Chapter 5: Old Testament: People Stories Events Flashcards
A sacred promise between two parties, especially between God and man
Covenant
God makes everything out of nothing
Creation
Named after the songs of Jacob
12 Tribes of Israel
The righteous man who survived the Great Flood
Noah
The name God gave to Jacob
Israel
Found of the Jewish Nation
Abraham
First man and our first father
Adam
Wife of Abraham
Sarah
Tricked his brother and father in receiving the blessing of the first born
Jacob
Country Joesph was taken to
Eygpt
His sacrifice was acceptable to God
Abel
Mother of Joesph
Rachel
First born son of Isaac, tricked out of his blessing
Esau
God puts a mark on him so non one would kill him
Cain
Father who leads a family or tribe
Patriarch
Name given to the people who followed Jacob
Israelites
The wife of the Lead of a tribe
Matriarch
First woman and our mother
Eve
Jacobs favorite son who became powerful in Egypt
Joesph
Adam and Eve disobey God
The Fall
Abraham’s wife made him the heir to God’s promise, even though he was not the first born
Isaac
A tower built to reach the sky, but languages were confused, and it was not finished
The Tower of Babel
First born son of Abraham by his wife Hagar
Ishmael
Wife of Jacob and mother of many sons
Leah
Vessel built by Noah
Ark
Jacob’s favorite son, sold to traders by his brothers
Joseph
Helped her son trick his father to get the first blessing
Rebekah
He ensalved the Israelites
Pharaoh
lace where God spoke to Moses for the first time
Burning Bush
Found Moses in the basket in Nile river
Pharoahs’s Daughter
God said to Moses, “My name is ______”
I AM
God sent 10 _____ to Egypt when Pharaoh refused to free the Israelites
Plagues
The Promised Land
Canaan
Worship of false gods or created images
Idolatry
Jewish feast commemorating their liberation from Egypt
Passover
Great patriarch who led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt
Moses
The Covenant God gave Moses for the People of Israel
10 Commandments
The ____ held the tablets with commandments in them.
Ark of the Coenant
A traveling, portable temple with the Ark of the Covenant
Tabernacle
Moses turned over leadership of the Israelites to ____, who began the conquest.
Joshua
The Book of ____ describes how Israel fell into Idolatry and how God rescued them with able rulers.
Judges
Samuel anointed the ___ king of Israel.
Saul
____ means the Anointed one, some chosen by God to be the leader and savior of God’s people.
Messiah
Second king of Israel that God sent Samuel to find
David
The Ark of the Covenant could only be carried by ____ priests
Levites
David’s son, ____ buiilt the temple that would house the Ark of the Covenant.
Soloman
Lost book of the Bible that dealt with the commandments
Deuteronomy
A clan of brothers who led a rebellion that drove out the Greeks, resulting in an independent Israel 125 years before the birth of Christ
Maccaabees
Prophet who told of the coming of a Messian who would suffer to atone for the sins of many
Isaiah
____ were a bridge between the Old and New Testament
Prophets
