First Chapters
Genesis
The opening book of scripture, marking the beginning of the Bible, the world, and humanity.
Yahweh
The personal divine name for God revealed in the Hebrew scriptures.
Canaan
The region promised by God to Abraham's lineage.
Noah
The builder of the Ark who survived the Great Flood.
Jacob
The son of Isaac who received the name Israel.
Adam
The first human created by God, made from dust and created in God's image.
Monotheism
The belief in a single God.
Tower of Babel
God scattered the people across the globe by confounding their speech so they could no longer understand one another. The project was abandoned, and the city was named Babel
Abraham
The patriarch called by God to be the father of many nations.
Esau
Jacob's twin brother who traded away his firstborn status.
Eve
The first woman created to be a companion for Adam out of his rib.
Covenant
A sacred, binding agreement between God and humanity.
Mt. Ararat
The mountain range where Noah's Ark rested after the flood.
Sarah
Abraham's wife and the matriarch of Isaac's line.
Birthright
The special privilege and double portion belonging to the eldest son.
Firmament
the expanse created to separate the waters above from the waters below, (Heaven & Earth).
Altar
A raised structure used for presenting offerings.
Ur
The ancient Mesopotamian city that was Abraham's original home.
Isaac
The promised son born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age.
12 Tribes of Israel
The family divisions descended from Jacob's sons.
Original Sin
The choice made by Adam and Eve to disobey God by eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, spiraling humanity into a life of sin.
Sacrafice
An offering presented to God as an act of devotion or worship.
Sodom & Gomorrah
The cities associated with divine judgment in the account of Lot.
Ishamel
Abraham's eldest son, born to Hagar.
Benjamin
The youngest son of Jacob and full brother to Joseph.