ABRAHAM, THE FRIEND OF GOD AND MAN The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. Terah, a descendant of Shem, was the father of Abraham, Nahor and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot. Jehovah said to Abraham, “Go from your country, your relatives, and your father’s…
Bible Stories about the Tower of Babel
Building the Tower of Babel Painted by J. James Tissot THE STORY OF THE TOWER OF BABEL All the people of the earth spoke one language; and as they travelled westward, they found a broad valley in the land of Babylonia, and made their home there. Then they said one to another, “Come, let us…
Bible Stories about Noah, the Great Flood, & the Rainbow
ENTERING THE ARK. THE FLOOD. A great many years after Cain killed Abel—over a thousand perhaps—the people had grown to be so very wicked that God made up his mind to destroy them by a great flood. But there was one good old man Noah, whom God loved. So He had him build a huge…
Bible Stories about Cain and Abel
CAIN AND HIS BROTHER ABEL Adam named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living beings. She had two sons, Cain and Abel. Abel was a shepherd, but Cain was a farmer. One day Cain brought, as an offering to Jehovah, some fruit and grain that he had grown. Abel, too, brought…
Bible Stories about Adam & Eve and the Garden of Eve
Adam and Eve were very happy, for they had never done anything wrong. God gave them a beautiful wide garden, called Eden, full of flowers and all kinds of fruit, and with a river flowing through it, and told Adam to take care of the garden, and He sent all the animals and birds to…
Bible Stories about the Creation of the World
THE BEGINNING OF THINGS. “Away back in the beginning of things God made the sky and the earth we live upon. At first it was all dark, and the earth had no form, but God was building a home for us, and his work went on through six long days, until it was finished as…
Stories from the Bible
The Child’s Story of the Bible MARY A. LATHBURY Includes the following: CHAPTER I. The Beginning of Things II. The Great Flood III. Abraham—the Father of the Faithful IV. Isaac, the Shepherd Prince V. Jacob, a Prince of God VI. Joseph, the Castaway VII. Joseph, a Servant, a Prisoner and a Saint VIII. Joseph, the…
The Story of Three Wise Kings by Tomie de Paola
Image Credit: Tommie dePaola on Amazon A Word about the Kings “The first written word about the kings appears in the Gopel of St. Matthew. His brief account tells of wise men who went to Bethlehem to honor the child who would become king of the Jews. Matthew does not give them names nor does…
What are Equinoxes and Solstices? Ways We Mark the Seasons
The changing of the seasons has fascinated mankind–almost forever. We can gauge the questions on people’s minds by the stories they tell, and people have been telling stories about the seasons for at east thousands of years. The Horae [Detail] – Painted by Edward John Poynter Image Credit: Wikimedia The ancient Greeks were so very…
Ancient Astrologers, Zodiacs & Calendars
The Akkadian Calendar from Ancient Babylon “The Akkadian calendar was organized to follow the order of the zodiacal signs, with the first month, Nisan, corresponding to the first sign. The second month of the Accadian year, Taurus, introduced spring, and would have done so from 4698 B.C. to 2540 B.C. “The Akkadian calendar influenced many other calendars,…