January 2

Welcome to the second day of our unique bible study, Listing Your Way Through the Bible. I found the number three featured prominently throughout today's readings.

January 2, 2011: Today's readings are Genesis 3, 4, & 5 and Matthew 2. Here are some lists for the reader to contemplate while reading. If you are pressed for time, you may choose to compile one or two lists.

Genesis 3, 4, & 5:

• What are three things the serpent told Eve?

• What are the three questions God asked Adam and Eve?

• List God's punishment for the serpent.

• List God's punishment for Eve.

• List God's punishment for Adam.

• After banishing Adam and Eve from the garden, list what God set up to guard the tree of life?

• List the names of Adam's three sons and include some information about their occupation and character.

• List Lamech's two wives, the offspring of each, and their occupations, if known.

• Chapter 5 denotes the descendants of Adam until Noah. List each descendant and what age they were when they died (or if they didn't die!).

• What are the names of Noah's sons?

Matthew 2:

• What are the three things the wise men told Herod?

• What are the three things that Herod did (v. 3, 7, 8)?

• What are three things the wise men did or felt when they saw the star and the Christ child?

• What are the three gifts the wise men brought for the child?

• What are the three places where this passage tells us that Joseph and his family lived?

• What are the three dreams that Joseph experienced?

If you think of another list, please send me a comment about it.