Bible Study Crossword Puzzle: Genesis

Based on material about the first book of the Bible in chapter 4 of Discovering the Bible by Alex Varughese

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

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ACROSS
1  Adam and Eve's third son, an ancestor of Noah
2  He sold his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a bowl of stew
5  Servant of Sarah and mother of Ishmael
6  Son of Abraham and Sarah. His birth fulfilled divine promises
8  God promised in a covenant that through this man and his descendants (spiritual as well as physical), all peoples on earth would be blessed.
10  First murderer (he killed his own brother)
12  Abraham's nephew
13  Jacob's special son who was sold into Egyptian slavery by his own brothers
14  The oldest of Jacob's two wives
15  First murder victim
DOWN
1  Abraham's wife
3  Name given to the first man
4  Jacob's uncle and father-in-law
6  A son born to Hagar, servant to Abraham and Sarah
7  Isaac's son who had 12 sons
9  The younger of Jacob's wives
11  Hero of the Genesis flood story

    -- Howard Culbertson,

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