Key Terms
Place the passage in context (where in the storyline? what’s happening around it?)
What is Locate?
Depicted by deception and grasping for control
What is Jacob’s attempt to secure the blessing?
This happens when warning is ignored.
Sin grows!
What is Genesis 6-9?
Relational trust in God’s promise.
Response to God’s word from trust)
What is obedience?
This creates family deception, Esau’s anger, fleeing into exile, fractured relationships.
What is Jacob’s deceit?
What is an offering that pleased God?
My perserved obedience to God’s word in a corrupt culture.
Who is Noah?
Exposes fear and questions while also testing what is ultimate.
What is waiting and surrender?
God’s binding promise
What is covenant?
Refuses sin and flees because it would be sin against God.
What is Joseph’s integrity?
Where I learn about Adam, Cain and Abel
What is Genesis 2-4?
Being warned by God about things not yet seen and responding in faith.
What motivated Noah's obedience?
Abraham’s heart of surrender and God’s provision
The Faith Lesson (what it teaches about God and people)
What is Find?
Theme of Jacob’s exile and later wrestling with God.
What is transformation of identity and dependence on God?
In Genesis 4, God warns Cain that this is “Crouching at the door” and desiring to rule him.
What is sin?
Built ark as commanded; obeyed detailed instructions; entered ark; persisted over long period; proclaimed righteousness.
What are actions Noah took?
To be credited as righteousness.
What is to believed the Lord?
The person’s heart (motives, fears, sins, pressures)
What is Identify?
Describes integrity when no one sees; trusting God in delay; choosing forgiveness.
What is theme in Jacob's story?
This evaluates heart/faith, not mere external action; for example: Cain’s anger and refusal of correction reveals heart;
What is difference between outward religion and faithful worship?
To obey even when alone; faith acts on God’s word despite cultural resistance.
Where I learned about Abraham
What is Genesis 12, 15 and 22?