Bible Stories From the Old Testament by Katherine Whaley
Familiar and not-so-familiar Bible stories by an engaging storyteller in a style guaranteed to delight and inform. Includes stories about Abraham, Cain and Abel, Jacob and David, Moses and the Exodus, Judges, Saul, and Solomon.
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Table of Contents
Foreword viii Preface x
BEGINNINGS 1 The Creation 2 Eve’s Temptation 4 The Fall 7 Cain and Abel 9 Adam’s Descendants 12 Noah and the Ark 15
ABRAHAM STORIES 19 God Calls Abram 20 Hagar and Sarai 23 Isaac Promised 26 Lot Entertains Angels 29 Escape From Sodom 31 Isaac’s Birth 34 Offering of Isaac 37 A Wife for Isaac 41
JACOB AND JOSEPH STORIES 45 Isaac and Rebekah’s Sons 46 The Birthright 50 Jacob Seeks a Wife 53 Jacob and Laban 57 Meeting at Mizpah 60 Jacob and Esau Reconciled 63 The Rape of Dinah 66 Jacob’s Return 68 Joseph Sold 70 Joseph as a Slave 73 Joseph Freed 77 Joseph’s Brothers Come 80 Return to Egypt 83 Joseph Unmasks 86 Israel Comes to Egypt 90
MOSES, JOSHUA, AND THE EXODUS 95 Moses’ Early Life 96 Exodus 100 Israel and the Golden Calf 103 Miracles in the Desert 105 Land of Promise 108 Rebellion and Jealousy 112 Moses’ Last Days 115 Balaam and the Ass 118 Joshua and the Walls of Jericho 122 The Ban 125
JUDGES AND OTHER TRIBAL TALES 129 Othniel, Ehud, and Deborah 130 Gideon 134 Samson’s Early Life 138 Samson’s Betrayal and Death 142 Samuel’s Youth 146 Samuel as Leader 150 Ruth 153 Esther 158 Job 162 Jonah 164
THE REIGN OF SAUL 167 David and Goliath 168 David at Saul’s Court 171 David as Fugitive 175 David Spares Saul 179 Abigail and David 18 Wilderness Exploits 184 David in Philistia 187 Saul’s Death 190
REIGNS OF DAVID AND SOLOMON 193 David’s Return to Hebron 194 The Kingdom Unites 198 The Ark Brought to Jerusalem 202 Mephibosheth and Bathsheeba 206 The Rape of Tamar 210 Absalom’s Revenge 214 David and Absalom 217 Solomon Crowned 221 Old Scores Settled—David’s Death 225 Solomon’s Glory 229 Decline of the House of David 233
Index 238 Reader’s Guide 243