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Title: The Wonder Book of Bible Stories

Author: Compiled by Logan Marshall

Editor: Logan Marshall

Release Date: June 12, 2005 [EBook #16042]

Language: English

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[Illustration: THE FINDING OF MOSES--The daughter of Pharaoh comes
to the water's edge and finds the child. By chance the child's mother is
called as nurse, and it grew and was brought to Pharaoh's daughter and
became her son--(Exodus 2; 5-10.)]

THE WONDER BOOK
OF BIBLE STORIES

EDITED AND ARRANGED BY
LOGAN MARSHALL

[Illustration: The baby in the manger]

THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY, PUBLISHERS
PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO

TORONTO--THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY, LIMITED
Copyright, 1925, by
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.

Copyright, 1925,
in the Philippine Islands.

Copyright, 1904, by
THE J.C.W. CO.

PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.
AT THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS

THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY, PROPRIETORS, PHILADELPHIA

CONTENTS

PAGE
INTRODUCTION 1

THE STORY OF ADAM AND EVE 3

THE STORY OF NOAH AND THE ARK 7

THE STORY OF HAGAR AND ISHMAEL 16

THE STORY OF ABRAHAM AND ISAAC 22

THE STORY OF JACOB 28

THE SALE OF A BIRTHRIGHT 29

THE STORY OF THE LADDER THAT REACHED TO HEAVEN 37

THE STORY OF JOSEPH

THE COAT OF MANY COLORS 42

THE DREAMS OF A KING 49

THE STORY OF THE MONEY IN THE SACKS 58

THE MYSTERY OF THE LOST BROTHER 65

THE STORY OF MOSES, THE CHILD WHO WAS FOUND IN THE RIVER 73

THE STORY OF THE GRAPES FROM CANAAN 82

THE STORY OF GIDEON AND HIS THREE HUNDRED SOLDIERS 88

THE STORY OF SAMSON, THE STRONG MAN 98

THE STORY OF RUTH, THE GLEANER 111

THE STORY OF DAVID