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PUBLISHED BY THE<br>CHARLES FOSTER, PUBLISHING CO.,<br>No. 716 SANSOM STREET,<br>PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Copyright, 1886, BY CHARLES FOSTER.<br>Copyright, 1897, BY WILLIAM A. FOSTER.
BUILDING THE TOWER OF BABEL,—Genesis xi. 4.
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ABRAHAM'S SERVANT GIVING JEWELS TO REBEKAH.—Genesis xxiv. 22.
PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER FINDING THE INFANT MOSES.—Exodus ii. 5.
THE MARCH OF THE ISRAELITES THROUGH THE WILDERNESS.
MOSES BREAKS THE TABLES OF THE LAW.—Exodus xxxii. 19.
DAVID PLAYING THE HARP BEFORE KING SAUL.—1 Samuel xvi. 23.
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DANIEL IN THE DEN OF LIONS.
BIBLE PICTURES,<br>AND WHAT THEY TEACH US,<br>THE OLD TESTAMENT.<br>THIS is a picture of the garden of Eden. A man and a woman are in the garden. The man's name is Adam, and the woman's name is Eve. They are the first man and woman that God has made. There are no other persons in the world except them. And God has made this beautiful garden for them to live in. Adam and Eve may eat of every kind of fruit except one. But of that one God says they must not eat. 13
Adam and Eve are under the tree. The tree has fruit growing on it. This is the fruit they must not eat. A serpent is in the tree. It is speaking to Eve. It is persuading her to eat of the fruit. She picks some of it and eats, and gives it to Adam, and he eats too. So they both of them do what God has told them not to do. Though God has been so kind to them, they do not mind him.
Adam and Eve are being sent out of the garden of Eden. They are sent out because they ate the fruit that God told them not to eat. God is punishing them for this. An angel stands by the gate of the garden to keep them from going in there again. The angel has come down from heaven. He does not live in this world. He lives up in heaven where God lives. A great many angels live up in heaven. They are very good and never do anything wrong. They do whatever God tells them to do, and go wherever he tells them to go.
The garden God planted for Adam and Eve was a beautiful place. As long as they stayed there they had everything they wanted. Only the beasts and the birds were with them. The flowers were beautiful for them to look at, and the fruit they ate grew by itself, without their having to work to make it grow. But now they had to go and live in a place that was very different from this beautiful garden.
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Eve with her two little boys is sitting under the tree. Adam is digging in the ground. He has to work very hard to make the things grow that they want to eat. He did not have to work hard in the garden of Eden; there the things grew by themselves. How happy they were in the garden! Beautiful flowers bloomed around them, the birds sang to them, the wild beasts did not hurt them. If Adam and Eve had minded what God said they might have stayed in the garden. Now they are sorry for what they have done.
These are Eve's two little boys that we saw in the other picture. But now they have grown up to be men. One of them is named Cain, the other is named Abel. They are both of them saying their prayers to God. Abel is a good man, but Cain is a wicked man.
Cain hated Abel because God was pleased with Abel, but not with him. And one day when they were out in the field together Cain struck his brother and killed him. And the blood ran out of Abel's wounds and sank into the ground. After Cain had done this God spoke to him and asked him where Abel was. Then Cain told a lie and said that he did not know. But God saw all that Cain had done, and now, as a punishment for killing Abel, God said that Cain should have no home to live in; but he should wander about, and flee from one place to another, like a person who was all the time afraid that some one would kill him. And God set a mark on Cain. We do not know what sort of a mark it was, but it was something that other people could see, and when they saw it they knew it was wicked Cain who had killed his brother.
This man is named Noah. He is building a great boat called the ark. God told him to build it. Noah is a good man. He loves God and minds what God says to him. But all the rest of the people are wicked. They do not mind God and he is angry with them. He is going to send a great rain on the earth. The ground will be covered with deep water and all the people will be drowned.<br>But Noah will not be drowned. He will go into the ark. For it will be ready before the rain comes. It will take Noah a great many years to build the ark, but God will not send the rain until it is finished. Then Noah will take his sons and his daughters into the ark, and a great many birds and animals will go in with them.
The man watching the animals is Noah. He has finished the ark that God told him to build. It took him a great while to finish it. And all the time that he was working on it he used to talk to the wicked people who would not mind God. He begged them to mind him, and he told them about the rain that was coming after a while to drown every wicked person. But they would not listen to Noah or believe what he said. So now he cannot talk to them any more; he must go away and leave them alone. He is taking his sons and his daughters, and all the animals and birds, with him into the ark. There are a great many of them, but there is room for them all. The ark is very large. God makes the birds and the animals willing to go in. Noah has taken enough food for them to eat while they will be in the ark.<br>As soon as Noah and his family, and the animals, and the birds, were all safe in the ark, God shut the door. And after seven days the rain began, and it rained without stopping forty days and forty
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But all the rest of the people in the world, except those few who were in the ark, sank down under the water, and were drowned. And all the animals and birds, excepting those in the ark, were drowned too. It was because the people were wicked and would not obey God, that he sent the water to drown them. But Noah was a good man, and God saved him and his family alive.
