In the Beginning
This first book of the Bible means "beginning."
What is Genesis
The belief in one single God.
What is Monotheism?
The first man, created from the dust of the ground.
Who is Adam?
The "Promised Land" God pledged to Abraham's descendants.
What is Canaan?
Abraham's first son, born to Hagar.
Who is Ishmael?
The study of the origin and structure of the universe.
What is Cosmology
The personal name of God in Hebrew, written as YHWH.
Who is Yahweh
The first woman, created as a companion for Adam.
Who is Eve?
Abraham's home city before he left for the Promised Land.
What is Ur?
Isaac's son who sold his birthright for a bowl of stew.
Who is Esau?
The dome or expanse God made to separate the waters, also called the sky.
What is the Firmament?
A sacred agreement or promise between God and His people
What is a Covenant?
God told this man to build an ark to survive the flood.
Who is Noah?
The mountain where Noah's Ark came to rest after the flood
What is Mt. Ararat?
The son of Isaac renamed "Israel," father of the twelve tribes.
Who is Jacob?
The authority God gave humans to rule over the earth and animals.
What is Dominion?
The special right or inheritance belonging to the firstborn son.
What is a Birthright?
Called the "father of many nations," God made a covenant with him.
Who is Abraham?
Here God confused human language so people couldn't understand each other.
What is the Tower of Babel?
The wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
Who is Rebekah?
The fallen state of humanity caused by Adam and Eve's disobedience.
What is Original Sin?
An ancient unit of measure based on the forearm, used to build the Ark.
What is a Cubit?
The promised son of Abraham and Sarah, nearly sacrificed by his father.
Who is Isaac?
his measurement-built vessel landed on Mt. Ararat
What is the Ark?
Jacob's two wives, who were sisters.
Who are Leah and Rachel?