GENESISTHELAW

THE RAVEN IS THE FIRST TYPE OF BIRD

MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE. IT APPEARS IN

GENESIS 8:7 WHEN IT WAS SENT OUT FROM THE

ARK BY NOAH TO SEE IF THE FLOOD WATERS HAD DECREASED. THE SECOND

TYPE OF BIRD WAS A DOVE IN VERSE 8.

GOD DID NOT MAKE IT RAIN IN THE

GARDEN OF EDEN, SO THE PLANTS CONSUMED

WATER FROM STREAMS COMING FROM THE GROUND.

(GENESIS 2:6)ALMONDS AND PISTACHIOS

ARE NUTS MENTIONED IN THE

BIBLE. (GENESIS 43:11)

WHO WAS THE LONGEST LIVING

PERSON IN THE BIBLE? METHUSELAH

LIVED TO THE RIPE OLD AGE OF

969 YEARS.

GOD CREATED EVERYTHING AND HAS A PLAN FOR HIS PEOPLE.

WHO WROTE THE TEXT? Moses WHO IS THE AUDIENCE? Israelites, traveling to the promised land

WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD? First Dynasty of Babylon; Bronze Age emerged; China created the first zoo in 2000 B.C.; Babylonians and Egyptians divided the days into hours, minutes, and seconds in 2000 B.C.; Multiplication tables developed in Mesopotamia in 1800 B.C.

WHEN WAS GENESIS WRITTEN? Considered between 1445–1406 B.C. WHEN DID THE EVENTS OF GENESIS TAKE PLACE? From creation to about 1805 B.C. (Joseph’s death)

WHERE WAS GENESIS WRITTEN? Somewhere on Israel’s journey from slavery in Egypt to the land of Canaan

WHY WAS GENESIS WRITTEN? To lay the foundation for history and theology for the entire Bible. Genesis reveals

one’s need for redemption and lays out God’s plan to send a Redeemer.

THELAW

MOSES WAS THREE MONTHS OLD WHEN PHARAOH’S DAUGHTER FOUND HIM IN A BASKET.

(ACTS 7:20-21)

MANNA TASTED JUST LIKE HONEY WAFERS.

(EXODUS 16:31)

THE COVERING FOR THE TABERNACLE

WAS MADE OUT OF RAM SKINS AND OTHER DURABLE

LEATHER. (EXODUS 36:19)

THERE WAS NO NEED FOR A

FLASHLIGHT WHEN MOSES WAS

AROUND! AFTER HE WAS GIVEN THE TEN

COMMANDMENTS, HE WORE A

VEIL OVER HIS FACE BECAUSE HE GLOWED!

(EXODUS 34:33-35)

EXODUSWHO WROTE THE TEXT? Moses WHO IS THE AUDIENCE? Israelites, at Mount Sinai

WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD? Egyptian dynasties; Children’s swings invented in Crete, 1600 B.C.; Chocolate made in northern Honduras, 1600 B.C.; Shoes worn in Mesopotamia, 1500 B.C.

WHEN WAS EXODUS WRITTEN? Possibly anytime between 1445 B.C. (tabernacle finished) and 1406 B.C. (Moses’ death) WHEN DID THE EVENTS OF EXODUS TAKE

PLACE? From the birth of Moses (about 1526 B.C.) to the Ten Commandments in 1445 B.C.

WHERE WAS EXODUS WRITTEN? Outside the promised land

WHY WAS EXODUS WRITTEN? To record the history of God’s chosen people, Israel, including God’s rescue of His

people and His covenant relationship with them.

GOD CARED FOR HIS PEOPLE AND LED THEM FROM BONDAGE.