Genesis 1-11 Flashcards
What is the historical period covered in this section?
The Primeval Period
Who were the important people in the Primeval period?
Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Seth, and Noah
What events occurred during the Primeval Period?
Creation, Fall, Flood, Tower of Babel
What is the purpose of Genesis?
To present the Beginnings of everything except God
What one word can be used to determine the structure of the book? and what does it mean?
Toledot, it means generations
What is the topical outline of Genesis?
Creation, Fall, Flood, Babel
What are the two types of interpretation applied to Gen. 1-2 and the meaning of each?
Historical & Descriptive, the manner and how God created.
Poetic & Figurative, the fact and creation myth/parable
what does “in the beginning mean?
A period of time
What does ex nihilo mean?
Strongly implied
What does heaven and earth mean?
A merism (a material world)
What is basically the Gap Theory?
That Gen. 1:1 and 1:2 are separated by time
What is the preferred stance on Gen. 1:1 and 1:2?
That they refer to the same period of time
What does “formless and void” mean?
God’s “raw material”
What are the four primary interpretations of the word “day”?
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
What are the three arguments for understanding “day” as a 24 hour day?
The phrase “morning and evening”
OT reference of a 24 hour day
The 4th Commandment
What was created in each of the six days?
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
What does “form” and “filled” have to do with the six days and what was created?
God formed the Earth before filling it.
What happens on the 7th day of creation and what does it mean for God and us?
God rested and we are commanded to do so as well Exodus 20:11
What is the relationship between Gen 1:1-2:3 and Gen 2:4-25?
God is given and declares a name Elohim and Yahweh
What was man given according to Gen. 2:4-25
A home
Vocational responsibility
moral responsibility
A companion marriage
What was noted regarding Christ in relation to the Creation and the Fall?
Christ was prophesied to destroy the devil
What was the big event in Gen 3-5? what were the consequences?
The Fall of man.
Death, immediately spiritually and eventually physically, curse on satan, women, men and Earth.
Expulsion
What event happened in Gen 6-9?
Mankind became arrogant and God flooded the world and saved Noah and his family.
What are the three views on “sons of God” and “daughters of men”?
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.
Was the flood universal or local and why?
Universal because the size of the ark, depth of water, duration.
What are the meaning and types of covenant as found in scripture?
a contract, formal, legal relationship between parties.
conditional and unconditional
What was the Noahic covenant?
God made an unconditional covenant to not flood the world ever again.
What is the big event in Gen 10-11?
The tower of babel, people were arrogant and God mixed their tongues and dispersed them.
Who were the important people from Adam to Abram?
Cain, Abel, Seth, Noah, Shem
