Genesis

for this assignment I talked with several people, asking them the interview questions, I will address the answers of four of the people I talked with. Each question is listed below with a summary of the answers following. How long are the days in Genesis 1? Why? Three of the four persons basically said the exact time is unknown. The fourth said a day was from sun up to sun down no hours were specified. How old is the Earth and life? Why? One person said about 6,000 years, two stated it was…

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…

The beginning of Genesis is all about how Earth was created and what came to live on the planet. He creates the simple things, such as light, sky, and land. He eventually creates the animals that inhabit the planet, including humans. These humans are Adam and Eve. These two are placed in the garden of Eden. Eventually, a sneaky serpent comes along and tricks them into picking/eating fruit from a tree that they were not permitted to touch. God becomes aware of this and chastises all three. The…

Response Paper 1 Introduction Genesis is the first book of the Bible that essentially delves in depth into the advent of the world. The early chapters of the book- the first and the second chapters- explicitly elaborate the Christian perception of reality, the natural world and the beginning of life, and in its sense, describing the very purpose of human life. The first two chapters of Genesis cover a topic that is widely debated, with some scholars arguing that Genesis should be taken…

There are a multitude of similarities and differences featured in both the Egyptian and the Genesis creation myth. In each creation myth both include many similarities. Firstly, both stories are about creation. Also, both stories have similar ways as to how their god created the first person or god. In the Genesis creation story it states that, “God formed man out of the dust of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being”. A quote from the…

A creation myth is a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how the people first came to inhabit it. For example, two of them are the Genesis story and the Chinese story. Although the two stories have a great deal of dissimilarities they also have a number of indistinguishable elements. Both creation stories have some things in common. First, in both stories humans were made from the earth. The Chinese story states that Nu Wa sculpted humans from the mud. “From the edge of the pond she…

The Book of Genesis chapters 1 and 2 tells us that God created the world by his spoken word. God created the world in 7 days, in which is why we have 7 days in the week. God created the heavens, the earth and everything that lives. He made humankind in his image, and gave them charge over the earth. On Day 1, God created light from the dark chaotic world. God spoke, “Let there be light.” (Genesis 1:3) and there was light. On Day 2, God created the heavens and earths. God divided the…

Joseph in Egypt Genesis 40-41 The bible scripture that I have chosen was Genesis 40-41. This section spoke to me because erstwhile we forget what the purpose of God is in our lives, while questioning his being. Joseph, a man of honor and while he was a slave in the household of Potiphar, he proved himself to be honorable and trustworthy. Those of us that believe in the divine being need to remember that God is faithful and that he gave his own lives for us, he cares for his children just as he…

In Genesis 3: 1-24, it is implied that the first sin was caused by temptation. The devil, or Satan, made himself appear as a serpent in the Garden of Eden; he informed Eve that the only reason why God did not want both her and Adam to eat from the tree with the forbidden fruit was because the fruit contained knowledge that only God had at the time. This portion of the bible expresses sin as any act that defies God’s command; God has certain expectations and rules for us that he provides us with…

Katelyn Bianco Religion 105 Genesis 3:1-24 At the end of the chapter two, we leave off with God placing Adam and Eve into the Garden of Eden, instructing them to take care of the garden, but warning them not to eat from the tree of knowledge, or else death will be bestowed upon you. This is where chapter three picks up. In the beginning of the chapter, A serpent appears to the women. The serpent is said to be smarter than any other wild animal. He appears to Eve and tries to test her knowledge…