Old Testament Exam 1 Flashcards
What phrases are repeated on each day in the creation story in Genesis 1?
God saw it was good
And there was evening and there was morning the ________ day. X6
And God said it was good. X6
(Genesis 1:1-2:4)
In Genesis 2 does the text say that the serpent is Satan?
No
In Genesis 3 What is the first question God asks of the man after the first act of disobedience?
Where are you?
How does the introduction of Genesis 6 describe the earth that will be flooded?
The earth was corrupt
What is the sign of the covenant? Who makes it? Genesis 7
God makes a covenant with a rainbow
Why would Genesis 11 be coupled with Acts 2:1-21?
The tower of Babel is in Genesis 11 when God confuses all of their languages. In Acts 2 the Holy Spirit brings flaming tongues and all can understand one another’s languages again
What does God promise Abraham in Genesis 12?
He promises to make of Abraham a great nation, that he will bless him, and make his name great.
How does Abraham respond to God’s promise to make his descendants like the stars?
He believed the Lord.
What happens after Abraham falls asleep? How does the covenant take place?
Genesis 15
A deep and terrifying darkness descended upon him. Abram brings God an animal sacrifice. A torch passes between the pieces over the fire.
Abraham will become the “ansestor of___________”
Genesis 17
a multitude of many nations
When God appears to Abraham as three men ,how does Abraham respond? Genesis 18
He greets them, washes their feet, and feeds them.
How does Abraham argue with God in Genesis 18:25?
He wants to know why the Judge of the earth won’t do what he feels is just.
Abram and God are negotiating to save the righteous among the wicked in Sodom…
“Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?””
Genesis 18:25 NIV https://bible.com/bible/111/gen.18.25.NIV
What does God promise will happen to Hagar’s son?
Genesis 21
God promises to make a nation of Ishmael as well because he is Abraham’s son.
What’s repeated in verses 2 & 12 of Genesis 22?
Your son, your only son
How does Abraham’s servant determine whom Isaac should marry?
Genesis 24
He decides the woman who offers him drink and to water his camels is the wife for Isaac.
What does Esau say when Jacob demands his birthright? Genesis 25
I am about to die. Of what use is this birthright to me?
What does Jacob say after waking up? Genesis 28:16-17
Surely the Lord is in this place…the is none other than the house of God
What are the main events of Genesis 29?Why does the man rename Jacob, Israel?
Genesis 32
Genesis 29- Jacob marries Leah and Rachel (Laban’s daughters) First tricked into Leah after 7 years, then 7 years for Rachel. Jacob is renamed Israel after he wrestles God.
How does Joseph end up in Egypt?
Genesis 37
He is sold into slavery by his brothers
Be able to explain in one sentence why Joseph’s brothers are in his presence at the start of Genesis 45 story
There is a famine in the land and they are seeking food from Egypt.
Genesis 50:19-20 Why Joseph doesn’t see it as his place to punish his brothers
Joseph sees what they intended for harm God intend for good… in order to preserve a numerous people.
Do readers learn the name of Pharaoh? How does Moses end up in Pharoah’s house? Exodus 1
Pharaoh is not named…
Pharoah’s daughter finds Moses in a basket and takes him to live at the palace after he is weaned by his biological mother…
What has God observed/seen/heard? Exodus 3
the misery of my people who are in Egypt, the cries on account of their taskmasters. vs. 7
On whom does God say God will impose/execute/judgments? Exodus 12
Firstborn in the land of Egypt, all humans and animals, on all the gods of Egypt judgments… vs. 12
Exodus 14:14 Theology warfare…say more
“The Lord will fight for you, you have only to keep still.”
God fights for us when we surrender and be still and know that God is God.
What is God called in Exodus 15:3?
Warrior
How does God initially respond to the peoples complaining for food? Exodus 16
The Lord gives Moses instructions for how the Israelites should collect the bread the Lord is providing each day.
How does God initially respond to the peoples complaining for water? Exodus 17
God commanded Moses to strike the rock at Horeb and water will come out of it so that the people may drink. vs. 6
How does God characterize the people here at Mount Sinai? Exodus 19
‘you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples… you shall be for me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation…. vs. 5-6