Question

Read the following excerpt from the Torah, the Jewish holy book. Which event in the Jewish tradition is being described in this passage?

1.1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 

1.2 Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters. 

1.3 And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light. 

1.4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 

1.5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.1

Answer 1

This passage describes the moment when God created time, the division of night and day, and the creation of light in the universe and on the Earth.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) The creation of the heavens and Earth by one God.

The event in the Jewish tradition that is being described in this passage is The creation of the heavens and Earth by one God.

In the Torah, the first book is Genesis. In this portion of the Torah, it is explained how God created the Heavens and the Earth. Indeed the Genesis is the book that refers to the origins of the Creation when God said: "Let there be light, and there was light." The Genesis also appears in the Christian and Catholic Bible as the first book of the Old Testament. After the Genesis, the second book of the Torak is the Exodus.

The other options of the question were a) The promise between God and his chosen people, c) God's destruction of a wicked people by flooding, and d) The presentation of the Ten Commandments by Moses.