Genesis 1-11

Question 1

What is the historical period covered in this section?

Answer 1

The Primeval Period

Question 2

Who were the important people in the Primeval period?

Answer 2

Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Seth, and Noah

Question 3

What events occurred during the Primeval Period?

Answer 3

Creation, Fall, Flood, Tower of Babel

Question 4

What is the purpose of Genesis?

Answer 4

To present the Beginnings of everything except God

Question 5

What one word can be used to determine the structure of the book? and what does it mean?

Answer 5

Toledot, it means generations

Question 6

What is the topical outline of Genesis?

Answer 6

Creation, Fall, Flood, Babel

Question 7

What are the two types of interpretation applied to Gen. 1-2 and the meaning of each?

Answer 7

Historical & Descriptive, the manner and how God created.
Poetic & Figurative, the fact and creation myth/parable

Question 8

what does “in the beginning mean?

Answer 8

A period of time

Question 9

What does ex nihilo mean?

Answer 9

Strongly implied

Question 10

What does heaven and earth mean?

Answer 10

A merism (a material world)

Question 11

What is basically the Gap Theory?

Answer 11

That Gen. 1:1 and 1:2 are separated by time

Question 12

What is the preferred stance on Gen. 1:1 and 1:2?

Answer 12

That they refer to the same period of time

Question 13

What does “formless and void” mean?

Answer 13

God’s “raw material”

Question 14

What are the four primary interpretations of the word “day”?

Answer 14

A vast period of time
perspective or snapshot of God’s creative work
Revealing of the creation story of Moses
A 24 hour time period

Question 15

What are the three arguments for understanding “day” as a 24 hour day?

Answer 15

The phrase “morning and evening”
OT reference of a 24 hour day
The 4th Commandment

Question 16

What was created in each of the six days?

Answer 16

Day 1 - light
Day 2 - atmosphere and water
Day 3 - land and plants
Day 4 - sun and moon and stars
Day 5 -  birds and fish
Day 6 - animals and mankind

Question 17

What does “form” and “filled” have to do with the six days and what was created?

Answer 17

God formed the Earth before filling it.

Question 18

What happens on the 7th day of creation and what does it mean for God and us?

Answer 18

God rested and we are commanded to do so as well Exodus 20:11

Question 19

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

Answer 19

God is given and declares a name Elohim and Yahweh

Question 20

What was man given according to Gen. 2:4-25

Answer 20

A home
Vocational responsibility
moral responsibility
A companion marriage

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Christ was prophesied to destroy the devil

Question 22

What was the big event in Gen 3-5? what were the consequences?

Answer 22

The Fall of man.
Death, immediately spiritually and eventually physically, curse on satan, women, men and Earth.
Expulsion

Question 23

What event happened in Gen 6-9?

Answer 23

Mankind became arrogant and God flooded the world and saved Noah and his family.

Question 24

What are the three views on “sons of God” and “daughters of men”?

Answer 24

son of God were fallen angels who procreated with human women and were royalty or nobility who practice polygamy.
daughters of men refer to the ungodly line of cain and son of God refer to the line of Seth.

Question 25

Was the flood universal or local and why?

Answer 25

Universal because the size of the ark, depth of water, duration.

Question 26

What are the meaning and types of covenant as found in scripture?

Answer 26

a contract, formal, legal relationship between parties.

conditional and unconditional

Question 27

What was the Noahic covenant?

Answer 27

God made an unconditional covenant to not flood the world ever again.

Question 28

What is the big event in Gen 10-11?

Answer 28

The tower of babel, people were arrogant and God mixed their tongues and dispersed them.

Question 29

Who were the important people from Adam to Abram?

Answer 29

Cain, Abel, Seth, Noah, Shem