Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading: The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of ChildhoodPollard, Josephine
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Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading: The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of Childhood
Pollard, Josephine
Bible -- Paraphrases, English; Bible stories, English -- Juvenile literature; Christian life -- Juvenile literature
Then God said, Let there be light! And the light came. And God saw the
light, and it pleased him, and he gave it the name of Day. And when the
day was gone, and the dark came back to stay for a while, he gave the
dark spell the name of Night. And God did these things on the first day.
The next day God made the clouds, and the sky in which they were to
move; and he gave the sky a name; he called it Heav-en.
Then he drove the wa-ters to one place where they were both deep and
wide, and he called the wa-ters Seas, and to the dry land he gave the
name of Earth. And God made the grass to grow up out of the earth, and
the trees and shrubs that have fruit on them. And the grass and the
shrubs and the trees were to bear seeds, so that when these seeds were
put in-to the ground more grass and trees and shrubs would grow there.
God did these things on the third day.
And God put two great lights in the sky, the Sun to shine by day, and
the Moon to shine by night; and he made the stars, and put each one in
its place. And these things he did on the fourth day.
And he made the great whales, and all the fish that live in the sea, and
the birds that swim on it, as well as those that fly through the air,
and make their nests in the deep woods. And these things God did on the
fifth day.
God made the beasts: those that are wild and live in the deep, dark
woods, far from the homes of men; and those that are tame and of use to
men, and live where men live--such as the horse, the cow, the ox and the
sheep. And he made the things that creep on the ground, and flies and
bugs that course through the air.
[Illustration: AD-AM AND EVE DRIV-EN FROM PAR-A-DISE.]
And then God made Man, and told him that he should rule the fish of the
sea, the birds of the air, and all else that lived on the earth. And he
told man that the fruit which grew on the trees and shrubs should be his
food, while the beasts were to feed on the leaves, and on the grass
that was spread out on the earth. These things were done on the sixth
day.
The next day God did no work at all, but made it a day of rest.
God made man out of the dust of the earth, and breathed in him till the
man breathed and moved, and showed signs of life. Then God made a
gar-den for man to live in, where all sorts of trees grew that were nice
to look at, and that bore fruit good to eat. And this place was called
E-den. And through it flowed a large stream that kept the earth moist.
And God took Ad-am, the man he had made, and put him in the gar-den, and
told him to take care of it. He told him he might eat of the fruit that
grew on all the trees but one. God said he must not eat of that tree,
for if he did he would be sure to die. And all the birds and beasts came
to A-dam, that he might give them their names. And the names he gave
them are those by which they are known to this day.
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