d the
demand, which parents and educators alike have long felt and often
expressed, for a simple translation of selections from the Bible most
suited to the needs and the interests of the child. It is also believed
that after the child has learned to appreciate and love these stories
and songs, he will be eager and able to read the Bible as a whole with
genuine interest and understanding.

CONTENTS

THE OLD TESTAMENT

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THE STORY OF CREATION 3

GOD'S GOOD GIFTS TO MAN 4

THE FIRST DISOBEDIENCE 5

CAIN AND HIS BROTHER ABEL 6

NOAH AND THE GREAT FLOOD 7

THE STORY OF THE TOWER OF BABEL 9

ABRAHAM THE FRIEND OF GOD AND MAN 10

LOT'S ESCAPE FROM A WICKED CITY 11

GOD'S CARE FOR THE BOY ISHMAEL 14

ABRAHAM'S LOYALTY TO GOD 14

HOW REBEKAH BECAME THE WIFE OF ISAAC 15

HOW JACOB DECEIVED HIS FATHER 19

JACOB'S DREAM 21

THE DECEIVER DECEIVED 22

MEETING A BROTHER WHO HAD BEEN WRONGED 24

JOSEPH SOLD AS A SLAVE BY HIS BROTHERS 26

JOSEPH'S EAGERNESS TO HELP OTHERS 27

A PRISONER WHO BECAME A MIGHTY RULER 29

THE TESTING OF JOSEPH'S BROTHERS 32

JOSEPH'S FORGIVENESS OF HIS BROTHERS 36

JOSEPH'S LOYALTY TO HIS FAMILY 38

THE BOYHOOD AND TRAINING OF MOSES 40

THE VOICE FROM THE BUSH 42

PHARAOH THE STUBBORN RULER 44

THE COST OF BEING CRUEL AND STUBBORN 45

THE ESCAPE FROM EGYPT 49

GOD'S COMMANDS TO THE P