Genesis

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Across

  1. 1. Wife of Abraham who bore a promised son (5)
  2. 5. Beloved wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph (6)
  3. 8. Region in Egypt where Israel’s family settled (6)
  4. 11. First book of the Bible (7)
  5. 13. Elder twin who sold his birthright for stew (4)
  6. 14. Binding promise God made with Abraham (8)
  7. 16. Son of promise nearly offered on Mount Moriah (5)
  8. 18. Tree whose fruit was forbidden (15)
  9. 20. First wife of Jacob and mother of many sons (4)
  10. 23. Special tree in the midst of Eden (10)
  11. 25. First woman created as Adam’s companion (3)
  12. 26. Younger twin who received the blessing and was renamed Israel (5)
  13. 27. Egyptian officer who bought Joseph as a slave (8)
  14. 28. Creature that tempted Eve to disobey (7)
  15. 32. Shepherd son whose offering pleased God (4)
  16. 34. Man called to leave his homeland and trust God (7)
  17. 35. Place where Jacob saw the ladder and named God’s house (6)

Down

  1. 2. Sign of God’s covenant after the flood (7)
  2. 3. Large boat that preserved Noah’s family and animals (3)
  3. 4. Wife chosen for Isaac from Abraham’s kin (7)
  4. 6. God’s making of heaven and earth in six days (8)
  5. 7. Dreamer sold into slavery who rose in Egypt (6)
  6. 9. Wicked city destroyed by fire from heaven (5)
  7. 10. Descendants of Jacob’s sons who became Israel’s clans (12)
  8. 12. Severe lack of food that brought Jacob’s family to Egypt (6)
  9. 15. City where God confused human languages (5)
  10. 17. Hebrew title of Genesis meaning in the beginning (8)
  11. 19. Companion city judged along with Sodom (8)
  12. 21. Garden where the first humans lived (4)
  13. 22. First man formed from the dust (4)
  14. 24. Nephew of Abraham who lived near Sodom (3)
  15. 29. Egyptian ruler who promoted Joseph after interpreting dreams (7)
  16. 30. Righteous man who built an ark before the flood (4)
  17. 31. Firstborn son of Adam who killed his brother (4)
  18. 33. Stairway in Jacob’s dream reaching to heaven (6)

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