Characters
This character is the first murderer recorded in the Bible.
Who is Cain?
The event in which Adam and Eve eat the fruit of the tree of which God commanded them not to eat.
What is the Fall?
What is "you shall surely die"?
A sacred promise which creates kinship bonds.
What is a covenant?
The area of the world in which the texts of Genesis and Exodus originate.
This character is the maidservant of Sarah who is given to Abraham as a wife.
Who is Hagar?
What is the Tower of Babel?
"As for Ishmael, I have heard you...But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom ____________ shall bear to you"
Who is "Sarah"?
Abraham's original name.
What is Abram?
Isaac's twin sons, one of whom was very hairy.
Who are Jacob and Esau?
This character is the son of Abraham who will continue the covenant line.
Who is Isaac?
This event is God's response to the problem of the Tower of Babel.
What is the call of Abraham?
"And I will make you into a ____________"
What is "great nation"?
This word refers to the fact that because the Bible is God's word, it faithfully and without error teaches the saving truths which God wanted to make known.
These ancient professionals were responsible for the copying and handing down of texts and traditions over time within the community.
What are scribes?
This character is the son of Hagar, and his name means, "God hears."
Who is Ishmael?
This event led the brothers of Joseph to Egypt.
What is a famine?
"And I will make your ___________"
What is "name great"?
This word refers to the fact that the human authors of the Bible were guided by God in its writing, editing, and compilation.
What is inspiration?
The tower builders' motivation for building the tower of Babel.
What is to make a name for themselves lest they scattered over the earth?
This is the son of Jacob who is sold into slavery in Egypt.
Who is Joseph?
With this event, God decided to wipe out corruption on the earth.
What is the flood?
"And in you all the nations of the earth shall ____________"
What is "be blessed"?
A ritual which calls down curses upon oneself for breaking the covenant.
What is a self-imprecation ritual?
The item that Joseph used to test his brothers in Egypt.
What is a silver cup?