Exam 1 5-8

Question 1

six days of creation

Answer 1

light
atmosphere and water
land and plants
sun, moon, and stars
birds and fish
animals and mankind

Question 2

formed and filled

Answer 2

each of the first three days corresponds with the remaining 3 days.

Question 3

what happened on the 7th day and what does this mean

Answer 3

God rested, this created for the the Sabbath day Concept(4th commandment)

Question 4

What is the relationship between gen 1:1-2:3 and Gen2:4-25?

Answer 4

Both tell the story of creation
first is the cosmological perspective and God is Elohim
second is the anthropological perspective and God is Yahweh

Question 5

What was man giving according to Gen 2:4-25

Answer 5

a home
vocational responsibility
moral responsibility
a companion 
the institution of marriage

Question 6

What was noted regarding Christ in relation to the Creation and Fall

Answer 6

Everything about creation is about Jesus. John 1:3, Colossians 1:16
Philippians 2:6-8

Question 7

What is the big event of Gen 3-5

Answer 7

The test of man and woman’s moral responsibility.

Question 8

Consequences of Gen 3-5

Answer 8

Death- spiritual and physical
curses- satan, man, woman, earth
Expulsion- away from the tree of life

Question 9

What is the big event if Gen 6-9

Answer 9

The flood

Question 10

The Flood

Answer 10

Everyone of earth was evil besides Noah. God destroyed the earth with a flood and saved only Noah and his Family

Question 11

Three views of “sons of God” and “daughters of men”

Answer 11

• “sons of God” were fallen angels who procreated with human women
• “sons of God” were royalty or nobility who practiced polygamy
• “sons of God” refers to the godly line of Seth and “daughters of men” refers to women in the ungodly line of Cain

Question 12

Why was the flood probably universal

Answer 12

The size of the arc, the depth of the water, and the duration of the flood. 2 peter 3:3-7

Question 13

“covenant”

Answer 13

A contract, a formal, legal, relationship between two parties. (treaty)

Question 14

Types of covenant

Answer 14

Conditional-unilateral and unconditional - bilateral

Question 15

Noahic covenant

Answer 15

God promised Noah and his decedents that he will never again judge by a flood; the sign: a rainbow.

Question 16

type of noahic covenant and references

Answer 16

Unconditional gen 6:18 and 9:9-17

Question 17

Gen 10-11

Answer 17

The tower of Babel

Question 18

The tower of Babel

Answer 18

Arrogance and pride, direct defiance of the command of God to fill the earth and multiply and spread out

Question 19

Who were the important people in the line from Adam to Abraham

Answer 19

The decedents of Shem

Question 20

What does gen 1-3 contribute to a christian worldview about God?

Answer 20

God: his character 
♣	Ultimate reality/worth (pre existence) 
♣	Sovereignty
♣	Power
♣	Wisdom
His purpose: To glorify himself

Question 21

what does gen 1-3 contribute to a christian worldview about Creation?

Answer 21

Purpose: to glorify God

it’s inherit Goodness

Question 22

What does gen 1-3 contribute to a christian worldview about humans

Answer 22

our purpose is to be his image bearer and to glorify him out responsibility is to reflect God and care for his creation

Question 23

Why is it important to know geography

Answer 23

the geographical setting is part of the context, it clarifies things for us that were clear to the original readers without needing to be said, it helps to make these events more meaningful to us because they remind us that these happened in history and at a specific place, and it lends richness to these biblical stories

Question 24

Fertile cresent

Answer 24

water, farming, and rivers

Question 25

Cradle of civilization

Answer 25

fertile crescent, written language, and farming

Question 26

Lavant

Answer 26

area along east end of Med. Sea part of the fertile crescent

Question 27

Canaan

Answer 27

ancient name of Palestine, noah's grandson's name was Canaan.

Question 28

Palestine

Answer 28

comes from the greek word "philistia"

Question 29

Cisjordan

Answer 29

the side of the jordan river, Palestine side

Question 30

Transjordan

Answer 30

across the jordan river

Question 31

Costal plain

Answer 31

o 10-15 miles wide along the Mediterranean coast o Two Sections ♣ Philistines Plain-modern day

Question 32

Sephelah

Answer 32

o Foothills or lowlands (low rolling hills o 30 miles long by 10 miles wide o good agriculture in the broad valleys o site of many battles

Question 33

Hill country

Answer 33

``` o The heart of the Land o Mountains and v-shaped valleys o Good agriculture; fertile terra rosa soil o Isolated and relatively secure o Ridge Route or Way of the Patriarchs ```

Question 34

Judean wilderness

Answer 34

o Bad soil; little rainfall o Dramatic rolling hills; dramatic drop to the rift valley o Desolate and uninhabited; a place of refuge or retreat

Question 35

Negev

Answer 35

o Hebrew term-meaning dry or south o Biblical Negev-relatively small area with the city of Beersheba at its center ♣ Bad soil and little rainfall, good for grazing livestock o Greater Negev-the entire southern part of modern Israel ♣ Very arid and inhospitable ♣ Site of the 40 years wandering after the Exodus o Interesting topographical feature: maktesh (bowl or mortar)

Question 36

Rift or Jordan valley

Answer 36

o Hebrew term arabah: wasteland, wilderness, or desert o Biblical arabah-Jordan River Valley ♣ Dense vegetation-thicket or jungle ♣ Wild animals ♣ Very hot and dry ♣ Uninhabited expect for springs such as Jericho ♣ Qumran is also located here on the shore of the Dead Sea o Modern arabah-area between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba/Red Sea

Question 37

Galilee

Answer 37

o Galilee occurs only 6 times in OT and 64 times in NT o Upper Galilee ♣ NW of the Sea of Galilee, higher elevations, somewhat isolated, good agriculture o Lower Galilee ♣ W and SW of the Sea of Galilee, rolling hills and valleys, more accessible, good agriculture, Nazareth located here

Question 38

Bashan/ Golan

Answer 38

``` o Bashan is the biblical term (60 times) Golan is the the modern term o NE of the Sea of Galilee o Higher Elevation o Know for wheat and cattle o Mt. Hermon located here (9232 ft.) ```

Question 39

Gilead

Answer 39

o E of the Jordan River, between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea o High Elevation; abundant rainfall o Good Agriculture o Known for a balm used for medicine and cosmetics o The tribes of Gad and half of Manasseh given land here

Question 40

Moab

Answer 40

o E of the Dead Sea o Inhabited by the Moabites and Amonites, descendants of Lot o The tribes of Gad and Reuben given land here

Question 41

Edom

Answer 41

o SE of the Dead Sea o Inhabited by the Edomites, descendants of Esau o Desert o Caravans passed through carrying luxury items such as gold, frankincense and myrrh from Arabia Transjordian Highway or the King’s Highway