Noah has opened the window of the ark. He sent out this dove in the morning to fly off and see if the ground was dry yet. The dove has come back in the evening. It has a green leaf in its mouth. Noah puts out his hand and takes the dove in. Noah sees the green leaf, and he knows that the trees are standing out of the water, and that the ground will soon be dry, and then it will be time for him, and all who are with him, to come out of the ark.
The earth is covered with water, and all the people, except Noah and his family who are in the ark, are drowned. The dove sees a green leaf.
Noah and his wife and his children are coming out of the ark. And the animals and the birds are coming out too. For the water has gone away, and the ground is dry enough for them to walk on, and they do not have to stay in the ark any more. They are looking up toward the sky, and thanking God for keeping them safe when the waters were all over the earth, and when all the other people were drowned. They have been shut up in the ark for many months. How glad they are now to walk on the dry land again!
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Noah is kneeling on the ground before an altar. There is a fire burning on the altar. Noah will offer up animals upon it as a sacrifice to God, who saved him and his family from being drowned in the flood.
This is the tower of Babel. It is a great, wide, and high tower. The people are all at work building it. They want to build it up as high as the sky. They say, Come, let us make bricks and build a tower that shall reach up to heaven! But God sees the tower, and he is not pleased with them for building it. He did not give them permission to build it. And now he will do a very wonderful thing to stop them. He will make them, all at once, speak in a different way from what they spoke before. They will use different words; they will not know what those words mean. They cannot go on building then, because they cannot understand one another. They will have to stop building before the tower is done.
These men have stopped building the tower. They will not make it any higher because they have begun to speak different words from those they used before. They cannot understand each other any more. Soon they will separate into companies and go away. Those only will live together who can speak the same language.
The people who live in the countries that we read about in the Bible do many things differently from the way we do them here. They do not dress in clothes like ours. They wear loose and flowing garments which are cooler and more comfortable than ours would be. When people who live in eastern countries meet, and want to greet each other, they do not shake hands as we do. They bend over, and bow down to each other. Sometimes they bow down all the way to the ground. This picture shows how they do when they meet.
The man who has a crown on his head is a king. His name is Melchisedek. He is holding up his hands and blessing Abraham; that is, he is asking God to be kind to Abraham and to give him good things. He knows that Abraham is a good man, who loves and minds God.
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Abraham is setting some food on the table. He is waiting on these three men. We call them men and they look like men, but they are not men. Two of them are angels, and one of them is the Lord. For the Lord has come down from heaven because he is going to send his angels to burn up the wicked city of Sodom.<br>Lot is bidding Abraham good-bye. Abraham is Lot's uncle. They both of them have flocks of sheep, and goats, and camels. But the men who take care of these flocks have been quarrelling with each other. So Lot says he will take his sheep, and his goats, and his camels, and go and live in some other place, where these men cannot quarrel any more. And now he is bidding Abraham good-bye. He is going to the city called Sodom. He does not know it is to be burned up.
The city of Sodom where Lot lives is being burned up. God sent his angels to burn it. But first the angels told Lot that the city was to be burned. For Lot was a good man. He minded what God said to him. The angels did not want him to be burned up with the wicked city. They told him he must make haste away. So Lot and his daughters are fleeing out of the city. They had not time to take many things with them. You see one of the daughters has a bundle on her head, it is all she could save from her home. They are making great haste, for fear the fire will reach them. But Lot's wife did not make haste. She stayed behind and looked back. Perhaps she wanted to go back to the wicked city, and she was turned into a pillar of salt. And as soon as Lot and his family had gone out of Sodom there came down fire from the skies and burned up the houses and the people who lived in them. Not one was saved alive, for all of them were wicked.
Abraham is in his house. Sarah and Hagar are standing before him. 3
Abraham is sending this woman away from his home. It is Hagar he is sending away. Her little boy is with her. She carries a bottle of water. Where will Hagar go ? She will go out into the lonely wilderness, where no one lives.
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This is Abraham. God loves him and has made him rich and great. He has given Abraham silver and gold and flocks of sheep and goats and camels. But Abraham said that God had not given him a son, to have all these things after Abraham should be dead.<br>Then God spoke to Abraham in the night and told him to come out of his house and look up at the sky. And God asked him if he could count those stars that he saw up in the sky. But there were too many; Abraham could not count them. Then God told Abraham that he would give him a son, and that his son should have children too. Abraham's children and his children's children, God said, should be like those stars —so many that nobody could count them.
