'Noah found favor (chen) in the eyes of the Lord' is among the earliest uses of this grace term. Amid universal corruption, God unilaterally extends favor, founding the motif of saving grace.

Noah is called ṣaddîq (righteous) amid a corrupt generation, highlighting covenant faithfulness. OT righteousness blends trust and obedience, anticipating the NT doctrine of justification by faith.

The serpent, described as more subtle than any beast of the field, acts as the tempter in the Fall narrative; Revelation further identifies it with Satan, revealing the origin of sin.

The Spirit of God hovering over the chaotic waters reveals the Spirit's active participation in creation, an early Old Testament hint of Trinitarian theology.

An Old Testament eschatological term referring to the end of the era and the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan, used by Jacob to prophesy future events to his sons.

The dignity and authority due to the firstborn, which Reuben forfeited through sexual immorality; the pre-eminence later passed to the tribe of Judah through Jacob's blessing.

When God breathed the breath of life into Adam's nostrils, he became a "living soul," signifying humanity's unique union of earthly body and divinely given spiritual life.

In the OT, 'sons of God' generally refers to heavenly/angelic beings. Their union with human women produced the Nephilim and provoked divine judgment on corrupt humanity.

The prophetic curse that Simeon and Levi would be dispersed among the tribes of Israel; fulfilled as Levi became a priestly tribe scattered in cities and Simeon merged into Judah.