Ch 4 Flashcards
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How to contextualize the books of the bible?
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- What’s in the name?
- Authorship
- Date
- Literary Integrity (Genre)
- Purpose
- Jesus in the Book
- Key Verses
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Define Genesis…
Greek word translation:
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an origin, creation, or beginning
Greek: Gignesthai (“to be born” or “to be produced”)
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The Hebrew title of the book of Genesis is
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“bereshit”
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The Book of Genesis has sometimes been called the __ ___ of the entire Bible
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“seed-plot”
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Does the scripture identify the writer?
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- Written by a number of people over a long period of time.
- The Book of Genesis does not state when it was written.
- The date of authorship is likely between 1446 and 1406 B.C., between the time Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt and his death.
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This tradition was so strong that Jesus Himself referred to it (name 3 biblical references)
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- Mark 12:26
- Romans 10:5
- Acts 3:22
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German scholar proposed that these books are a compilation of four earlier writings and then woven together. (states that there was NO SINGLE AUTHOR)
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Julius Wellhausen
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The Four Sources of
Documentary Hypothesis
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- J- Yahwist
- E- Elohist
- D- Deuteronomist
- P- Priestly
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was there an author for The Four Sources
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no
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The Book of Genesis can be divided into two sections:
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Primitive History and Patriarchal History
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Primitive History records
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The Creation
The Fall of man
The Flood
The Dispersion
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Patriarchal History records the lives of four great men
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Abraham, Issac, Jacob, and Joseph
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Humanity’s greatest predicament:
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sin
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God’s promised solution:
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Jesus
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Genesis Ch 1-11 (name the 2 narratives)
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- Poetic or Symbolic Narrative
- It gives the reader an understanding of the world and how to live in it
- Not to be viewed as scientific or historical
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Genesis 11 Tower of Babel (name the narrative)
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Etiology Narrative
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The book of Genesis is ____ to the understanding of the rest of the Bible.
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foundational
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Genesis is _____ m
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monotheistic
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Genesis clearly teaches that the ____ ____ ___ is sovereign over all that exists
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one true God
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It introduces us to the way in which God initiates and ___ _____ with his
chosen people, pledging his love and faithfulness to them and calling them to
promise theirs to him
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makes covenants
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How do we know God exist?
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1) The inner sense that there is a God
2) Evidence that is found in Scripture and in nature
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If we are convinced that the Bible is___, then we know from the Bible not only that ___ ____ but also very much about ___ ___ and ___ ___
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true
God exists
His nature
His acts
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that every known thing in the universe has a cause
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The cosmological argument
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focuses on the evidence of harmony, order and design, and intelligent purpose
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The teleological argument:
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greater than which nothing can be imagined
The ontological argument
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man’s sense of right and wrong,
The moral argument
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Where did I come from?
God created us - Genesis 1:1
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Why am I here?
We are here to have a relationship with God - Genesis 15:6
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Where am I going?
we have a destination after death - Genesis 25:8
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Genesis Key Words that Tell the Story
sin
separation
sacrifice
solution
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Can men and women be equal and yet have different roles?
- Harmonious interpersonal relationships (Not created to be isolated)
* Equality in personhood and importance
* Difference in role and authority
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We are more like God...than all the rest of creation (name 5 aspects)
* Moral Aspects
* Spiritual Aspects
* Mental Aspects
* Relational Aspects
* Physical Aspects
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Key Verses
* Genesis 3:15
* And I will put enmity between ___ ____ ___ ____, and between ___ ____ ___ ____; he will crush your head, and __ ___ ___ ___ ___.
* Genesis 12:1-3
* The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s
household to the land I will show you. “__ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ __ ____, and I will
bless you; ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___, and you will be a blessing. I will ___ ___ ___ ___ ___, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
- you and the woman
- your offspring and hers
- you will strike his heel
- I will make you into a great nation
- I will make your name great
- bless those who bless you
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First Humans
Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, and Seth
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God merely chose to accept Abel's offering and reject Cain's with no explanation given.
