Identifier: childsstoryofold00phil (find matches)
Title: A child's story of the Old Testament in words of one syllable;
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Publisher: Philadelphia, H. Altemus company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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rd thing but he thought it was right to dowhat God bade him, so he took I-saac to theplace of which God had told him and there hemade a mound on which he laid his son, andthen took the knife to slay him. But just as heraised his hand to strike, the Lord called tohim and said, Do not harm the lad; since youlove and fear me so much that you would giveme your own dear son, I will not take him fromyou, but I will bless you in all things, and fromyour seed shall spring the One who is to savethe world. Then A-bram saw a ram caught ina bush, so he burnt it on the mound and thenwent home with his son. CHAPTER III. I-SAAC AND RE-BEK-AH. NOW when Sa-ra-i was dead A-bram thoughtit was time for I-saac to have a wife, but asall the maids of that land served false gods he didnot wish him to wed one of them. So he toldthe head man of his house to go to his old homeand bring a good girl from there to be I-saacswife. This man was good and true and wishedto do what was right, so when he came to a place
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24 A CHILDS STORY OF THE BIBLE. where there was a wrell he stopped at the gateof the town and begged God to help him makea wise choice; he said when the girls of the towncame to the wrell he would ask one of them fora drink, and if she let him and his beasts quenchtheir thirst he would know she was the one Godmeant for him to choose. Just as he spake thesewords a young maid came to the well and whenhe said, Let me drink, I pray thee; she gave himas much as he could drink and then filled thetrough for his beasts. Then he knew7 she wasthe maid that God chose, so he gave her gifts ofgold, and asked her whose child she was. Whenhe found her folks were kin to A-bram he wenthome with her and told them A-bram was richand good and had sent him there to find a wrifefor his son. They said Re-bek-ah (that was thegirls name) might wed I-saac if she chose, soshe went back with the man and I-saac made herhis wife, and loved her very much. Two sonswere born to I-saac and Re-bek-ah ; they weretwins.

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