was earth before God created anything?

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A formless void

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What did God do on second day?

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Created a dome in the midst of the waters, and called the dome the sky

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What did God do on third day?

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Gathered all the waters in one place, letting dry land appear, and created plants.

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5
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What did God do on the fourth day?

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Created sun, moon and stars.

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What did God do on the fifth day?

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Created sea creatures and birds

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What did God do on the sixth day?

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Created terrestrial animals and humans

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What special power was granted to humans?

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Dominion over all creatures

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9
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What did God do on the seventh day?

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Rested

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10
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What was man made from?

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The dust of the ground, with life breathed into his nostrils

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What famous rivers flow out of the garden of Eden?

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Tigris and Euphrates

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12
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What was god’s commandment to man in garden of Eden?

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Eat anything except tree of knowledge of good and evil –if you do you will die.

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13
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Who named all animals?

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Man – after God brought them to him to name.

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14
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How was woman made?

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God caused man to sleep and took a rib from his body.

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15
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God’s creation on each day 1-7?

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1 Light separated from darkness
2 Dome of sky
3 Land, sea and plants
4 Sun, moon and stars
5 Fish and birds
6 Animals and man
7 Rest

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16
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What tree stands beside the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden?

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The tree of life

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17
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What are God’s punishments to Eve for eating the forbidden fruit?

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Pangs of childbearing
Being ruled over by husband

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18
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What are God’s punishments to Adam for eating the forbidden fruit?

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Cursed the ground
Must toil and eat the plants of the field

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19
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Etymology of Adam?

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From Hebrew adamah, meaning ‘earth’

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20
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Etymology of Eve?

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“חַוָּה” (Chavah/Havah) is connected to the Hebrew root חָיָה (chayah), meaning “to live” or “to have life.

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21
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Why did Cain kill Abel?

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Because he was jealous that the Lord was happy with Abel’s offering of the fat of his flock, and not with Cain’s offering of the fruit of the land.

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22
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Why does God put a mark on Cain?

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So people know not to kill him

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23
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Who is Adam and Eve’s third son?

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Seth –then he had other nameless children

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24
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Who is the longest lived person in the Bible?

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Methuselah –969 years

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25
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Why did God cause the flood?

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Because he was upset about the wickedness and violence of man, and regretted creating him.

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26
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How long is a cubit?

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About 45cm –based on distance from the elbow to the tip of the longest finger.

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27
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Names of Noah’s sons?

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Shem, Ham and Japheth

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28
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What’s the first thing Noah did when the ark arrived on land?

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Took of every clean animal and bird and made a burnt offering on the altar.

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29
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Why does God vow not to curse the ground again after flood?

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Because the “human heart is evil from youth” –humans have inherent tendency towards wickedness.

30
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What is God’s covenant with Noah after the flood?

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1 Not consume blood
2 Uphold the sanctity of human life with equitable justice for murder
3 Be fruitful to repopulate the earth

31
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What is the most revolutionary thing about the Noahic covenant?

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The concept that all human life is sacred simply by virtue of being human, regardless of social status, gender, etc.

32
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What is the significance of the rainbow after the flood?

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A symbol of the covenant between God and Noah.

33
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What was Ham’s transgression?

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His father Noah, a grape farmer, passes out drunk and naked. Noah tells his brothers, who both cover him discreetly. Transgression: gossiped and shamed rather than helped father.

34
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What happens to Abram in Egypt?

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Facing famine in Canaan, Abram and Sarai travel to Egypt. Fearing for his life, Abram asks Sarai to pretend she’s his sister. Pharaoh takes Sarai into his palace, rewards Abram with slaves and livestock, but God intervenes with plagues. Upon discovering the truth, Pharaoh orders them to leave Egypt with their acquired wealth.

35
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Who was Lot in relation to Abram?

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His nephew

36
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Etymology of Abram?

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“Av,” meaning father, and “Ram,” meaning high or exalted.

37
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What is the covenant between Abraham and God?

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God gives him many descendants and land of Canaan.

Abraham must circumcise everyone (including himself at 99) and all males at 8 days henceforth.

38
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Why did the Lord confuse people’s languages at the Tower of Babel?

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Because he was concerned ‘nothing they propose will now be impossible to them’

39
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What was the people’s rationale for building the tower of Babel?

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‘To make a name for ourselves’

40
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Who is Ishmael?

