Bible crossword puzzle: Israel looks at the beginning -- Genesis

Crossword puzzle from Scripture: Genesis
Draws on material in chapter 4 of Discovering the Bible by Alex Varughese, the textbook for Introduction to Biblical Literature

Challenge: Can you solve this crossword puzzle even if you do not have the textbook?

ACROSS

3 -- Out-of-wedlock son born to Hagar
5 -- First woman
7 -- Hero of the Genesis flood story
8 -- Jacob's fourth son
10 -- Murdered his brother
11 -- Isaac's wife
13 -- God promised that "all nations would be blessed" through him
14 -- First murder victim

DOWN

1 -- The shepherd boy who rose to importance in the Egyptian government
2 -- Oldest man who ever lived
4 -- Adam and Eve's third son
6 -- A man who lived in such close relationship to God that he seems not to have died
9 -- Abraham's wife
12 -- First man
15 -- Abraham's nephew

This crossword puzzle was created for use in the course Introduction to Biblical Literature. The words and clues come from the textbook Discovering the Bible: Story and Faith of the Biblical Communities edited by Alex Varughese and published by Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, now The Foundry Publishing.

-- Howard Culbertson,

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Bible reading for this assignment: Genesis 1-9, 11-12, 15, 17, 21-22, 24, 37-45, 48-50 (plus textbook chapter 4)

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Nothing left but the covers -- Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created" -- Genesis 1:1
Creation care as stewardship -- Genesis 2
Canaan: More than "a place in the country" -- Genesis 12 and 15
Blessed to be a blessing -- Genesis 22:18
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