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69 Cards in this Set
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1. How is creation described?
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In 2 parts-1 the creation of the whole cosmos in the form of a week long period (story about God/Elohim) 2 is creation of man and home, work, companion (Yahweh)
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2. What are the man's first words?
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“this at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.”
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3. Who/what is cursed?
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The serpent, the ground (producing thorns and thistles)
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4. Why is Lamech avenged?
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Wounding him?
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5. What blessing is given by Lamech to Noah?
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He would be the one to bring relief from work and painful toil
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6. What caused the Flood?
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Corruption in the earth
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7. How deeply did the waters cover the earth?
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Water was 15 cubits above the mountains (18”)
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8. What bird(s) did Noah send out of the ark?
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Raven/dove
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9. What was the content of God's promise to Noah?
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He would never again cures the ground b/c of man, or strike down every living creature
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10. Who was Nimrod?
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The 1st mighty man on the earth (fathered by cush)
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11. Why did God confuse the languages?
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To prevent building the tower of bable/making a name for themselves
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12. How did Abram describe his wife to pharaoh?
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As his sister
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13. Why did Abram and Lot part?
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A dispute btw the herdsmen; not enough room in the land
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14. To what did Abram respond by giving a tenth of everything?
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Affirms melchizedeks blessing to the power of God
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15. What were the boundaries of God's gift of land?
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From the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates, land of the kenites, kenizzites, kadomites, hittites, perizzites, rephaim, amorites, canaanites, girgashitses and jebusites
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16. What did the angel promise Hagar?
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Her offspring will be multipled
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17. What sign of the covenant is instituted in Genesis 17?
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Circumcision
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18. What was the lowest number of righteous that Abraham reached in his bargain with God?
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10
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19. How does Zoar reckon in the story of Lot's escape from Sodom?
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It is the little city outside of Sodom Lot and family escaped to
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20. What did God say to Abimelech in a dream?
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You are a dead man b/c the woman you have taken is someones wife
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21. With what did Sarah associate the name of Isaac?
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laughter
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22. How does God provide for the burnt offering?
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Ram caught in thicket
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23. How much did Abram pay for Sarah's burial plot?
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400 shekels of silver
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24. What was the first thing that Abraham's servant did when arriving at Nahor?
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Sat with camels at well, prayed for God’s appointed woman to speka
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25. How did Esau sell his birthright?
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Traded for bread and lentil stew
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26. How many new wells did Isaac and his servants dig?
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4
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27. Where was Esau when Isaac blessed Jacob?
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hunting
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28. What did Jacob promise God?
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If God would bless him Jacob would have the LORD as God and the stone he had would be God’s house, also would give a 10th of all he had to God
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29. Which of Laban’s daughters was Jacob married to first?
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Leah
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30. What did Rachel obtain from Leah as a means to have children?
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mandrakes
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31. What did Rachel take from her father when Jacob fled?
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His household gods
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32. Why did God call the name of a place Peniel?
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Face of God-jacob wrestled with him
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33. About what did Jacob and Esau discuss?
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Whether Jacob & fam would continue w/ him to seir
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34. Why did Jacob’s sons slaughter the citizens of Shechem?
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b/c shechem slept with their sister
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35. What happened at Benjamin’s birth?
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Rachel died
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36. What was Esau’s other name?
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edom
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37. What was Reuben's recommendation?
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Throw joseph in a pit
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38. Why did Judah say, “She is more righteous than I?”
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b/c he did not give her a husband and he lay with her
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39. What happened in Potiphar's house?
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Potiphars wife tried to sleep with him; joseph escapes; she accuses jacob
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40. Whose death did Joseph predict from a dream?
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Chief baker
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41. About what was pharaoh’s dream?
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Attractive cows getting eaten by ugly cows/ 7 ears of grain; 7 years of plenty and 7 years of famine
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42. What did the brothers need to do to convince Joseph that they were honest?
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Leave simeon and go back to land to get youngest brother
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43. What did Joseph’s brothers take for the second visit to Egypt?
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Presents (balm, honey, gum, myrrh, nuts, almonds, double the money, benjamin
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44. Why did Joseph demand Benjamin’s life as a slave?
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To test his brothers
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45. Why did Joseph forgive his brothers?
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Because he sees that God brought him to preserve a remnant
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46. What did God promise Jacob at Beersheba?
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That he would make him a great nation if we went to egypt
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47. What happened to the Egyptians under Joseph’s leadership?
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They came under pharaoh and had to give him 1/5 of their crops
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48. Which son of Joseph did Jacob give the preference in his blessing?
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ephraim
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49. Who is described as a fruitful vine?
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joseph
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50. Why did Joseph return to Canaan?
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To burry jacob
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1. What is the meaning of “Genesis?”
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beginnings
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2. Where does the second major section of Genesis begin?
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12
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3. How does Jacob become Israel?
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Because he struggled with God and prevailed
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4. What sort of a figure is Joseph?
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Wisdom figure
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5. How many sources to the Pentateuch did Wellhausen hypothesize?
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4
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6. What is the circular reasoning that occurs in the Documentary Hypothesis?
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“d” (third text) took over more prominence as primary redactor who ordered/affected all appeared earlier
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7. Following Alt’s theory, in the God’s of the Fathers, name some tribal “gods.”
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Mighty one of Jacob, Fear of Isaac
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8. The two creation stories parallel what in the early chapters of Genesis?
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Genealogical doublets later in the account (moving from general to specific account ex. gen 1 to gen 2 and gen 10—gen 11
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9. What does the name of Noah resemble?
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Rest, comfort
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10. What does Joseph’s rise to second in command of Egypt exemplify?
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Shows manner which adrams descendants become instruments of international blersssing and manner in which God of Abrahams family able to reverse fates of nations and of the world to honor those whom he has chosen to bless
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11. What is the reason for the flood in the Atrahasis Epic?
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b/c of overpopulations and noise created by so many humans
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12. What part of Genesis identifies all peoples of the known world as equal before God?
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Gen 10 (table of nations)
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13. How does the Sumerian King List compare the long-lived antediluvians?
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King list gives royal reigns of each ruler in terms of tens of thousands of years
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14. From what independent countries are armies threatening in Mari and Gen 14?
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Elam
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15. Which person in Genesis appears most frequently in the rest of the Bible?
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Abraham
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16. What does the goodness of God affirm in creation?
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Creation is in perfect harmony with God, responding to divine word as intended
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17. What does the Garden of Eden anticipate?
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Items in the tabernacle of exodus and temple of 1 kings
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18. What does Abram’s life in a foreign land and Jacob at Laban’s home teach?
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Justice to others
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19. If Abraham teaches faith and Jacob hope, what does Joseph teach?
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Love and forgiveness
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