This is Abraham and his son Isaac. God spoke to Abraham and told him to take his dear son Isaac and offer him up for a sacrifice, as if he were a sheep or goat, They are going to the place of sacrifice, and<br>Isaac is carrying the wood for the altar. Why did God tell Abraham to do this ? He wanted to see if he would obey him. But God will not let Abraham harm Isaac.
Abraham's servant is looking at the young woman who has filled her pitcher with water at the well. Her name is Rebekah. Abraham's servant will ask her for a drink of water out of her pitcher, and she will give it to him. Then he will know she is the young woman God has chosen to be Isaac's wife.
Abraham's servant has a present in his hand for Rebekah. It is an earring of gold. He is putting it in her ear. Then he asks her whether there is room at her father's house for him, and the men who are with him, to sleep, and whether there is straw and food for their camels. Rebekah tells him there is room and food for them.
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People who live in the country we read about in the Bible ride on camels. Camels are very strong and swift. They can go a long way over the hot sand of the desert without food or water.
Rebekah is riding on the camel. Abraham's servant is walking beside her. She is going with the servant to Abraham's home. But why does she leave her father and mother to go to Abraham's home ? It is because she is going to be married to Isaac. Isaac is Abraham's son. Abraham has sent his servant to find a wife for Isaac. And the servant came to the well and saw Rebekah. And when she had given him a drink from her pitcher, he went home with her and saw her father and mother. Then he talked with them and told them why he had come. He said that Abraham was his master and that God had made Abraham very rich; he had given him silver and gold and flocks and herds of cattle and camels. And all these things Isaac would have after Abraham was dead. Then the servant told them that Abraham had sent him to find a wife for Isaac, and he asked them if Rebekah might go with him to be Isaac's wife. And they asked her if she would go with the man, and she said she would go.
Rebekah has come to the land of Canaan, where Isaac lives. Isaac was walking in the field. He looked up and saw the camels coming. When they came nearer he saw Rebekah. Rebekah came down from the camel, and Isaac brought her into the house. Isaac loved Rebekah, and took her for his wife. God was very kind to Isaac and blessed him. And Isaac and Rebekah had two sons, whose names were Jacob and Esau.<br>Isaac has grown old. He cannot see. He has told his son Esau to go out in the woods and kill a deer, and cook some of the meat for him to eat. Then Isaac says he will bless Esau and tell him of all the things he is to have for his own, after his father is dead. So Esau has gone out into the woods to kill the deer for his father. But while Esau is gone, Jacob, Esau's brother, comes to his father. Jacob pretends that he is Esau, and his father cannot see; he feels the goat-skin on Jacob's hands and thinks he is Esau, because Esau had a rough, hairy skin, So he blesses Jacob and gives him the
Jacob has come away from his home, because Esau is angry with him. He is afraid of his brother Esau. It is night, and Jacob has no place to sleep. He lies down on the ground and takes some of the stones for his pillow. And he has a dream. He thinks he sees a great ladder that reaches up to the sky. Angels are going up and down the ladder. And God speaks to Jacob out of the sky, and tells him that he will take care of him, and keep him safe wherever he goes.
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Jacob has come to another country a long way from his own home. And he sees out in the field a young woman named Rachel. She stays out in the field to take care of her father's sheep. And now she has brought them to the well to give them a drink of water. But Jacob will help her; he will draw up water out of the well and give her sheep drink. Then he will go home with her to her father's house.
Jacob has come to Rachel's home. He is talking with her father. Her father's name is Laban. Jacob is asking Laban if Rachel may not be his wife. Laban says that if Jacob will stay and work for him a long time and take care of his flocks, then Rachel shall be his wife. So Jacob stayed and worked for Laban many years. He took care of Laban's sheep, and goats, and camels; and afterward Laban gave Rachel to him for his wife.
This is a shepherd leading his sheep. He is carrying a lamb in his arms.
Jacob has come to another country a long way from his own home. And he sees out in the field a young woman named Rachel. She stays out in the field to take care of her father's sheep. And now she has brought them to the well to give them a drink of water. But Jacob will help her; he will draw up water out of the well and give her sheep drink. Then he will go home with her to her father's house.
Jacob has come to Rachel's home. He is talking with her father. Her father's name is Laban. Jacob is asking Laban if Rachel may not be his wife. Laban says that if Jacob will stay and work for him a long time and ______________________________________ take care of his flocks, then Rachel shall be his wife. So Jacob stayed and worked for Laban many years. He took care of Laban's sheep, and goats, and camels; and afterward Laban gave Rachel to him for his wife.
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Rachel is riding on a camel. Jacob is walking by her side. Jacob's little children are coming too. He has left Laban's house where he has lived so long. He is going back to his father's house. It is many years since he has seen his father. Now he wants to go and see him before his father dies. Jacob has sheep, and camels, and goats of his own. He is taking these with him. It is a long way to the land where his father lives. But God will take care of Jacob and bring him safely there.