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Abraham’s first son, with Egyptian slave girl Hagar, because Sarah could not bear children

41
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How is the depravity of Sodom demonstrated?

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Two angels come to Sodom, stay with Lot. In the evening the men of Sodom demand to ‘know’ them. Lot offers two virgin daughters, but men insist. Angels strike them blind.

42
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After Lot fled to the caves, what did his daughters do?

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Fearing they would not bear offspring, got their father drunk and slept with him.

43
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What does Abraham do in Gerar to Abimelech?

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Same as in Egypt. Says Sarah is his sister. Abimelech takes her into his house, God threatens to kills him and makes his women barren, because Abraham is a prophet. Abimelech buys Abraham off with livestock, slaves and land.

44
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What is revealed about Sarah by Abraham in Gerar?

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That she is his father’s daughter (half-sister).

45
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What happens to Hagar and Ishmael after Isaac is weaned?

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Abraham casts them out, they wander in the wilderness. God gives her a well and promises to make a great nation of Ishmael. He grows up in wilderness and becomes expert with bow.

46
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How does Abraham make his servant swear an oath to him that he will find a wife for Isaac? Why?

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By placing his hand ‘under Abraham’s thigh’. Probably a euphemism for the genitals, source of descendants and thus the most precious thing.

47
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How did Abraham’s servant decide to choose a bride for Isaac?

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By going to the well and asking for water to drink. The girl who says “Drink, and I will draw for your camels also” will be chosen.

48
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Who did Abraham marry after Sarah died? Any offspring?

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Keturah, and had many children
Also had concubines, whose children he sent away.

49
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Who were the twin children of Rebekah, wife of Isaac?

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Esau –hairy, skilled hunter
Jacob –quiet man, liked to stay in the tent

50
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What does Esau sell his birthright to Jacob in exchange for?

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A mess of pottage

51
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What does Isaac say of his wife when he settles in Gerar?

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Same as Abraham. Pretends she’s his sister because she’s attractive and worried men might kill him.

52
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When was book of Genesis written?

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Final composition in 6th century BCE during Babylonian captivity, but based on earlier sources.

53
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When was the destruction of Solomon’s temple? (the first temple)

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586 BC

54
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What was the influence of the Babylonian captivity of the Judeans on their sacred texts?

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Was the catalyst for compiling and editing much of the Hebrew Bible.

55
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Which kind of people from Jerusalem were taken captive in Babylon?

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Social and political elite, including the royal family, nobility, craftsmen, warriors, and scholars. Idea was to leave no source of rebellion.

56
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Years of Babylonian captivity?

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586 to 538 BCE

57
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The ______ is the same ______ books as the _________

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The Torah is the same five books as the Pentateuch

58
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What ended the Babylonian captivity?

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Cyrus the Great of Persia conquered Babylon, allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple, leading to the period of the Second Temple.

59
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Are the Tanakh and Old Testament the same?

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Basically, just books ordered a bit differently.

60
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What is depicted here?

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Sacrifice of Noah after Flood, Michelangelo, 1510

61
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What is depicted here?

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God creating the animals, Vatican loggia, 1518, Raphael

62
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What is depicted here?

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Abraham sacrificing Isaac, Caravaggio, 1603

63
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Where was Abraham originally from and why did he leave?

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Ur of the Chaldeans, then went with his father Terah to Haran.

There he received call of the Lord to go from father’s house to land the Lord would show him.

64
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Three words for god in Genesis?

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Elohim - usually god the creator, actually a plural of El

Yahweh - sacred proper noun for god

Adonai - lord, also in secular sense

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66
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Why does Genesis point out that God created the sea creatures?

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Because many other ancient gods had origin stories that involve battling sea monsters. E.g., Babylonian god Marduk battles sea monster Tiamat to divide heaven and earth.

67
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Why does Genesis point out that God created the sea creatures?

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Because many other ancient gods had origin stories that involve battling sea monsters.

68
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What differentiates the god of the hebrews from other ancient gods in terms of whom they favour?

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Ancient gods tended to favour kings, the god of hebrews favours entire nations, even if slaves.

69
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Other ancient gods served to ________ treaties ________ men, god of Israelites ______ treaties _____ men.

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Other ancient gods served to witness treaties between men, GPs of Israelites made treaties with men.

70
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What are the dimensions of the Ark of the Covenant?

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2.5 by 1.5 by 1.5 cubits

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