Genesis Vol 3.pdf - College Press

I1 :27-32 GENESIS
17. Name the three Dispensations of Biblical history, and
state the extent of each chronologically.
18. By what were the changes of Dispensation determined?
19. What is the meaning of the word “dispensation”?
20. Summarize the “generations of Terah” as given in
Gen. 11 :27-32.
21. How and when did the change from the generic
seed to the ethnic seed of the Woman take place?
22. What was the first stage of 8 the pilgrimage to the
Land of Promise?
23. What type of pagan “religion’z prevailed both in Ur
and in Haran?
24. What evidences do we have that Terah’s house had
become corrupted by pagan idolatry?
25. What are our reasons for believing that Abram was
Terah’s yougest son?
26. When and where did Haran die, in realtion to the
migrations of Terah and Abram?
27. What members of Terah’s household remained in
Haran and settled there?
28. What was the region designated Padan-aram in
Genesis?
29. What subsequent events related in Genesis indicate
continued intercourse between Abraham in Palestine
and his relatives in the region of Haran?
30. What kind of life did the members of Terah’s house
apparently live? Why are we justified in thinking
that these patriarchs were accustomed to frequent
migrations between Northern and Southern Mesopotamia?
31. Explain the chief features of the ancient pagan Cult
of Fertility.
32. Where are the practices of this Cult alluded to
especially in the New Testament?
33. What was the name of the Earth-Mother in Babylon?
In Phoenicia? In Syria? In Palestine? In Egypt?
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