Chapter 2 Flashcards
550 BC
Some of genesis written
Joseph
Favored son of Jacob
Becomes governor of Egypt
950 BC
Some of Exodus written
14 years
Number of years Jacob was gone
Enkidu
Friend of Gilgamesh
Pentateuch
Means five scrolls
Torah
Hebrew for first five books
Palestine
Another name for Canaan
Principal heir
First born son of first wife
Preferential share
Firstborn receives
Gilgamesh
Another ancient flood story
Personal sin
Free choice to disobey God
Original sin
First sin of human history
Muslims
Descendants of Israel
Ur
Birthplace of Abraham
Priestly tradition
Final editors of historical books
Leaders of 12 tribes
Ten sons and two grandsons of Jacob
Social Sin
Murder of Tower of
Enuma Elish
Story of creation
Providence
God’s guidance and care of the Israelites
Matriarchs
Sarah, rebekah, Leah Rachel
Abraham’s faith tested
Found in Gen. 22
Truth persented
Biblical writers present religious truth. Not literal truth
Abraham’s mission
To be the Father of a host of nations
Consider in creation
Literary form and author’s purpose in reading the Creation stories
Cain’ Abel occupations
Cain was farmer
Abel worked shepherd