This punishment was not part of God's original plan for humanity; it only entered the world as a natural consequence for Adam and Eve's sin.
What is death?
God famously forms this type of relationship multiple times with Abraham, just as he had done with Noah and Adam earlier in Genesis.
What is a covenant?
Sarah laughed when told by God (in the form of the three visitors) that she would bear a child at this age.
What is 90?
By interpreting Pharaoh's dream, Joseph is able to save Egypt and the surrounding peoples from this impending disaster.
What is a famine?
This is the sign God performs to appear to Moses and call him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
What is the burning bush?
The people in the story of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11) are most guilty of this deadly sin.
What is pride?
In addition to a multitude of descendants (fertility), God makes this general promise to Abraham.
What is dominion?
After the angel of the Lord tells Abraham to spare Isaac, this is sacrificed instead.
What is a ram (caught in a thicket)?
This is the meaning of the name Israel, which God gives to Jacob.
What is "wrestles with God"?
This phrase appears several times in Exodus, indicating Pharaoh's stubbornness, lack of empathy, and refusal to let the Israelites go.
What is hardening/hardness of heart?
These are the two punishments that God gives to Cain for killing his brother, Abel.
What are (1) constant wandering and (2) barren ground?
Who is Lot, Abraham's nephew?
This is the prophecy God tells Rebekah about her two sons.
What is "the older will serve the younger"?
This is one of the symbols in Joseph's dreams, which signal his eventual rule over his brothers.
What are bound sheaves of grain or stars?
This first plague on Egypt is foreshadowed by one of the miracles God enables Moses to perform.
What is the Nile turning to blood?
In the second creation story (Genesis 2:4-25), these are the two things God uses to create humans.
What are dust (mud/clay) and breath?
In Genesis 17, God asks Abraham to formalize their agreement with the institution of this practice.
What is circumcision?
This woman, firstborn daughter of Laban and first wife of Jacob, is the mother of six of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Who is Leah?
This is the oldest brother of Joseph, who suggests throwing him into a well rather than killing him.
Who is Reuben?
These are the three specifications required for the Passover lamb in Exodus 12.
What are (1) one-year-old, (2) male, and (3) without blemish?
God commands Noah to bring two of every kind of animal on the ark in Genesis 6; however, in Genesis 7, God commands Noah to bring seven pairs of this kind of animal.
What is "clean"?
This son of Abraham, whose mother is Hagar, is a central prophetic figure in Islam.
Who is Ishmael?
Esau, firstborn of Isaac and older brother of Jacob, is known for his proficiency as a hunter and for having this color hair.
What is red?
This brother of Joseph is the direct ancestor of several important figures in biblical history, including King David and Jesus of Nazareth.
Who is Judah?
The Hebrew word which is translated as "basket" in Exodus 2 also appears in Genesis 6; there, it has this translation.