Child's Story of the Bible

first it was all dark, and the earth had no form, but God was building a home for u

t turned to gray, and light came. God called the light Day, and the

ere clouds above and seas below, and He call

God saw that it was good. Then He called to the grass, and the plants, and the trees to co

e sky, which had been first dark, and then gray, and they rose and set to make day

he seas, and rivers, and for all kinds of birds that f

een earth, and the cattle and the great beasts, and t

their souls He breathed into them, so that Man is a spirit, living in an earthly body, and can understand about God and love Him. He bl

who was made from a piece of Adam's bo

all that was made, and He made the seventh day holy, by setting it apart from all the other

ugh it, and told Adam to take care of the garden, and He sent all the animals and birds to Adam to be named. God told him also that he might eat the fruit of all the trees of the garden excep

, and the evil spirit that puts wrong thoughts

they were unhappy and afraid. When the Lord had asked Adam if he had eaten of the fruit that was forbidden, Adam laid the sin upon Eve, who gave it to him, and Eve said that the serpent had tempted her to eat of the fruit. God knew that they must suffer for their sin, so He sen

Adam and Eve-first Cain, and then Abel. When they

st of all they had to Him, and so Cain brought fruit a

n fro

ked in the field Cain killed his brother. When the Lord said to Cain, "Where is thy brother?" he answered, "I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?" And the Lord sent him away from home, to w

hildren, but at last he died, when his children'