The Story Bible: Volume 1Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 1971 With her magical ability to tell a story, the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck, retells 72 stories from the Old and New Testaments in language both understandable and enjoyable to the modern reader. |
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Page 35
... Abram his own son and Abram's wife Sarai , and his second son Nahor and Nahor's wife Milcah . Together they journeyed up along the course of the river Euphrates in search of a better land . Instead of turning south and going into the ...
... Abram his own son and Abram's wife Sarai , and his second son Nahor and Nahor's wife Milcah . Together they journeyed up along the course of the river Euphrates in search of a better land . Instead of turning south and going into the ...
Page 41
... Abram's forces pur- sued them almost to Damascus , attacking all the way , before letting the remnants of the Elamite forces strag- gle away into the hills of their homeland . And Abram rescued all the captives and their stolen ...
... Abram's forces pur- sued them almost to Damascus , attacking all the way , before letting the remnants of the Elamite forces strag- gle away into the hills of their homeland . And Abram rescued all the captives and their stolen ...
Page 45
... Abram and disliked by Sarai ; and Abram and Sarai kept on growing older . When Abram was ninety - nine years old and Sarai herself , though younger , was past the age when she might have a child , the Lord appeared again to Abram and ...
... Abram and disliked by Sarai ; and Abram and Sarai kept on growing older . When Abram was ninety - nine years old and Sarai herself , though younger , was past the age when she might have a child , the Lord appeared again to Abram and ...
Contents
Foreword | 7 |
The Creation of the World | 13 |
The First Murder | 21 |
Copyright | |
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Aaron Abraham Abram Absalom Ahab altar Amalekites anger answered asked Baal battle blessed Boaz brother brought called camp child children of Israel commanded cried Daniel daugh daughter David dream earth Egyptians Elijah Elisha enemies Esau evil father flocks gave Gideon give gods hand heard heart heaven Hebrew Hebron Isaac Israelites Jacob Jeroboam Jerusalem Jonah Joseph Joshua journey Judah kill king knew Laban land of Canaan land of Egypt land of Goshen land of Israel live looked Lord loved Midian Midianites mighty Moab Moses mountain Nahor Naomi Nebuchadnezzar night numbers once Pharaoh Philistines pray priests promised prophet Rachel Rebekah Rehoboam Ruth Samson Samuel Saul Saul's sent servant sheep Sodom Solomon sons spoke stone surely tell temple tents thing told took trees tribes turned voice walls wife wilderness woman words worship young