God's Sovereign Choice
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Cain did not present a blood sacrifice. Blood sacrifice is the only acceptable offering God
would receive
Non-Blood Sacrifice
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Abel brought the best of what he had while Cain brought a poor quality offering.
Poor Quality
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A problem with Cain's attitude rather than the specific offering that he brought.
Attitude Problem
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Noah's story
New Start:
* The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days (Genesis 7:24)
* By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth
(Genesis 8:13)
* Covenant:
* Never again will I curse the ground because of humans (Genesis 8:21)
* I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
(Genesis 9:13)
* Life After:
* Noah planted a vineyard and became drunk
* Noah cursed Ham’s son Canaan (slaves to the Uncle’s)
* Misuse of the text: Slavery (pg. 65)
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For Consideration:
* God always provides a way for us to begin again with Him.
* We will not always understand God and His ways, but we can trust Him.
* We can obey God even if the world thinks we are crazy.
* God’s timing is different than ours.
* God loves us and has a plan for us that is for our eternal good.
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The Story of Israel: God’s People
Patriarch:
* Abram, married to Sarai (a barren woman)
* Covenant:
* “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. (Genesis 12:1-3)
* Setting:
* On a journey to where to where the Lord leads (Genesis 12:10-20)
* Family:
* “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.” (Genesis 15:4)
* Sarah said....The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family
through her.” (Genesis 16:2)
* He slept with Hagar, and she conceived. When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her
mistress.
* So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. (Genesis 16:15)
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Abraham’s Story
Covenant:
* No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many
nations. (Genesis 17:5)
* “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. I will bless her and
will surely give you a son by her. (Genesis 17:15-16)
* So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this
pleasure?” (Genesis 18:12)
* Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him. (Genesis 21:3)
* Abraham Tested:
* Take your son, your only son, whom you love Isaac and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there
as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you. (Genesis 22:2)
* Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. (Genesis 22:13)
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How does Abraham's story relate to today?
Sacrifice doesn’t always come with answers.
* Obedience both relies on God for strength and expects God to deliver.
* What God requires, He provides.
* Faith is Not Hereditary
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Isaac
* To Find a Wife:
* Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way. 2 He said to the senior servant in
his household, the one in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh. 3 I want you to swear
by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the
daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living, 4 but will go to my country and my own relatives
and get a wife for my son Isaac.” –Genesis 24:1-4
* Abraham’s Servant Mission is Accomplished:
* 12 Then he prayed, “Lord, God of my master Abraham, make me successful today, and show kindness to
my master Abraham. 13 See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are
coming out to draw water. 14 May it be that when I say to a young woman, ‘Please let down your jar that I
may have a drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too’ let her be the one you have
chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”-Genesis
24:12-14
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Rebekah...Laban’s Sister
* The Servant Discovers Rebekah:
* 45 “Before I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder. She
went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’ 46 “She
quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too.’ So I
drank, and she watered the camels also. 47 “I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’- Genesis
24:45-47
* Will Rebekah Go?
* 55 But her brother and her mother replied, “Let the young woman remain with us ten days or so;
then you[e] may go.” 56 But he said to them, “Do not detain me, now that the Lord has granted
success to my journey. Send me on my way so I may go to my master.” 57 Then they said,
“Let’s call the young woman and ask her about it.” 58 So they called Rebekah and asked her,
“Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she said.- Genesis 24:55-58
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Inheritance:
* Abraham __ ___ he owned to Isaac
left everything
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Family:
* The ___ ___ each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.
