people
Eve
girl who ate the apple and created sin
mt ararat
place where noahs ark rest.
original sin
humans nature to sin.
noah
made the arc to keep him and his animals from drowning because god came to him and told him
cubit
a measurement
jacob
grandson of Abraham, traditional ancestor of the people of Israel
mt moriah
binding of Isaac by Abraham
Rebekah
one of four matriachs
12 tribes of Isreal
Jacob went to Egypt with the 70 souls.
Birthright
the right of the son born first in a family to inherit his father's stuff
Adam
Eves partner
canaan
the promise land
ishmael
one of abrahams son
Sodom and Gomorrah
destroyed cities with their "wickedness"
monotheism
believing in one god
Yahweh
name for the God of the Israelites
ur
birthplace of abraham
cosmology
how the universe was created and its laws in the bible
hagar
became the progenitor of the Ishmaelites through sarai
altar
sacred place for gifts and sacrafices for God.
issac
the second of the patriarchs of Israel
tower of babel
tower that explains why we speak different languages
covenant
agreements that the Hebrews made with God.
Esau
wrote a letter to the romans
Torah
first five books of the bible