Chapter 1- The Beginning Flashcards
Adam
“Man”, named all animals
Eve
Mother of all
Mans special characteristics
- Language and thought
2. Awareness of the difference between right and wrong
Beginning of human sin
Adam and Eve committed first human sin
Humanism
Putting man above or in place of God
Cain & Abel
First 2 sons of Adam and Eve; Cain killed Abel in fit of jealousy and hatred; first murder- as a result Cain sent was made a wanderer
Culture
The way of life of a group of people
Lamech
4th generation after Cain; openly bragged of killing a man who had wounded him and a boy who had struck him
Seth
3rd son of Adam & Eve; descendants recognized that God is God and man is man; were willing to repent of their sin
Noah
Instructed by God to build an ark so he and his family could escape the flood
The flood
God destroyed the earth with a flood that covered the earth
Capital Punishment
Death penalty for murder
The Tower of Babel
Built by people; God’s response- to cause all languages to be confused; Babel known as Babylon
Nimrod
Leader of city of Babel when they built the tower; Him and followers were humanists
Nation
A large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit
Genesis
Means “beginning” or “origin”, 1st book of the Bible, tells us in the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth