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2. Both male and female humans are created

3. Humans are to over creation carefully.

4. Genesis 2:4-25 is an account of the creation of including

plants and animals,

5. The name refers to God’s greatness and the name to
God’s personal interaction with humans.

6. The word “holy” means .

7. Eve is described as Adam’s .

8. The bond between a man and a woman in marriage is .

9. In what situations is it permissible to have a sexual relationship outside of marriage?

10. In what situations is it permissible to have more than one sexual relationship at a time?

2.5 Let’s Personalize this Lesson…

All our understanding of life -- ethics, human relationships, sin, salvation, etc. – is based on
Genesis chapters one and two. We should not be surprised when someone who rejects the
creator God behaves very differently. It is valuable to examine and compare our beliefs with
scripture and the beliefs of others with scripture.

The Babylonian epic called Enuma Elish was written on seven tablets, each with an average length of
one hundred and fifty lines and dates to perhaps 1750 BC. One can easily see from reading one short
segment how very different the Babylonian concept of God and of humans was than the Bible’s. We can
only imagine how this different view of creation affected the people’s understanding of God and their
way of worship. Even relationships between people are changed in response.

So Marduk called in session the mighty gods,
Giving instruction in how properly to chair an Assembly:
To the conduct of his speech did the gods pay attention
While the King to the Anunnaki made formal address:
By saying, “We declare unto you that the evidence is true”,
Swear now by me that you will testify to the truth.
Who was it among you that started the conflict,
That urged Tiamat to revolt and the battle staged?
If he that started the conflict be surrendered to me,
I will lay the punishment on him – be you still set on relief?’
The great gods, the Six-hundred, gave answer unto him,

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