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Plot of the 1st Genesis creation story

Plot of the 1st Genesis creation story

follows the pattern of days, wet from a dark watery mess, then God said let there be light, night and day, land, plants, stars, and creators, then God made humans to rule with the 7th day as a day of rest

The plot of the 2nd Genesis story

the same kind of watery land, God made the Garden of Eden, and God made man, then animals, then Eve (in a search for a suitable partner for Adam), man is responsible for the world

Enuma Elish Story

A mesopatamian creation story Tiamat was a tyrant, and her son, Marduk (and some other gods) decided to overthrow her. Marduk fights Tiamat and killed her. He smashed her skull and split Tiamat's body like a "flat fish." He made the stars images of great gods and "savage" (man) was made from the blood of Kingu (Tiamat's husband) and bone. Man was made to serve the gods so the gods could be at ease

Story of Cain and Abel

the main characters were Cain, Abel (brothers) and God, Cain and Abel both bring an offering to God and Cain was jealous of Abel's offering, so he has to master sin. Cain kills Abel, and when asked about it he says "am I my brothers keeper?" then God sends away Cain but protects him by putting a mark on him

Story of Lamech's Revenge

the theme is excessive retaliation, Lamech kills anyone who strikes him, and he will get you back 77 times as opposed to Cain's 7 times

Story of Origins of the Giants

The "sons of God" found the daughters of humans attractive and took them to be their wives, then they produced Nephilim, who were heroes and warriors. God was not pleased

Story of God's decision to send the deluge

God saw all the wickedness of the human beings, and he is sad and regrets making everything, so he decides to flood the Earth, but Noah, a righteous man, was told to build and ark for him, his family, and 2 of each kind of animal

Story of the Tower of Babel

The people decide to build a city and a tower to reach heaven because they are kept together by their same language and do not want to be scattered across the Earth, but God confused their speech and gave them different languages so they would be scattered

The Story of Abraham and family and descendants (stopping at Isaacs sacrifice)

God told Abraham and Sarah to leave and go to a land that God would show them and made a covenant with Abraham. Abraham and Sarah and are childless. God told Abraham that he would have a son, so he took Hagar (Sarah's slave) and used her as a concubine. She became the mother of Ishmael, who was later sent away from the camp. Sarah had a baby Isaac, who was almost sacrificed by Abraham but saved by faith.

The Story of Abraham and family and descendants (starting after Isaacs sacrifice)

Isaac married Rebekah, whose kids are Esau and Jacob. Jacob, the younger son, tricked his father into getting the final blessing. Jacob was tricked into marrying Leah, and had to wait around to marry Rachel, who he actually wanted. Jacobs name is changed to Israel after wrestling an angel. Jacob has 12 sons, his favorite is Joseph, and his youngest son is benjamin.

The Story of Joseph (ending when he gets release from prison)

Joseph's brothers were jealous of him being Jacob's favorite, so they sold him into slavery. Potiphar buys Joseph, and his wife trys to chase him, trying to have an affair with Joseph. Joseph is put into prison. Jacob reads the dreams of a cupbearer prisoner and learns that he will be restored to his position in three days. The cupbearer later tells the Pharaoh about Joseph, and Joseph is released

Story of Joseph (Starting when he gets out of prison)

Joseph reads his dreams that there will be 7 years of surplus and then 7 years of famine. During the famine, his brothers come to him to buy food and Joseph purposely hides his identity. Joseph accuses them of being spies and makes them bring him, Benjamin. then Joseph tests the character of his brothers by hiding a silver cup in their bags. He sees that they have changed, reveals his identity, and invites his family to live in Egypt.

Line of Families

Adam + Eve -> Cain, Abel (fast forward) Abraham + Hagar -> Ishmael, Abraham + Sarah -> Isaac and somewhere Abraham has a nephew Lot; Isaac + Rebekah -> Esau, Jacob; Jacob + Leah and Rachel -> 12 sons including Joseph and Benjamin

Abel

Adam and eve's younger son, was killed by Cain

Abraham

original name was Abram, husband of Sarah (and kind of Hagar), father to Ishmael and Isaac, honored by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, was sent out by God to the land of Canaan, made a covenant with God

Adam

the first man, husband of Eve, father of Cain and Abel, part of the fall and exiled from the Garden of Eden

Tower of Babel

a tower the people built to keep them together while they still spoke the same language. God confused their language (why it's called Babel)

Babylon

the place of Israel's exile and where some of the Genesis stories were written

Benjamin

one of the 12 sons of Jacob, Jacobs youngest son, sent with family to Joseph to "prove" they weren't spies

Canaan (person)

The person cursed by Noah (Noah's grandson and son of Ham, who saw Noah's nakedness)

Cain

Adam and Eve's first son and murderer of his brother, Abel

concubine

a sex slave, ex. Hagar

Cupbearer

man who's dreams Joseph read in prison that he would be released, told the Pharoh about Joseph's ability

Esau

one of Isaac and Rebekah's sons, Jacob's twin but technically the older one

Eve

First woman, Adam's wife, part of The Fall, ate the apple, but God gave her and Adam clothes when they were kicked out

Genesis

means beginnings or orgins

Hagar

Sarah's slave and Abraham's concubine, mother of Ishmael, got sent away from the camp with her son

Isaac

son of Abraham and Sarah, half-brother of Ishmael, husband of Rebecca, father of Jacob and Esau, was almost sacrificed by Abraham

Ishmael

son of Hagar and Abraham, half-brother of Isaac, key part of Islamic religion, got sent away from camp with Hagar

Jacob

son of Isaac, husband of Leah (tricked into marriage) and Rachel (wanted her) and father of 12 sons, including Joseph (favorite) and Benjamin (youngest), God changed his name to Israel, Most heroic action was letting Benjamin go to Joseph to help save his family

Joseph

son of Jacob (and Rachel?), the favorite son of his father, sold into slavery, could interpret dreams, became the Pharaoh's second-in-command, reunited with and forgave family

Joseph's brothers

sold Joseph into slavery, their were 11 of them, one of them was Judah, sons of Jacob

Lamech

a biblical character whose story tells of excessive revenge, promises to kill anyone who strikes him and getting revenge 77 times

Leah

One of Jacob's wives, older sister to Rachel, Jacob was tricked into marrying her

Lot

Abraham's nephew who settled somewhere opposite of Abraham

Marduk

killed his tyrant mother Tiamat and was leader of the gods, also seemed to create the Earth in the creation myth Enuma Elish

Nephilim

the offspring of the sons of God and the daughters of men from the story about the origins of Giants and became great heroes and warriors

Noah

a righteous and blameless man who found favor with God and was told to build and ark to save him, his family, and two of every animal from the flood

Pharaoh

had Joseph read his dreams about the 7 fat cows and the 7 sick cows, brought Joseph out of prison and made him his second in command

Potiphar

buys Joseph and makes him his second in command but then threw Joseph in prison after he was accused of assault

Potiphar's wife

tried to have an affair with Joseph and then accused Joesph of assault and had him thrown in prison

Rachel

Leah's younger sister and the wife that Jacob had to wait for, then became his favorite wife

Rebekah

wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau, picked for Isaac through a test about who would bring someone water and also water his camels

Sarah

original name was Sarai, wife of Abraham, mother of Isaac, was barren until she conceived in her old age after a message from three travelers (sent from God?)

Tiamat

the tyrant mother in Enuma Elish, killed by her son Marduk, world made from her body

Three promised to Abraham

to be given the land of Canaan, make him exceedingly fruitful with many descendants, including a son, and that Abraham will be a blessing to the world

The sign of God's covenant with Abraham

all males will be circumcised