Glossary

- The Sabbath: o A day of rest, traditionally a Sunday, which was the day that Jesus was resurrected as well as God’s seventh day of rest after the act of creation. (Gen 2.1-3)

- Cherubim: o Angelic spirits, messengers and guardians. (Gen 3.24)

- Descendant: o A child, grandchild of a person, i.e. Jacob was Abrahams’ descendant. (Gen 25.12-18)

- Covenant: o A solemn agreement between two parties. In the Book of Genesis, covenants are made between humans, and between God and humans, these covenants are always initiated by God, never by humans.(Gen 17.1-27)

- Tower of Babel: o A symbol of humanity’s unity. Until this time, the world had but one language. God saw that the tower symbolized the unity of humanity, and the ability for humanities unlimited potential. Upon seeing the tower being built God confused humanity’s languages and scattered them across the face of the world. (Gen 11.1-9)

- Euphrates: o Twin- Rivers that enabled the rise of several great civilizations such as the Babylonians, Assyrians, Sumerians. o Situated on the borders of Iraq, Syria and Turkey. (Lendering, 2008)

- Shekel: o A unit of measurement, approximately 11.3 grams. (Gershtein, 2005)

- Dream: (vision) o In ancient time’s belief in dreams as a form of prophetic vision was widespread. But more than this, the interpretation of these dreams was a skill that Joseph was known for when he aided the Egyptian Pharaoh interpret his dreams helping the Egyptians survive a seven year famine. (Gen 37.1-11)

- Pentateuch: o Literally means ‘five-part writing’. o The Pentateuch is the first five books of the Old Testament, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. o The Jewish ‘Torah’ is made up of the Pentateuch.

- Ca’Naan: o An area thought to roughly encompass modern day Israel, parts of Palestine, Lebanon, and parts of Syria.