圣经的故事

INTRODUCTION

THE STORY OF A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN

THE FIRST BABY IN THE WORLD, AND HIS BROTHER

THE GREAT SHIP THAT SAVED EIGHT PEOPLE

THE TOWER THAT WAS NEVER FINISHED

THE STORY OF A LONG JOURNEY

HOW LOT'S CHOICE BROUGHT TROUBLE AND ABRAM'S

CHOICE BROUGHT BLESSING

THE ANGEL BY THE WELL

THE RAIN OF FIRE THAT FELL ON A CITY

THE BOY WHO BECAME AN ARCHER

HOW AN ANGEL'S VOICE SAVED A BOY'S LIFE

THE STORY OF A JOURNEY AFTER A WIFE

HOW JACOB STOLE HIS BROTHER'S BLESSING

JACOB'S WONDERFUL DREAM

A MIDNIGHT WRESTLING MATCH

THE RICH MAN'S SON WHO WAS SOLD AS A SLAVE

FROM THE PRISON TO THE PALACE

HOW JOSEPH'S DREAM CAME TRUE

A LOST BROTHER FOUND

FROM THE LAND OF FAMINE TO THE LAND OF PLENTY

THE BEAUTIFUL BABY WHO WAS FOUND IN A RIVER

THE VOICE FROM THE BURNING BUSH

THE RIVER THAT RAN BLOOD

THE NIGHT WHEN A NATION WAS BORN

HOW THE SEA BECAME DRY LAND, AND THE SKY

RAINED BREAD

THE MOUNTAIN THAT SMOKED AND THE WORDS

THAT WERE SPOKEN FROM IT

HOW AARON MADE A GOLDEN CALF, AND WHAT

BECAME OF IT

THE TENT WHERE GOD LIVED AMONG HIS PEOPLE

HOW THEY WORSHIPPED GOD IN THE TABERNACLE

WHAT STRONG DRINK BROUGHT TO AARON'S SONS

THE SCAPEGOAT IN THE WILDERNESS

THE CLUSTER OF GRAPES FROM THE LAND OF CANAAN

HOW THE LONG JOURNEY OF THE ISRAELITES CAME TO

AN END

WHAT A WISE MAN LEARNED FROM AN ASS

HOW MOSES LOOKED UPON THE PROMISED LAND

THE STORY OF JOB

THE STORY OF A SCARLET CORD

HOW THE RIVER JORDAN BECAME DRY, AND THE WALLS

OF JERICHO FELL DOWN

THE STORY OF A WEDGE OF GOLD

HOW JOSHUA CONQUERED THE LAND OF CANAAN

THE OLD MAN WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THE GIANTS

THE AVENGER OF BLOOD, AND THE CITIES OF REFUGE

THE STORY OF AN ALTAR BESIDE THE RIVER

THE PRESENT THAT EHUD BROUGHT TO KING EGLON

HOW A WOMAN WON A GREAT VICTORY

GIDEON AND HIS BRAVE THREE HUNDRED

JEPHTHAH'S RASH PROMISE, AND WHAT CAME FROM IT

THE STRONG MAN: HOW HE LIVED AND HOW HE DIED

THE IDOL TEMPLE AT DAN, AND ITS PRIEST

HOW RUTH GLEANED IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ

THE LITTLE BOY WITH A LINEN COAT

HOW THE IDOL FELL DOWN BEFORE THE ARK

THE LAST OF THE JUDGES

THE TALL MAN WHO WAS CHOSEN KING

HOW SAUL SAVED THE EYES OF THE MEN OF JABESH

THE BRAVE YOUNG PRINCE

SAUL'S GREAT SIN AND HIS GREAT LOSS

THE SHEPHERD BOY OF BETHLEHEM

THE SHEPHERD BOY'S FIGHT WITH THE GIANT

THE LITTLE BOY LOOKING FOR THE ARROWS

WHERE DAVID FOUND THE GIANT'S SWORD

HOW DAVID SPARED SAUL'S LIFE

THE lAST DAYS OF KING SAUL

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