| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Tree of Knowledge | the biblical tree in the Garden of Eden whose forbidden fruit was tasted by Adam and Eve |
| Cain | eldest son of adam, murderer of abel |
| Abel | younger son of adam, murdered |
| Lamech | A descendant of Cain and a revengeful person (the first bigamist) |
| Babel | a tower built by Noah's descendants who intended it to reach up to heaven |
| Enoch | Father of Methuselah, son of Cain |
| Abraham | the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac, God made original Covenant with him |
| Sarah | the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. Laughed when God told her she would have sons. |
| Lot | God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare him and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction, wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt |
| Ishmael | Abraham's son by Hagar, blessed by God |
| Isaac | Son of Abraham and Sarah; born when they were very old, conntinuation of the Covenant |
| Hagar | Sarah's servant, the mother of Ishmael |
| Rebecca | Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau |
| Jacob | brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave him the new name of Israel |
| Esau | the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac |
| Laban | father of Rachel and Leah, brother of Rebekah tricked Jacob into marrying Rachel and Leah |
| Rachael | mother of Joseph and Benjamin, one of Jacob's wives |
| Leah | one of Jacob's wives, mother of most of Jacob's sons and Dinah |
| Peniel | where Jacob wrestled with an angel |
| Moriah | Where Abraham was going to sacrifice Isaac |
| Dinah | Daughter of jacob and Leah |
| Tamar | wife of Er, she tricked Judah into having a kid |
| Joseph | Jacob gave him a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt |
| Moses | the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus |
| Zipporah | Moses's wife |
| Passover | when the angel of death passes over Egypt killing the first born in each family (tenth plague) |
| Mt. Sinai | Where Moses received the Ten Commandments from God |
| Joshua | Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land |
| Jericho | in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as the entered the Promised Land, conquered by walking around city 7 times and blowing trumpets |
| Rahab | prostitute who helped spies in Jericho, her and her family were the only to survive |
| Ai | fails because Achan kept spoils of war, they were supposed to be sacrificed to God |
| Achan | steals silver and gold from the Devoted things of Jeiricho |
| Gideon | Israel's sixth military leader; defeated a vastly superior enemy army with just 300 chosen men |
| Deborah | female Judge |
| Hannah | fufilled her vow by bringing her first-born son (Samuel) to the tabernacle |
| Jephthah's Daughter | sacrificed because Jephthah promised God that he would sacrifice the next person he saw if he won the battle |
| Samson | a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah |
| Samuel | Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul, then David as kings |
| Jesse | Father of David |
| Jonathan | Son of King Saul and close friend of David |
| Uzzah | died because he touched the Ark of the Covenant |
| Nathan | Prophet who took over for Samuel, reprimanded David |
| Solomon | son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom |
| Absalom | David's son who attempted to usurp the throne |
| Uriah | Bathsheeba's husband who was sent to war by David |
| Hosea | Minor prophet to northern Israel, "my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" |
| Gomer | unfaithful wife of Hosea |
| Jezreel | means place of violence, First born Son of Hosea and Gomer |
| Lo-Ammi | means not my people; son of Hosea and Gomer |
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