Creation
What is the name of the first book of the Old Testament that details the creation of the world?
Genesis
What is the sacred, principal Hebrew name for God often translated as "LORD"?
Yahweh
What ancient measurement of length was based on the distance from the elbow to the middle fingertip?
Cubit
Who was the first human created by God from the dust of the ground in Genesis?
Adam
Who was the long-awaited son born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age?
Isaac
What term describes a theological or scientific account of the origin and structure of the universe?
Cosmology
What is the foundational religious belief in the existence of only one God?
Monotheism
What was the name of the Promised Land situated between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea?
Canaan
Who was the first woman created by God to be a companion for Adam?
Who was the wife of Isaac who gave birth to twin boys after a difficult pregnancy?
Rebekah
What was the vast expanse or dome created on the second day of creation to divide the waters?
Firmament
What formal, binding agreement or promise is established between God and His people?
Covenant
What ancient structure was built to reach the heavens, resulting in the dispersion of human languages?
Tower of Babel
Who was instructed by God to build a massive wooden vessel to survive a catastrophic deluge?
Noah
Who traded his inherited birthright to his younger twin brother in exchange for a bowl of stew?
Esau
What responsibility and authority did God grant to humanity over the Earth and all its creatures?
Dominion
What traditional legal status granted the firstborn son a double inheritance and family leadership?
Birthright
On which mountain range did Noah's Ark come to rest after the Great Flood waters receded?
Mt. Ararat
Who is the founding patriarch called by God to leave his homeland and father a great nation?
Abraham
Who was Jacob's first wife and the mother of six founders of the tribes?
Leah
What Christian doctrine describes the state of human sinfulness inherited from the fallout in Eden?
Original Sin
What raised structure or table is traditionally used as a sacred place for religious sacrifices, worship, or offerings to God?
Altar
From which ancient Mesopotamian city in Sumer did Abraham depart on his journey to Canaan?
Ur
Who was Abraham's eldest son born through Sarah's handmaid, Hagar?
Ishmael
Which patriarch was given a secondary name meaning "he strives with God" after wrestling a divine figure?
Jacob