1. The main idea in the history of Israel was the importance of their freedom, the Israelites lived under the oppression of different rulers. The most important thing for the Israelites was to maintain their identity, beliefs and direction in performing the ritual.2. Israel's location was crucial, it is located in the middle of the two great civilizations. To the west was Egypt and to the east was Mesopotamia, Israel was their bridge for trade making it very unstable.3. Gilgamesh's epic speech about Enkidu, this character was created by the gods to help Gilgamesh, the ruler, control his violent behavior. Gilgamesh takes everything without people's permission and has sex with every woman he meets, without control.4. Gilgamesh Comparison between the women in the story of Enkidu and the story of Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve were innocent until they ate the forbidden fruit, just like Enkidu, he was innocent until he had sex and became a civilized man. In both stories these characters are presented naked. The differences were that Eve was tempted by the serpent, while the prostitute in Enkidu's story tempted him to take advantage of him and had sex with him. Comparing the flood in the story of Gilgamesh and Genesis, both feature a god who has direct communication with them. The god speaks of the impending catastrophe and orders to build an ark. The difference was the amount of god, in Genesis present just as one god and the Gilgamesh epic there were more gods, even the landing site was different because the mountain had a different name. 7. In the Bible the source P is present several times in the Bible. For example, in Genesis 1:26, God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, according to our likeness; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over the creeping things that creep upon the earth” (Coogan, Brettler, and Newsom). J sources are also presented in Genesis 2:7 the Lord formed man from the dust of the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being (Coogan, Brettler and After the Flood Destroy Every Being living on the planet was made a covenant by God. God promises that he will never destroy the earth by using water. As the third creation, God told Noah to be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth (Coogan, Brettler, and Newsom 9) Abraham bargains with the lord because extermination can cause harm to innocent people, it was not justified to pay all the people for some sinners but God did not listen to the suggestions 10. Sarah laughed when she got the news of having a baby old age because he was already in menopause.11. Jacob wants the blessing of his blind father, so he wore Esau's clothes and used the goat's skin to imitate his hairy skin. Jacob also gave him a soup that he had asked for and presented before him to him as Essau (Coogan, Brettler and Newsom).12. Joseph's brothers sell him to the Egyptians. They were jealous because his father gave him more attention. After years there was no more food, so the brother needed to get some food and went to Egypt. Joseph, who lived in Egypt, welcomed them but they did not recognize him. After Joseph tested their honesty he introduced himself to them and gave them food and a place to live (Coogan, Brettler and