| A | B |
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| "Genesis" means | "beginning" or "origin" |
| Adam means | "man" |
| Eve means | "mother of all" |
| Man is special to God because | he alone was created in the image of God |
| Man's special characteristics: | 1)language and thought, 2)awareness of the difference between right and wrong, and 3)freedom to make choices |
| God's one command to Adam and Eve | not to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil |
| committed the first human sin | Eve |
| Sin is | rebellion against God |
| What are some changes resulting from sin? | 1)perfect equality ended; the husband would rule his wife; 2)childbirth would be painful; 3)work would be tedious and difficult; 4)men would die |
| evolution claims | man was not created directly by God but instead evolved from animals |
| culture | the way of life of a group of people |
| first murderer | Cain |
| the most important part of culture | how people relate to God |
| Lamech | bragged openly of sin |
| Seth and his descendants | were at least aware of their sin and inclined to repent |
| Cain's way or culture tends to be | the stronger among men. |
| Noah | became the only hope for the continued existence of the human race. |
| Mt. Ararat | where Noah's Ark came to rest |
| How was the earth different after the flood? | 1)living conditions were worse than before 2)land and climate changes 3)hostility between man and animals 4)man had a sin nature |
| Why did God put a bow in the sky? | as a symbol of the promise that He would never destroy all life on earth with a great flood |
| capital punishment | the death penalty |
| Why did the flood take place? | It was God's punishment for the height of evil that man had reached. |
| Noah's sons | Shem, Ham, Japheth |
| Shinar | Sumer |
| Nimrod | a descendant of Ham; a mighty hunter and rebel against God; essentially ruled the world at the time of the Tower of Babel |
| Nimrod led | the construction of Babel |
| Babel | Babylon |
| Nimrod and his followers | were humanists |
| What miracle did God do at Babel? | He caused the people to speak different languages. |
| Nimrod's dominion collapsed | without their bond of a common language. |
| Language | is one of the chief sources of difference and division in the human race. |
| A common language encourages a group of people | to think of themselves as a unit or nation and not just as a collection of individuals. |
| nation | a large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit |
| 4000 BC | Creation |
| 2300 BC | The Flood |
| 2000 BC | The Tower of Babel |
