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• Noah's ArkBible

  Noah's Ark is the large vessel that Noah built at God's command in Genesis 6–9, in which Noah's family of eight and the animals survived the judgment of the Flood.

• Lot's WifePeople

  Lot's wife, the wife of Abraham's nephew Lot, appears in Genesis 19. During the destruction of Sodom she disregarded the angels' warning, looked back, and became a pillar of salt. The Bible does not record her name.

• BilhahPeople

  Bilhah was Rachel's handmaid in the Book of Genesis and a wife (concubine) of Jacob. She bore Dan and Naphtali, the ancestors of the tribes of Dan and Naphtali among the twelve tribes of Israel.

• JavanPeople

  Javan was the fourth son of Japheth, the son of Noah, and appears in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10. In the Old Testament his name is also used for the Greek people and their land.

• AmraphelPeople

  Amraphel was a king of Shinar mentioned in Genesis 14. Allied with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, he fought against five kings, including the king of Sodom, and took Lot captive. He was later defeated by Abram, who pursued the invaders.

• OnanPeople

  Onan was the second son of Judah, the son of Jacob. He refused the duty of raising up offspring for his deceased elder brother Er through his brother's widow, Tamar, and was slain by the LORD (Genesis 38).

• PotipharPeople

  Potiphar is an Egyptian who appears in the Book of Genesis. An officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, he bought Joseph, who had been sold into Egypt by his brothers, and placed him in charge of his household. After hearing his wife's false accusation, he had Joseph put in prison.

• PotipherahPeople

  Potipherah is a priest of On in Egypt mentioned in Genesis. He was the father of Asenath, the wife of Joseph, and the maternal grandfather of Manasseh and Ephraim.

• ZillahPeople

  Zillah is a woman mentioned in Genesis 4. She was one of the two wives of Lamech, a descendant of Cain, and the mother of Tubal-cain and Naamah.

• Potiphar's WifePeople

  Potiphar's wife is an Egyptian woman in Genesis 39 who tried to seduce Joseph, her husband's servant, and, when he refused her, falsely accused him and had him sent to prison. The Bible does not give her name.

• MeshechPeople

  Meshech is listed in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 as a son of Japheth. The name also designates the people and region descended from him, and in Ezekiel it appears together with Tubal as a northern nation.

• RehobothBible

  Rehoboth is the name of a well that Isaac dug without strife after leaving the Valley of Gerar, as recorded in Genesis 26. The Hebrew name means "broad place," and Isaac gave it this name as a confession that God had made room for them.

• MandrakeBible

  The mandrake is the plant that Reuben found in the field and gave to Leah in Genesis 30; it also appears in Song of Solomon 7. It is commonly identified with the Mediterranean mandrake (*Mandragora*).

• OnBible

  On was an ancient Egyptian city. According to Genesis, Poti-pherah, the father of Joseph's wife Asenath, was a priest there. The city is better known by its Greek name, Heliopolis.

• Gap TheoryDoctrine & Theology

  The gap theory is an interpretation of Genesis that holds that a long interval of time elapsed between the original creation in Genesis 1:1 and the condition described in Genesis 1:2. It is also called the "ruin-reconstruction theory."

• SodomBible

  Sodom is a city of the plain of the Jordan mentioned in Genesis. It was the home of Lot, and Scripture records that it was destroyed together with Gomorrah by brimstone and fire sent by God because of its wickedness. Throughout the Bible it serves as an example of God's judgment.

• GomorrahBible

  Gomorrah was a city in the plain of the Jordan mentioned in the Old Testament book of Genesis. It was destroyed by God's judgment together with Sodom, and in Scripture its name serves as a symbol of sin and judgment.

• NahathPeople

  Nahath was a son of Reuel, the son of Esau, and is recorded in Genesis 36 as one of the chiefs of Edom.

• TidalPeople

  Tidal was the king of Goiim mentioned in Genesis 14. Allied with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, he was one of the four kings who fought against five kings, including the king of Sodom.

• ZoharPeople

  Zohar was a Hittite mentioned in the Book of Genesis, the father of Ephron, who sold Abraham the field containing the cave of Machpelah. Scripture names him only as the patronymic attached to Ephron's name.