Gen.1-Gen.11
21 entries reference this passage.
- placeUr
Ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates in southern Mesopotamia. Abraham's birthplace, called 'Ur of the Chaldeans'.
- figureAdam
The first man, formed by God from the dust of the ground and given the breath of life (Gen.2.7). With his wife Eve he was placed in Eden, gi…
- figureEnoch
Seventh patriarch from Adam, father of Methuselah. Enoch walked with God for 300 years (Gen.5.22) and was taken by God at 365, never dying —…
- figureEnosh
Son of Seth, grandson of Adam. In his day “men began to call upon the name of the LORD” (Gen.4.26). Fourth in the antediluvian line, he live…
- figureHam
Son of Noah and survivor of the flood, Ham is the ancestor of Cush, Egypt, Canaan, and Put — peoples whose lands intersect with Israel's his…
- figureJapheth
Son of Noah, blessed by his father with enlargement and the promise of dwelling in the tents of Shem. His descendants in Genesis 10 are link…
- figureMethuselah
Son of Enoch, grandfather of Noah, and the longest-lived person in scripture at 969 years (Gen.5.27). He died the year the flood came.
- figureNoah
Tenth of the pre-flood patriarchs, son of Lamech, builder of the ark. The only righteous man of his generation (Gen.6.9), Noah was warned of…
- figureSeth
Third named son of Adam and Eve, born after Abel’s murder (Gen.4.25). Through Seth runs the godly line that leads to Noah and ultimately to …
- figureShem
Eldest son of Noah, ancestor of the Semitic peoples and of Abraham. Through Shem’s line God’s redemptive promise advances after the flood (G…
- eventThe Flood
In Noah’s day God judged a violent and corrupt world by a global flood (Gen 6–9). Eight people — Noah, his wife, his three sons and their wi…
- eventTower of Babel
On the plain of Shinar the descendants of Noah set out to build a city with "a tower with its top in the heavens" (Gen 11:4). God scattered …
- eventUr III Dynasty
From about 2112 to 2004 BC the Third Dynasty of Ur ruled a centralised Sumerian empire on the lower Euphrates — the most powerful civilisati…
- bookGenesis
First book of the Bible. Origin of the world, the flood, and the patriarchs. Tradition assigns authorship to Moses, drawing on older Hebrew …
- cultureDove
The rock dove (Columba livia), kept in dovecotes for food and offering. Scripture uses it for peace, purity, and at the Jordan for the Holy …
- cultureRaven
The all-black scavenging bird — first sent from Noah's ark, and the unlikely provider God used to feed Elijah in the desert.
- cultureSerpent
The venomous snake of the Bible lands — vehicle of the Fall, instrument of judgment, and a type of the crucifixion in John 3:14.
- cultureThorn
The thorny shrub of the curse — from Eden's punishment to the crown pressed on Jesus's head, thorns mark the presence of sin and suffering.
- conceptCovenant
A binding agreement between two parties, sealed by a sign — a meal, a sacrifice, a mark on the body. Used throughout the Bible for the agree…
- conceptElohim
The most common Hebrew word for 'God' — grammatically plural, treated as singular when referring to the God of Israel. The first name of God…
- objectCubit
The standard ancient unit of length — about 45 cm, the distance from a man's elbow to his fingertips. Noah's ark was 300 cubits long, Goliat…