Exam 13: The Bible: Genesis Flood

As a sign of his renewed tie with humans, God places his ______________ in the sky.

The first thing Noah does after leaving the ark is ____________________.

The Yahwist writer represents God as quite ________________________, or "human-like."

Noah and his family entered the ark and "the Lord shut him in"; this portrays God as _______________.

We read in this section of Genesis, "from these the whole earth was peopled." "These" refers specifically to ______________________.

The specific type of agreement between God and Noah is called a _____________.

The Priestly writer explains the new stage of God's relationship with humans after the flood in the ________________________, the formal agreement between God and his people.

The __________________ writer emphasizes the progress humans have made in understanding their relationship with God.

Noah knew for sure he could leave the ark when _____________________________.

The Priestly writer describes the flood as resulting from the release of the firmament, a giant hemisphere which separated the waters. We call this type of explanation ____________________.

Shem, Ham, and Japheth are the sons of _____________________.

God telling Noah that he is placing his weapon of destruction in the sky as a sign he will not use it against humans is a(n) __________________ explanation of the rainbow.

The __________________ were evil creatures described in Genesis who corrupted early humans.

________________ instructs Noah on how to build the ark.

The Israelites' stories of the flood may have come from ____________________.

God gave Noah advance notice of when the rains would begin; he said: ". . . in _______________ days I will send rain upon the earth. . . ."

_______________ was the Mesopotamian god of the waters.

Although the Old Testament covenants differ from one another, they all offer protection by God if _______________________.

In the Bible, _____________________ is a sea monster which contended with God but was also subordinate to him.

In addition to Noah, God also made covenants in the Old Testament with Moses and _______________.