Genesis Ch1
What happened day one?
God created light.
What sacrament is shown through the relationship of Adam and Eve?
The sacrament of Marriage.
Who ate the fruit?
Eve.
Who killed who?
Cain killed Abel.
Who did God see as favorable and what did He command him to do?
Noah, build ark.
What does Genesis mean in Greek?
“In the Beginning”
What does Eden mean?
“Joy” or “paradise”
What sin caused the fall?
Pride.
What were Cain and Abel’s trade?
Cain - tiller
Abel - keeper of sheep
Who were the two descendants of Adam and Eve that populated the earth? Why did they become corrupt?
Seth - the righteous son
Cain - sinful son
The two lineages married corrupting the line of Seth
Who wrote Genesis?
The Prophet Moses with the help of the Holy Spiri.
How was Eve made, what is the significance?
From the rib of Adam, of equal value.
What were the punishments for Adam and Eve?
Adam - Labor is not enjoyable anymore, now it’s hard
Eve - increased pain in child birth
Why was Abel’s offering to God accepted but not Cain’s?
Abel gave his best to God while Cain just gave “the fruit of the ground”
Who where the three sons of Noah?
Shem, Ham, Japheth
What is the purpose of Genesis?
To reveal who God is, not how the world came to be.
Why would God put the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the garden?
Free will, relationship with God is needs to be mutual and through rejecting evil we choose a relationship with God.
Why is God asking questions if He already knows the answer? “Where are you”
Shows that by sin, man gets out of the circle of God’s light.
Why did Cain confess?
Fear of earthly punishment, not out of hate for sin.
Who was the dedicated descendent of Adam who was taken into heaven alive?
Enoch
What is the motif that gets repeated throughout days one through five and changes on day six?
“And God saw that it was good” -> “it was very good”
What is the motif that gets repeated throughout days one through six and changes on day seven?
“And there was evening and there was morning, __ day.”
What verse is a promise of salvation?
Genesis chapter 3 verse 15, the protoevangelium,
”I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
What was Cain’s response after God asked him where he was, how does he feel about killing his brother?
“Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Name five people from the Genealogies in Genesis chapter five.
Adam, Seth, Enoch, Noah
Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Methuselah, Lamech