Vocab
Genesis 1-11
Patriarchs
Exodus & The Law
To the Promised Land!
100
The human habit of sin, inherited from Adam and Eve.
What is original sin?
100
The causes of the Biblical flood:
What are, God's grief over how evil humanity had become; the Sons of God marrying the women and having "Nephilite" children.
100
The name of Abraham's son with Hagar.
Call me Ishmael.
100
Where Moses met God.
What is at a burning bush?
100
The Mesopotamian prophet Balak, the king of Moab, hired to curse Israel.
Who is Balaam?
200
Babylonian flood account, written in about 1500 BCE.
What is Atrahasis?
200
From which tree did Adam and Eve eat?
What is the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?
200
The reason Esau hated Jacob.
What is, because Jacob took his birthright and stole his blessing from Isaac?
200
The Passover commemorates this plague.
What is the tenth plague, the death of the firstborn?
200
The name of the woman who protected the spies in Jericho.
What is Rahab?
300
A particular inheritance and legacy reserved for the oldest son.
What is a birthright?
300
During the flood, it rained for ______ days.
What is 40?
300
The reason God named Abraham and Sarah's son "Isaac."
What is, because it means "laughter," and they both laughed when they were told he would be born?
300
Civil or Ceremonial Law? "If you buy a Hebrew slave, he may serve for no more than six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom. If he was married before he became a slave, then his wife must be freed with him."
What is Civil Law?
300
The reason Israel had to wander in the wilderness for 40 years instead of making the six-day journey straight to Canaan.
What is, because they listened to the 10 spies who didn't believe God would give them victory over the "giant" Canaanites, and tried to overthrow Moses and kill the 2 faithful spies so that they could lead themselves back to Egypt?
400
The first five books of the Hebrew Bible, from the Greek for "five scrolls."
What is the Pentateuch?
400
The one who received the curse, "The ground is cursed because of you."
Who is Adam?
400
Jacob's four wives.
Who are Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, and Zilpah?
400
The two commandments that were broken at the Golden Calf incident.
What are the first commandment, "You must not have any other god but me," and the second commandment, “You must not make for yourself an idol" ?
400
What did Balaam learn about God that Balak didn't learn?
That he was determined to bless Israel, and no amount of sacrifices or rituals would persuade him to change his mind.
500
Legal code for moral social conduct based on principles and rules, rather than on past cases.
What is civil law?
500
The reason God put a mark on Cain.
What is, to protect him from people who might want to kill him after he is exiled?
500
How did Joseph end up as the second-in-command in Egypt?
His jealous brothers sold him into slavery, but because of his gift from God to interpret dreams, he helped Pharaoh predict and prepare for a huge famine, so Pharaoh put him in charge of everything.
500
Name three commandments (besides 1 & 2) or three plagues.
[answers will vary]
500
How did Biblical Archaeologists calculate the High Date (1446) for the Exodus?
They use the date of Solomon's Temple, about 966, and subtracted 480 years.
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