Thomas Nelson - My Little Bible and Prayers

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For information, please e-mail SpecialMarkets@ThomasNelson.com. Scripture quotations are taken from the International Childrens Bible. Copyright 1986, 1988, 1999 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked KJV are taken from the King James Version.

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God made the world. And He made everything in it. He made the sun and moon.

He made seas and dry land. He made plants. He made fish, birds, and all the other animals. Then He made man and woman. God was happy with what He had made. Genesis 1:128

The man and woman God made were named Adam and Eve.

They lived in a beautiful garden called Eden. They took care of the garden for God. The garden was full of wonderful fruit trees and plants. God let Adam name all the animals. Adam and Eve were very happy in Eden. Genesis 1:262:25

People on earth had become bad.

Noah was the only good man. God decided to flood the earth with water. So He told Noah to build a big boat to save his family. God sent two of each animal for Noah to put on the boat. It rained for forty days and nights. Water covered everything.

But everyone on the big boat was safe and dry. Genesis 6:98:22

Jacob had twelve sons, and Joseph was his favorite. Jacob gave Joseph a special coat. Then Josephs brothers became angry. They sold Joseph to some men going to Egypt. Joseph became a slave for one of the kings workers.

God was with Joseph, and He helped Joseph become a succesful man. Genesis 37; 39:16

When Moses was a baby, his mother had to hide him from the mean king of Egypt. She made a baby boat for him. She hid Moses in the boat in the Nile River. The kings daughter found Moses and adopted him. Moses grew up in the kings own house, just as God had planned.

Exodus 1:222:10

When Moses was older he saw a burning bush. But the bush did not burn up. Moses went toward the bush, and Gods voice spoke from the bush. Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals. You are standing on holy ground.

Then God asked Moses to rescue His people from Egypt. Exodus 3:120

Moses and his brother Aaron went to see the king of Egypt. They said, God wants you to let His people leave Egypt. The king said, No. So, God made ten terrible things happen to Egypt. Finally, the king let Gods people go.

And Moses led them out of Egypt so they wouldnt be slaves. Exodus 7:1012:33; 14:3031

After Gods people left Egypt, God gave them ten laws. He wanted them to obey these laws. He wrote the laws on big stones and gave the stones to Moses. These ten laws helped Gods people to be pure and holy. The laws are called the Ten Commandments.

Exodus 20:117; 24:1214; 32:1516

God wanted the Israelites to capture the city of Jericho. Jericho had big, tall walls around it. So God had the people march around the city once a day for six days. On the seventh day, He had them go around seven times. Then He had them blow their horns and shout. And the walls of Jericho fell down.

The Israelites captured the city because they obeyed God. Joshua 6:117, 20

Samson was the strongest man who ever lived. What made him strong was a secret. Delilah was the woman Samson loved. She tricked him, and he told her his long hair was the secret. Delilah had Samsons hair cut off while he slept.

Then Samson was weak, and his enemies captured him. Judges 16:421

Ruth married Naomis son. But the son died. Then Ruth and Naomi moved to a country called Judah. Naomis cousin Boaz lived there. He had a big wheat field.

Boaz let Ruth pick up grain from his field to feed Naomi. Boaz soon married Ruth. And they had a son named Obed. Naomi took care of Obed. Ruth 14

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