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Selected Reading of the Bible Unit 2

Selected Reading of the Bible Unit 2. Fall 2013 By SU, Xiaoxiang. Questions. 1. How many stories were told in the first 9 chapters of Genesis? What are they? 2. How many days did it take the God to create the universe? And when was the human beings created?

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Selected Reading of the Bible Unit 2

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  1. Selected Reading of the BibleUnit 2 Fall 2013 By SU, Xiaoxiang

  2. Questions • 1. How many stories were told in the first 9 chapters of Genesis? What are they? • 2. How many days did it take the God to create the universe? And when was the human beings created? • 3. In the second story, why was Eve created? How was she created? • 4. What was the first sin committed by man? What was the consequence? • 5. Who was Adam’s first born son? What did he do? • 6. Who was the second son? What did he do? • 7. What was the second sin committed by man? What was the consequence?

  3. Question (Cont’d) • 8. What did the God do when he saw how great the wickedness of human race had became on the earth and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time? • 9. Who was spared from the punishment? Why? • 10. How did he survive the punishment? • 11. How many days and nights did it rain for? • 12. What is the sign of covenant between Noah and God? • 13. After the animals left the ark, what was the first thing Noah did?

  4. In-Class Performance • Choose one of the stories and act it out.

  5. The Garden of Eden

  6. Cain killed Abel

  7. Cain and Abel in Literature • The Curse of Cain • Claudius ‘O my offence is rank; it smells to heaven; it hath the primal eldest curse upon’t –a brother’ s murder!’ --Hamlet, III.3.36-38, by William Shakespeare

  8. My punishment is greater than I can bear (G4:13-14) “If I had only got her with me– if I only had!” he said. “Hard work would be nothing to me then! But that was not to be. I- Cain- go alone as I deserve- an outcast and a vagabond. But my punishment is not greater than I can bear!” The Life and Death of the Mayor of Casterbrige by Thomas Hardy

  9. Symbolism of Dove & Rainbow • Dove • Symbol of peace and reconciliation • Symbol of Holy Spirit (Matthew 3: 16-17) • Rainbow • Image of God’s mercy and peace

  10. Homework • Read Genesis 10-36

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