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| How long did it take God to create the earth? |
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| Six days, he rested on the seventh. |
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| In Genesis 1, what does God command humans to do after they are created? |
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“Be fruitful…increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over every living creature” (Genesis 1:28)
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| What can humans eat? What must humans not eat? Is this different between chapters 1 and 2? |
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- They can eat from any tree in the garden except for the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- Different than chapter 1 in that he gives everything to the humans to rule over and have.
- Chapter one is more divine, chapter 2 God is making and working more.
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| From what is the man created? |
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| What is the man's job in Genesis 2? |
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| He is to work and take care of the garden. (Genesis 2:15) |
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| What clothing do Adam and Eve make for themselves? What kind of clothes does God make for them? |
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| Adam and Eve fashion clothes from fig leaves after they realize they are naked and are ashamed. God clothes them with their skin. |
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| God expels Adam and Eve from the garden in order to keep them from what? |
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| God expels Adam and Eve to keep them from taking and eating from the tree and living forever. (Genesis 3:22) |
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| In Enuma Elish, after claiming victory, how does Marduk create the heavens and the earth? |
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| Marduk defeats Tiamat and splits the body into two to create the heavens and the earth. |
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| In Enuma Elish, how, and for what purpose, does Marduk create mankind? |
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| Marduk creates the outline or blueprint of what mankind is to be like, and Ea constructed them following the blueprint using the blood of Kingu. Mankind is created to help alleviate the toil of the gods. |
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| In Atrahasis, how, and for what purpose, is mankind created? |
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| Mankind is created in Atrahasis to carry out the labor and toil of the gods. Mankind is made by Enki, by mixing the blood of a slain rebel god with clay, thus unintentionally making man rebellious and immortal. |
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| Who are Noah's three sons? |
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| What are some elements that are repeated in the flood story? |
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- Repetition of reason for flood (Genesis 6:5-8,:9-13)
- Two pair vs. seven pair of animals (Gen. 7:2-3,:8-9)
- Flood start before of after Noah boarded (Gen. 7:6-7,10,12-13)
- Noah's age (Gen. 7:6,11)
- Length of flood (Gen. 7:24; 8:3-5,6)
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The Flood vs. Genesis 1:
- How did the waters subside?
- What does God comman Noah and his sons?
- Any other examples?
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- In the flood story, God sends a wind over the earth and the water receded (Genesis 8:1).
- He commands Noah and his sons to do the same thing he commanded the first of human creation: to be fruitful, increase in number and fill the earth (Gen. 1:28, 9:1).
- It took God seven days to complete creation, and seven has significance in the stories of the flood, specifically the time it took for the flood to begin.
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| What are two things God promises to never do after the flood again? |
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- He promises to never curse the ground because of the humans despite their inclination to evil from childhood.
- He promises to never again destroy all living creatures (Genesis 8:21)
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| What is the sign of God's covenant with Noah and all living things? |
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| A rainbow in the clouds is the sign of the covenant (Genesis 9:13). |
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| What did Noah plant and how did it affect him? |
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| Noah planted a vineyard, as he was a man of the soil. The wine he drank made him drunk and caused him to lay naked in his tent. |
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| How does the biblical flood story compare with that which is found in Atrahasis and Gilgamesh individually and/or collectively? |
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- All three account for a flood brought by the gods to extinguish the human race.
- Some protagonist that seems worthy in the eyes of the divine to survive the flood through building a boat and bringing every type of plant and animal.
- Noah & Gilgamesh both include sending out of doves and a swallow to check to see if the flood subsided.
- Difference: Noah is seemingly more explicit in that he is the one that needs to survive, the others are secretive and sneaky in informing the protagonist.
