In the Beginning

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Round red or green fruit that grows on trees (5)
  2. 5. A beautiful ___ where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation (12)
  3. 8. The first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation (7)
  4. 9. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac (7)
  5. 11. The first part or section of something (9)

Down

  1. 1. In Judeo-Christian mythology (4)
  2. 2. The planet we live on (5)
  3. 3. God's act of bringing the universe into existence (8)
  4. 4. A person who grows or makes or invents things (7)
  5. 6. The collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history (12)
  6. 7. Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race (3)
  7. 9. An administrative unit of government (6)
  8. 10. Prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt (5)