Genesis

Alyssa Martin Ms. Morrell Honors English III 23 August 2014 Genesis Before there was light, there was darkness. God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. Genesis is a book of the Hebrew Bible from a religion which we call Christianity. Genesis describes the creation of the universe and the heavens, the creation of man and woman, and how a perfect world became sinful. God spoke commands and saw that they were good. God saw that the light was good. He called the light “day”, and the…

The book of Genesis gives us insight to many things in terms of our human lives and the condition of our hearts and souls. (1) The Bible opens with an account of the creation of everything and then continues to tell us the stories of people’s lives and the places that they lived. Genesis also tells us about the events that take place over an incredible amount of time. Due to this, some people who read the Bible view Genesis as a history textbook, to be read but not studied. I see Genesis as a…

fowls, he recognized that there was not a helper that was suitable for Adam. Therefore, God, caused a deep sleep to fall upon him, and he took a rib from his side, and formed woman. Through this process, God created woman and brought her to Adam. Genesis 2:23 tells the readers Adam’s first spoken words when he saw Eve was, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out Man.” This abstract or general idea is the foundational thought from…

Throughout the book of Genesis there exists many conflicts: Eve’s conflict with the serpent’s lies, the conflict of Cain and Abel, the conflict Moses has with the Egyptians to free the Israelites, and then the conflict Moses has with the children in the wilderness to follow God. These are just a few of the conflicts that are discussed in the book of Genesis. Joseph is a great example of how suffering and conflict, no matter how unfair, can develop great character and wisdom. The story of…

Gods in Genesis Often when one hears the word “Genesis”, two things come in mind: The first book of the Bible and the origin of creation. Hence, when one reads the first chapter of Genesis, God is introduced as the creator of “heaven and earth.” (Gen. 1:1). In the Hebrew text, God (also known as Yahweh) is ultimately responsible for creation, however, Near Eastern views of creation say otherwise. Cosmology is essential in creation when it comes to Egypt and Babylonian’s account of Genesis.…

The Book of Genesis and The Epic of Gilgamesh are both set to believe that they are based on a real event in history. To me, that's more likely the possibility of why both stories share many similarities. Of course both stories were written by different people and at different times, which explains why each story is told different. So, as much similarities these stories have with one another, they also share many differences and I believe that they are just two different versions of a similar…

continuing a theme of forgiveness and reconciliation throughout the book of Genesis. In Genesis it is shown time and time again that Yahweh is a very forgiving God and not only that but he expects his followers to be so as well. Right at the beginning we have God having to forgive Adam and Eve for taking a bite of the forbidden fruit. Betrayal, repentance, and forgiveness are three repeated steps throughout the book of Genesis and are carried out through the later books. And Joseph’s story fits…

Genesis 2 and 3 might seem that it focuses on the creation of the world as we know. However, if we look beyond this storyline, we can see that Genesis 2 and 3 is actually about how God tests Mankind. The testing is not to see Mankind fail, but rather, how Mankind can improve. Throughout the entirety of Genesis 2 and 3, we see that The Garden of Eden was made by God that one may test Mankind. We can see this through the order of creation, how Mankind gets tested, and from how the punishments are…

promises made in Genesis 12 vv. 2-3 and 7. The confirmation included God’s promise to bless Abram with offspring and give his offspring the land of Canaan. Abram believed God and God recognized his faith as righteousness. As a result, God entered into a covenant with Abram to confirm that He would keep His promises. Although the covenant settled Abram’s doubts, Abram’s wife Sarai was not sure she was included in the covenant (Gen 13:16; 15:5). Consequently, we learned in Genesis 11 v.30…

In over 200 cultures, there are stories of a great ancient flood - the most familiar (in the Western community) being of Noah in the book of Genesis. As the story goes, God told Noah to build a massive wooden boat and load a male and female of every animal species into it. Then God flooded the earth by making it rain for 40 days and 40 nights, wiping away the wicked. Dealing with the flood story(-ies), there are some subjects that creationists fail to shine light upon - how was Noah and his sons…