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| Why does Abram want Sarai to hide the truth about their relationship? Does this episode occur more than once, perhaps with some changes? |
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| Abram wants the Egyptians to think Sarai is his sister so they won't kill him. It happens again similarly in Genesis 20, revealing that Sarah is actually Abraham's half sister. |
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| What is Abram to count to get an idea of how many descendants he will have? |
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| According to Genesis 17:4-8, what specific things are promised ot Abraham as part of his covenant relationship with God? |
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| God promised Abram that he would be the father of many nations, gave him the name Abraham, that kings would come from him, and that he will establish his covenant with him and that the whole land of Canaan will be his. |
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| In Genesis, a person is often said to "know" or to "want to know" a person as a euphemism for what? |
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| Having or wanting to have sex with someone. |
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| After offering his daughters to be gang-raped, does Lot recieve an ironic comeuppance at the story's conclusion? |
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| It's ironic that Lot offers his daughters, but ends up drinking and being the one that is slept with. |
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| What two nations descended from Lot? |
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| Through his unknowing conceiving of both of his daughters, the nations of the Moabites and Ammonites descended from him. |
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| What does God ask Abraham to sacrifice, and what does Abraham end up sacrificing as a substitute? |
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| God asks Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, but ends up sacrificing a ram that was caught by its horns as a substitute. |
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| When Abraham commissions his servant to find a wife for Isaac, from where is she to come? Where must she not come from? |
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| Abraham's servant is to find a wife for Isaac from Abraham's nation, and not of the Canaanites. |
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| Who is Isaac's favorite son and who is Rebekah's favorite son? |
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| Isaac's favorite is Esau, and Rebekah's favorite is Jacob. |
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| What deception does Isaac act out in imitation of his father Abraham? |
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| Isaac tells the men in Gerar that his wife is his sister, just as Abraham did with Sarah because he was afraid to say that she was his wife. |
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| How does Jacob deceive his aged father Isaac? |
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| Jacob deceives Isaac, who is aged and can't see well, by putting on Esau's clothes and fur to convince him that he was Esau to get the blessing of the firstborn. |
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| What is Jacob obligated to do in order to marry Laban's daughters? How does Laban not fulfill his part fo the bargain and what is his excuse? |
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| Jacob was to work for Laban for seven years to get to marry Laban's daughter Rachel. Jacob worked the seven years and Laban gave him his first daughter Leah, and in doing so not holding up his end of the deal. His excuse was that Leah was the firstborn and has to be married before the younger daughter. |
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| Who is Jacob's favorite wife? Are there consequences for this favoritism? |
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| Jacob's favorite wife was Rachel, but he had to work another seven years to marry Rachel. |
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| In the rivalry between the two sister-wives to have children, which one not only has children first but ends up having the most? |
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| Leah not only has the first child but has significantly more children than Rachel. |
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| What are the names of the two maidservants that Jacob also has children with? |
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| Rachel's maidservant Bilhah and Leah's maidservant Zilpah. |
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| What does Rachel steal from her father? Does Rachel deceive her father concerning the items stolen? |
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| Rachel steals her father's household gods and deceives her father from thinking she has them by hiding in her camel's saddle and sitting on it. |
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| Who are the contestants in the wrestling match by the Jabbok river? |
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| Who is Tamar and who becomes the father of her children and how? Who is more in the right? |
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| Tamar is the widow of Judah's sons Er and Onan, who ends up getting pregnant by Judah. Judah said she was more righteous because he didn't give her to his other son. |
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| How many dreams does Joseph interpret while in prison? Does Joseph actually interpret the dreams or does he give credit elsewhere? |
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| Joseph interprets two of Pharaoh's prisoners: his chief cupbearer and chief baker. Joseph interprets the dreams but does so by saying, "Do interpretations not belong to God?" |
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| How many dreams did Pharaoh have? Does this relate at all to how Joseph gets out of jail? |
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| Pharaoh has two dreams that are pretty much the same thing: they are one. Joseph is able to interpret them so Pharaoh appoints him as the wise man over his house that commands all the people. |
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- Whom does Joseph marry?
- What is the profession of her father?
- What are the names of Joseph's two sons?
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- Joseph marries Asenath.
- She is the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
- Joseph's two sons are Manasseh and Ephraim.
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