Genesis

Question 1

genesis one

Answer 1

Genesis one is watery chaos to order,
* GOD is detached from the creation.

Question 2

genesis two

Answer 2

Genesis two begins with land that is watered by mist,
God is imminent,
Not in creation but with creation
Creating the land itself
Adam is serving, guarding, and preserving the garden of Eden

Question 3

the garden of eden

Answer 3

• The narrative of the garden of Eden is different from genesis 1,
• It portrays God in human terms,
• Adam and Adamah,
• Creation of animals, and the search for human community,

Question 4

cain and able

Answer 4

Sons of Adam and Eve,
Cain becomes enraged with God accepting abeles offerings and not his,
Kills Abel,

Question 5

Noah and the flood GEN 6-9

Answer 5

Evil has become pervasive in the human community and consequences of this insidious evil is the flood,

Question 6

Tower of the babel GEN 11

Answer 6

• Community enjoys one language,
• Build tower to storm the heavens in order to make a name for themselves,

Question 7

narrative structure of genesis

Answer 7

Mythological stories with meaning
4 stories
with sin and punishments and grace of god

Question 8

other half of the genesis with ancestral things

Answer 8

abraham and sarai
issac and rabekah
jacob and rachel and lean
joseph generation