Book of Genesis

In the book of Genesis and Exodus God makes covenants with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses in return for obedience of his commands. God promised blessings that consisted of acquiring Promised Land, building a great nation and having children to fulfill his perfect plan. The Abrahamic and Mosaic Covenants are affirmed and re-affirmed on a continued basis but the promises take years to be executed. While Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses obey God’s commands, they are almost never enriched with…

Hebrew book of Genesis, floods occur that completely destroy the physical world and all of mankind, except for a select few people who are considered righteous people from their creator’s perspective. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, the god Ea instructs a character whose name is Utnapishtim to build a large boat. According to the tablet, Ea tells Utnapishtim to make all living things go up into the boat. The only people on the boat are Utnapishtim, his family, and a few others. According to Genesis,…

God’s relationship with humanity has always been difficult to conceptualize. The Bible provides us with a plethora of stories that reassure us of God’s love for humanity, yet at other times bring us to question whether that is actually true. The Books of Genesis and Exodus, but more specifically the covenants that God makes with his people, offer great insight into the evolution of God’s relationship with humanity. By analyzing the varying terms of the Edenic Covenant, the Noahic Covenant, the…

The Book of Genesis was the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Genesis 1 of the bible describes the creation of the world in accordance to the image of God. According to the Book of Genesis, the world was described to be “formless and desolate”. The Earth already had water, but was covered in complete darkness, as there was no light to begin with. God created the world in numerous days and not one day. God’s first creation was by a command. That command was, “Let…

Hesiod 's Theogony and the Book of Genesis, came from two very distinct cultures. Hesiod’s Theogony is the Greek account of the creation of earth and humankind, while The Book of Genesis is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, which also stands as an account of creation. There are a number of profound similarities and differences between the creation stories contained in Hesiod 's Theogony and the biblical book of Genesis. The similarities and differences between…

Noah from Genesis 6-11 and Job of The Book of Job, as characters, are similar individuals, however, the actions taken by them separates their views. They both undergo a change in identity and one character is affected more than the other and has the courage to questioned God, which is Job. However, examining closely, one can see the structure that is presented by the author in Genesis 6-11 and The Book of Job and each are quite different. In Genesis 6-11, it uses structure as well as tone, to…

creation of the world and humanity. The myth exhibits many archetypal settings and greatly resembles the story of Adam and Eve in the Book of Genesis. The differences between the two creation stories’ archetypal settings, however, illustrate the greatest difference between the two cultures; monotheism and polytheism. Both “The World on Turtle’s Back” and the Book of Genesis involve a tree that connects heaven to earth. In the Iroquois story, it is the “Great Tree… [that] had grown there…

The story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11 of the Hebrew Bible is a brief but complex moment within the larger story of human development throughout the book of Genesis. At first reading the story appears entirely pessimistic in nature, but through close reading of the text, the nature of the story begins to change. In this essay, I argue that humankind’s creation of the Tower of Babel was motivated more so through an unconscious desire to be closer to God, who had become physically absent…

Genesis means "generation". If you were a Levitical Priest and you could not trace your ancestry to Levi, you would be removed from your position (Neh 7:64). The genealogical record for every Israelite confirmed their ownership to their land and home. It is quite often that when the book of Genesis is discussed, people will comment on how, in their perspective, Genesis was written for the purpose of having a ‘story book’ to explain why and how we got here, and where we came from. This is not…

than God’s feelings and sensations about the sacrifice on the altar or further commentary on Moses’ actions. Another that is similar to this is when God tells Noah not to consume blood (Coogan, David, Zvi, Newsom, Perkins, pg. 22). This section in Genesis of the Bible focuses on the offerings to God and why Noah should obey his command. There are several verses of God speaking to Noah telling him what is to become of him and his descendants. Although Tales of Patriarch tells this story as well,…