Genesis Chapters 1-11 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Who is Enoch?
Cain’s son, Enoch
Who was Adam?
- God’s creation of being in his own “image”
- punished by having to work for his food after eating the forbidden fruit
Who was Cain?
- son of Adam and Eve
- becomes a farmer
- offers God his crop, but Abel is better after offering a portion of his flocks
- Cain kills Abel
- can’t return home
Who was Eve?
- God made her out of Adam’s rib
- she was punished by having pain in childbirth after eating the forbidden fruit
What was The Flood?
- God wants to wipe out mankind, but Noah is good.
- God makes a covenant with Noah to save his family
- Noah builds the ark and takes 2 animals of each
- ark ended up on Mount Ararat
- rainbow is symbol of the covenant
1st Creation Story?
- creation takes 6 days
- ## man and woman created last
2nd Creation Story?
- creation takes one day
- man created first
- then plants and animals
- then woman
What is Leviticus?
The book of laws
What is Exodus?
- Story of the Israelites leaving Egypt.
- “going out”
Who was Noah?
- father of Shem, Ham and Japheth
Who was Seth?
- Adam’s obedient son
Who is Shem?
- son of Noah who was saved
What is the Fall?
- when Adam and Eve become disobedient?
- they ate from the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil
What is Covenant?
- relationship between God and humankind
- God covenant with Noah to save his family
What is Ararat?
- mountain where the ark landed after the flood
Who is Ham?
- son of Noah
Who was Abel?
- murdered by Cain
- son of Adam and Eve
Who was Japheth?
- one of the three sons of Noah
- brother of Shem and Ham
What was the first murder?
Cain murdering Abel because Abel had a better gift to God
What was the tower of Babel?
- after the flood they try to build a tower to heaven
- tries to explain the diversity of human language
What is the Garden of Eden?
- first peaceful area of the world
- God put Adam and Eve and animals and food there
What was Adam and Eve’s disobedience?
Eve ate fruit when the serpant tempted them to eat from the tree of knowledge. Adam ate it, too. They were exiled form the Garden of Eden.
Pentateuch
Greek name for the 1st 5 books of the Bible
What do Cain and Abel offer for sacrifices?
- Cain offered his crops
- Abel offered his flock
- God preferred Abel’s, so Cain murdered Abel
