1st Quarter Flashcards
The man whom God used to preserve mankind during the flood
Noah
Who were the first human beings?
Adam and Eve
Who are the Patriarchs?
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
The whom God used to reserve Israel during the famine in Egypt
Joseph
creatio ex nihilo
Created out of nothing
What does Patriarch mean?
Male head of the family
What does covenant mean?
Promise of God
God created the world in how many days?
7
What happened because man disobeyed God?
This event is called?
Sin entered the world
The Fall
Man became wicked and God punished the earth with what?
A flood
Where did God confuse the language of man?
Tower of Babel
God makes a covenant to make a great nation and bless all nations with who?
He did this in what year?
Abraham
2000 BC
God promised Abraham and his descendants what land?
Canaan
What two wicked cities did God destroy?
Sodom and Gomorrah
What son did God ask Abraham to sacrifice?
Isaac
What animal was sacrificed instead of Isaac?
A ram
After Jacob wrestles with God, what name is he given?
Israel
God uses Joseph to preserve the Israelites during famine, and Genesis ends with the Israelites in what land?
Egypt
Who led the Israelites out of Egypt
Moses
Who spoke for Moses and was the first high priest of Israel?
Aaron
Who defied God and refused to free the people of Israel?
Pharaoh
What is the promises land?
Canaan
What is the Jewish celebration of God’s deliverance of Israel from Bondage?
Passover
What does Redemption mean?
Rescue, deliverance