The meaning of the word "Genesis".
What is "beginnings"?
The name of Abram and Sarai's Egyptian slave.
Who is Hagar?
The ancient custom of the firstborn son inheriting 2/3 of the family's wealth and the spiritual blessing.
What is primogeniture?
The place that Jacob stops on his way to live with Joseph in Egypt.
Where is Bethel?
The name of Jacob's favorite wife.
Who is Rachel?
The main genre of Genesis.
What is theology?
The translation of the Hebrew word "berit".
What is "covenant"?
The names of Jacob's 4 wives.
Who are Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, and Zilpah?
The thing Joseph asks the cupbearer to do when he leaves prison to serve Pharaoh.
What is, to remember him?
The translation of the Hebrew word "Mizraim".
What is Egypt?
The double meaning of The Garden of Eden in Genesis.
What is God's presence?
The two qualities of the gods in the ancient world.
What is local and geographical?
The meaning of the Hebrew word "makom".
What is, "to stumble"?
The main conclusion of Joseph's story and Genesis as a whole.
"What is, God takes evil and turns it into good"?
The meaning of the name Israel.
What is, "to wrestle with God and overcome"?
The 4 stories we acted out as examples of The Cycle in Genesis 1-11.
What are Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Before the Flood, and The Tower of Babel?
The meaning of the phrase "yes, and".
What is, "you accept what is given to you and add to it"?
The 4 perspectives on who Jacob wrestled with.
Who are God, an angel, himself, and Esau's spirit?
The symbolism behind the translation of "cistern" and "prison" as the word "pit".
What is Joseph's emotional state?
The reason that God often favors the younger sons in Genesis.
What is, "God can still bless even those who are set to inherit less value"?
The meaning of The Cycle in Genesis.
What is, "humanity's tendency to try and take the place of God (often through violence)"?
The three animals God asks Abraham to cut in half in the covenant ritual.
What is a heifer, a goat, and a ram?
The 3 perspectives on Jacob's dream of the ladder.
What are Awareness, Egotism, and Self-reflection?
The importance of Joseph's brothers not recognizing him when they first come to Egypt.
What is, God works in the world not around the world?
The names of the two kings of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Who are King Bera and King Birsha?