Inspirational Bible Stories

The Bible is one of the two or three oldest books in the world, but unlike most of the
ancient books, it is found not only in great libraries, but in almost every home of the
civilized world; and it is not only studied by learned scholars, but read by the common
people; and its many stories grasp and hold the attention of little children. Happy is that
child who has heard, over and over again, the Bible stories until they have become fixed
in his mind and memory, to become the foundations of a noble life.
It is with the desire of aiding parents and teachers in telling these stories, and aiding
children to understand them, also in the hope that they may be read in many schools, that
a few among the many interesting stories in the Bible have been chosen, brought together
and as far as necessary simplified to meet the minds of the young.


CONTENTS PAGE
INTRODUCTION 3
THE STORY OF ADAM AND EVE 4
THE STORY OF NOAH AND THE ARK 6
THE STORY OF HAGAR AND ISHMAEL 10
THE STORY OF ABRAHAM AND ISAAC 13
THE STORY OF JACOB 16
THE SALE OF A BIRTHRIGHT 17
THE STORY OF THE LADDER THAT REACHED TO HEAVEN 22
THE STORY OF JOSEPH THE COAT OF MANY COLORS 24
THE DREAMS OF A KING 27
THE STORY OF THE MONEY IN THE SACKS 31
THE MYSTERY OF THE LOST BROTHER 34
THE STORY OF MOSES, THE CHILD WHO WAS FOUND IN THE RIVER 38
THE STORY OF THE GRAPES FROM CANAAN 41
THE STORY OF GIDEON AND HIS THREE HUNDRED SOLDIERS 44
THE STORY OF SAMSON, THE STRONG MAN 48
THE STORY OF RUTH, THE GLEANER 54
THE STORY OF DAVID THE SHEPHERD BOY 57
THE STORY OF THE FIGHT WITH THE GIANT 61
THE STORY OF THE CAVE OF ADULLAM 64
THE STORY OF SOLOMON AND HIS TEMPLE 65
THE STORY OF ELIJAH, THE PROPHET 67
THE STORY OF JONAH AND THE WHALE 69
THE STORY OF THE FIERY FURNACE 72
THE STORY OF DANIEL IN THE LION’S DEN 75
THE STORY OF THE ANGEL BY THE ALTAR 78
THE STORY OF JESUSTHE BABE OF BETHLEHEM 81
THE STORY OF THE STAR AND THE WISE MEN 83
THE STORY OF THE CHILD IN THE TEMPLE 86
THE STORY OF THE WATER THAT WAS TURNED INTO WINE 88
THE STORY OF THE STRANGER AT THE WELL 90
THE STORY OF THE FISHERMEN 93
THE STORY OF THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT 95
THE STORY OF THE MIRACLE WORKER 98
THE GOOD SHEPHERD AND THE GOOD SAMARITAN 102
THE STORY OF THE PALM BRANCHES 105
THE STORY OF THE BETRAYAL 108
THE STORY OF THE EMPTY TOMB 111
THE STORY OF THE MAN AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE 115
THE STORY OF STEPHEN, THE FIRST MARTYR 118