CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

I THE GARDEN OF EDEN

II NOAH'S ARK

III THE ADVENTURES OF LOT

IV ISAAC AND REBEKAH

V THE MESS OF POTTAGE

VI JACOB'S VISIT

VII THE COAT OF MANY COLORS

VIII THE SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE

IX THE BURNING BUSH

X THE TEN PLAGUES

XI THE RED SEA

XII THE GOLDEN CALF

XIII THE PROPHET AND THE KING

XIV THE WALLS OF JERICHO

XV THE WEDGE OF GOLD

XVI THE RELIEF OF GIBEON

XVII THE BATTLE OF THE GREAT PLAIN

XVIII THE ALTAR OF BAAL

XIX THE BATTLE OF THE LAMPS AND PITCHERS

XX THE MIGRATION OF DAN

XXI THE RIDDLE OF THE LION AND THE BEES

XXII THE SECRET OF STRENGTH

XXIII THE BRAMBLE AND THE FIRE

XXIV JEPHTHAH'S DAUGHTER

XXV THE KING'S GREAT-GRANDMOTHER

XXVI "SAMUEL! SAMUEL!"

XXVII THE BATTLE OF THE ARK OF GOD

XXVIII FIVE GOLD MICE

XXIX SAUL AND THE SEER

XXX THE BATTLE OF THE RIGHT EYES

XXXI THE ADVENTURE OF THE GREAT TREMBLING

XXXII THE BLEATING OF THE SHEEP

XXXIII A SHEPHERD OF BETHLEHEM

XXXIV DAVID FIGHTS THE GIANT

XXXV UNDER THE KING'S DISPLEASURE

XXXVI THE CAVE OF ADULLAM

XXXVII THE OUTLAW AND THE SHEEPMASTER

XXXVIII THE ADVENTURE OF THE KING'S SPEAR

XXXIX IN THE LAND OF THE ENEMY

XL THE WITCH OF ENDOR

THE GARDEN OF EDEN

STORIES FROM THE FIRST NINE BOOKS
OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

BY
GEORGE   HODGES

ILLUSTRATED BY
WALTER H. EVERETT


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COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY GEORGE HODGES

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Published October 1909


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John Hodges

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