Category 1
Adam
First man created by God; first man to sin.
Canaan
The land God promised to Abraham and his descendants.
Cosmology
The three-tiered structure of the ancient Near East, featuring a flat earth resting on watery depths, covered by a solid dome that separates the earth from upper waters.
Cubit
Ancient measurement used by Noah to make the Ark; about 18-21 inches.
Torah
The first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
Eve
First woman created by God from Adam's rib.
Mt. Ararat
Mountain range where Noah's ark came to rest after the Great Flood.
Firmament
Expanse created by God on the second day to separate the waters from below and above.
Birthright
The legal and social privilege given to the firstborn son.
Sodom and Gomorrah
Two ancient, wicked cities in the Bible that God destroyed.
Noah
Built the Ark to save his family and earth's animals from a global flood.
Egypt
A fertile land ruled by Pharaoh.
Dominion
The authority and power given by God for humans to rule over and care for the Earth.
Sanctified
Made Holy and set apart.
Pentateuch
Name for the first five books of the Old Testament.
Abraham
Started a covenant between God and the Hebrew people; promised a great nation.
Tower of Babel
A tall structure built to reach the heavens; God sees this and scatters the people.
Monotheism
The belief that one God created everything in the universe; one supreme God.
Altar
A raised place where people made offerings to God.
Mt. Moriah
The place where God told Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering.
Isaac
Ur
Ancient city where Abraham and his family lived before moving to Haran.
Original Sin
The act of Adam and Eve disobeying God and eating the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Sacrifice
Offering an animal or a person to God as a sign of worship or a payment of wrongdoing.
Covenant
A promise made between God and humanity.