THE BANISHMENT OF HAGAR, BY GUERCINO IN THE BRERA, MILAN  Hagar and Ishmael Genesis 16 16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar;2 so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what…

According to the Hebrew Bible, Lot was born to Haran, who died in Ur of the Chaldees. Terah, Lot’s grandfather, took Abram (later called Abraham), Lot, and Sarai (later called Sarah) to go into Canaan. They settled at the site called Haran, where Terah died. Wikipedia To fully grasp the story of Lot, you should look at…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…