A | B |
Cain and Abel | these were the first two sons of Adam and Eve |
keeper of sheep | Abel did this for a living |
tiller of the ground | Cain did this for a living |
God did not accept his offering | Cain became angry because..... |
Am I my brother's keeper? | This was Cain reply when God asked him about Abel |
land of Nod, east of Eden | Cain went away from God to this land |
city of Enoch | Cain built this and named it after his first son |
polygamy | Lamech practiced this |
arts and metalcrafts | Cain's descendants developed these while separated from God |
a murderer | Like his ancestor, Cain, Lamech was this |
sons of God | Seth, third son of Adam/Eve established a line of righteous descendants called this |
daughters of men | Cain's female descendants were called this |
toledoth | The writer of Genesis used this to divide his book into readable sections |
earth was filled with violence | God decided to destroy the earth because of this |
burnt offerings on an altar | Noah offered this as soon as he left the ark |
Be fruitful and multiply | God's first commandment after Noah left the ark |
killing and eating animals | God permitted this after the Flood |
capital punishment | After the Flood, God PERMITTED this |
uncover a father's nakedness | this Hebrew idiom indicated a son's maternal incest |
Canaan | this man was probably born from Ham's incestuous relation with his mother |
division of mankind | God instituted this as part of his covenant with Noah to limit the evil man could do |
Abram | this man is a descendant of righteous Shem |
sin of pride | the story of the Tower of Babel indicates this great sin |
make a name for ourselves | the Hebrew word 'Shem' could mean this and thus indicate arrogance |
Shem | this name could also mean making a name for yourself with God |
Abram and Sarai | the toledoth found in ch 11 introduces the story of these two persons |
God's covenant with all creation | Primordial Covenant |
the theme of the whole Bible | God's wants to bring everything he has created into an intimate family relationship with himself as Father |
five preparatory covenants | After the Fall, these were God's way of preparing for the New and Everlasting Covenant of the New Testament |