babies jostled
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- Family
The Lord said to her, “__ ____ are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be
separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.” (Genesis
25:23)
Two nations
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- Family
When the time came for her to give birth, there were ___ ___ __ ___ ___. The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him___. 26 After this, his brother came out, with his hand ___ ___ __; so he was named __. (Genesis 25:24-26)
- twin boys in her womb
- Esau
- grasping Esau’s heel
- Jacob
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Family:
* The boys grew up, and __ ___ __ ___ ___, a man of the open country, while __ __ ___ __ __ __ __ among the tents. 28 Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but
Rebekah loved Jacob. (Genesis 25:27-28)
- Esau became a skillful hunter
- Jacob was content to stay at home
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Jacob story
Jacob’s Ladder:
* He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. (Genesis 28:12)
Covenant:
* Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on
top of it. 19 He called that place Bethel, though the city used to be called Luz. (Genesis 28:18-19)
Family:
* Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel (Genesis 29:15-28)
* Jacob’s Children (Genesis 29:31-35)
Name Change:
* Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with
humans and have overcome.” (Genesis 32:28)
* But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.
(Genesis 33:4)
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Joseph’s Story
Favored Son & Colorful Coat:
* Now Israel (Jacob) loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him. (Genesis 37:3)
Gift of Interpreting Dreams:
* Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. (Genesis 37:5)
* “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to each other. 20 “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.” (Genesis 37:19)
Setting:
* Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelite's and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh
and blood.” His brothers agreed. (Genesis 37:27)
* Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard. (Genesis 37:36)
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Joseph’s Story
Palace Days:
* Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned. (Genesis 39:4)
* She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house. (Genesis 39:12)
Prison:
* Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. Genesis 39:20)
* The Cupbearer and the Baker (Genesis 40)
Rule Over Egypt:
* So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt. (Genesis 41:41)
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Joseph’s Story
Brothers Go to Egypt for Grain
Joseph Test the Brothers
Second Visit to Egypt
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The Purpose: Genesis
The Creation
Human Problems
Solutions to Human Problems
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who created the 1st 5 books
Moses
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1st time we see Jesus (verse)
Genesis 1:26
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2nd time we see Jesus (verse)
Genesis 3:15
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Who are the 2 sons of Adam and Eve
Cain and Abel
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Why did Cain kill Abel
Lord favored Abel sacrifice offerings instead of Cain
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Who is Adam and Eve's 3rd son
Seth
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Spoke for God in order (4)
Patriarch, prophets, kings, and Jesus
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believes in one God
monotheistic
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After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of ___,____,____.
Shem, Ham, and Japheth
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What is a covenant
Promise
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It rained for ___ days and ___ nights
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40
65
Earth flooded and stayed there for___ days
150
66
How much did the dove come out
(3)
67
Holy numbers
3,7,12,40
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The covenant that it was never flooded again was bc they sent a___
rainbow
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descendants of canaan “ites”
Tribes
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Genesis 12:1-3 (name the 4 important things said)
(great nation, name great, u shall be a blessing, land)
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considered a promise land
Canaan
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Abram’s nephew
Lot
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Abraham's promised son
Issac
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Abraham's 1st son but not promised son
Ishmeal
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Abraham become father of faith when he provide ___ and the__
ram
bush
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Abraham's other wife
Keturah
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Rebekah twin sons
Esau and Jacob
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considered a Heel Grabber or Trickster
Jacob
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Jacob stole these (2)
Birthright and blessing
80
Jacob had this dream called
Jacob's ladder
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Represented anointing
Oil
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Considered a holy place named by Jacob
Bethel
83
Rebekah's brother
Labab
84
Who does Issac marry
Rachel
85
Birthright
older gets married 1st
86
Who is Jacob married to
Leah
87
Who is Jacob's older son
Reuben
88
Who is the only girl from the 12 sons
Dinah
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Who is Jacob's youngest son
Benjamin
90
12 sons also known as
12 tribes of Isreal
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1st spiritual encounter with angel
Jacob's ladder
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priestly people
Levites
93
jacobs fav son, not liked by his older brothers bc father loved him more than them, was sent into slavery by his brothers and was planned to be killed, (Reuben - oldest son, said to not kill him), Judah sold him to the Ishmaelites
Joseph
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keturah descendants
Emnities
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officer of Pharaoh
Potiphar
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through Abraham’s descendant
Taamar
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where u see jesus and covenants
Verses
