Genesis Flashcards
Genesis 3:16 states
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
How does this reconcile with 2 Nephi 2: 25 which states
25 Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.
Rather than being a punishment to Adam and Eve for partaking of the forbidden fruit, President Spencer W. Kimball taught that “sorrow” means distress, difficulty, toil, labor, etc., which is associated with mortal life. And as Lehi taught his son, Joseph, in 2 Nephi 2:2, such difficult times are for our growth and good.
[BofM made easier, part # 1, p. 173]
Knowing good from evil and being free to choose can give us happiness. In 2 Nephi 2 :11 Lehi states
11 For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, my firstborn in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility.
We must have the difficult times in order to appreciate the good times. We have to experience the bitter and the sweet. This will give us knowledge and as the serpent said to Eve, “your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” (Genesis 3: 5)
Satan only told one lie to Adam and Eve in the garden if Eden. What was it?
Satan said that they would not die if they partook of the fruit. This shows how Satan is a master at mixing enough truth into his temptations that make them seem okay.
[BofM made easier, part # 1, p. 170]
Genesis 3
2 Nephi 2:18
Genesis was written by who? It covers what time period approximately?
Moses
It covers the creation and the approximately 2000 years from the fall of Adam and Eve to the death of Joseph who was sold into Egypt. Genesis 50:26
Old Testament made easier, part #2, p. 3
Give a summary of what Genesis is about.
In Genesis, Moses taught us that God created the earth, that Adam and Eve were placed in the Gzrden of Eden, partook of the forbidden fruit and became mortal (which was good), that Satan began promoting his evil work among the descendants of Adam and Eve, that Enoch preached, Noah preached, the flood came, evil men built the Tower of Babel after the flood, The Lord restored the gospel through Abraham and established the Abrahamic Covenant, and that Issac continued the covenant, as did Jacob, who had twelve sons.
As Genesis continues, Moses records that several of Jacob’s sons sold their younger brother, Joseph, into slavery when he was seventeen years old. He was taken to Egypt and sold as a slave there but was blessed by The Lord to eventually become second in command to the pharaoh. He prepared the Egyptians for a severe famine that had been prophesied, gathering grain and supplies during seven years of plenty. When the famine came to Egypt, it also plagued the area where Joseph’s father and brothers lived in the southwestern part of Palestine. Thus, Joseph’s brothers were forced to travel to Egypt to obtain provisions to sustain their lives and the lives of their families. Eventually, they (a total of 70 individuals) moved to Egypt, where they were welcomed by the pharaoh and Joseph and were given land on which to settle. Over the years, these Israelites multiplied and flourished as a separate people in Egypt. We know them as the children of Israel, or descendants of Jacob and his twelve sons.
Elder Mark E Peterson informs us that it was about 430 years from the time that Joseph’s father (“Israel” or “Jacob”) and brothers moved their families to Egypt to the time when Mosrs led their descendants out of Egypt. He said “The fulfillment of Gods promises to Abraham required that Israel should become numerous. To accomplish this, the little family numbering only 70 persons (Genesis 46:26-27), needed sufficient time and a peaceful place in which to grow. Egypt was that place…”
“Palestine was a battle ground for warring nations that moved back and forth in their conquests between the Nile and the Euphrates. Israel would have found no peace there. They required stable conditions for their eventual growth and development…”
“At the end of 430 years, The Lord now decreed that the time had arrived for Israel to occupy her own land and there become that “peculiar people” who would await the coming of their Messiah.”
In Exodus, Moses picks up the history of the people by informing us that the Egyptians eventually came to fear the children of Israel because of their rapid growth and, as a result, placed them in bondage, making them serve as slaves.
Old Testament made easier, part #2, p. 3-4