God has sent an angel to Jacob. Jacob is all alone. He sees the angel, but he is not afraid. He puts his arms around him and will not let him go. He begs the angel to bless him. And the angel lifts up his hand over Jacob's head, and blesses him.
Jacob meets his brother Esau. He has not seen Esau since the time when he got Esau's blessing. That was many years ago. Esau was very angry with Jacob then, and Jacob was afraid of him. And he went away from his home and lived with Laban, and took Rachel, Laban's daughter, to be his wife. Jacob has been living with Laban ever since that time. But now he wants to go back to his father's house. And Jacob is on his way back, but before he gets there he sees Esau coming toward him. Some men are with Esau, and Jacob is very much afraid. He is afraid Esau will kill him for taking away his blessing.<br>But Esau has forgiven Jacob, and now he runs to him and puts his arms around his neck and kisses him. And they cry together because they are so glad. And Jacob gave Esau a present of some sheep and goats and camels, for Jacob had a great many of these. Afterward Esau went away to his own home, and Jacob came to his father.
Jacob's sons are selling their brother. His name is Joseph. They are selling him to the men with the camels. These men will take Joseph away to another country called Egypt. Then Joseph's brothers will go back to their father and tell him that Joseph is dead.
Jacob's sons have come home after selling their brother Joseph. They are showing their father Joseph's coat. They have torn it in some places and have put goat's blood on it. They say to Jacob they found it like this in the field; he can tell, they say, whether it is Joseph's coat or not. Jacob knows it and cries, "It is my son Joseph's coat; some wild beast has killed him."
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Joseph is in the prison in Egypt. You see how strong the prison is. It is built of stone, with bolts and bars to keep the prisoners from getting out. Two men are in the prison with Joseph. They have chains on their hands and feet. But there are no chains on Joseph. For the keeper of the prison soon found out what a good man he was, so he lets him walk about wherever he chooses. These two men who are with Joseph are servants of the king. One night when they were asleep they both had strange dreams. Joseph is telling them what their dreams mean. One man's dream meant that in three days he should go out of prison and live in the king's house again. You see how glad he looks. But the other man's dream meant that in three days he should be killed; and he looks very sorrowful. Joseph was able to tell the meaning of these dreams, because God made him know what they meant.
The king of Egypt has had a dream, but his wise men cannot tell him what it means. He is troubled because no one can explain his dream. Then he sends to the prison for Joseph. And Joseph puts on his best clothes and comes quickly to the king. And God made Joseph know what the king's dream meant. Joseph is explaining it to the king. Then the king was pleased with Joseph when he had explained his dream and would not let him go back to the prison any more.
Joseph is dressed in beautiful clothes and has a chain of gold around his neck, and he is riding in a chariot. For the king has given him all these things because he told him about his dream. The king says that every person in the land of Egypt must mind what Joseph says.
Joseph's brothers have been to the land of Egypt to buy corn, because there is no corn for them to eat in the land of Canaan where they live. There is a famine in the land of Canaan, and the corn will not grow there. But there is plenty of corn in the land of Egypt where Joseph lives. So they took their asses and started to go to that land to buy some. And they saw Joseph in Egypt and bought corn of him, but it had been so long since they had seen him before, and now he was so rich and great, that they did not know him or think it was their brother. But Joseph knew them, though he did not tell them so. And when they paid their money for the corn he told his servants to put it back in their bags. And when Joseph's brothers stopped and opened their bags to feed their asses, they found the money. You see how surprised they look, for they cannot understand it.
Joseph's brothers have come into Egypt again to buy more corn. They have brought their little brother Benjamin with them, for he was not with them when they came the first time. And now Joseph tells them that he is their brother whom they sold so many years ago. Then they are frightened when they hear this, for they remember how cruel they were to him. and they are afraid he will punish them for what they did to him. You see they are kneeling down and begging him to forgive them. But Joseph tells them they need not be afraid, for he has forgiven them, and he still loves them, he says. He is stooping down and kissing his little brother Benjamin, he is so glad to see him. Then he talks with his brothers and asks them about his father, who is still living in the land of Canaan. And after he has talked with them he treats them very kindly, and has their bags filled with corn; then he sends them back safely to their homes.
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Joseph has sent for his father to come into Egypt. He rides out to meet him, and as soon as he meets him he gets down from his chariot, and runs to his father and puts his arms around his neck, and kisses him. Jacob, Joseph's father, is very old. He did not ever expect to see Joseph again. He thought Joseph was dead. How glad he is now to see his dear son once more! And Joseph is very kind to his father and to his brothers. He has sent for them all to come out of the land of Canaan, because there was no corn for them in that land. And he has brought them down into the land of Egypt, where there is plenty of food. And Joseph will bring them to the king, and the king will speak kindly to them. He will tell Joseph to give them some of the land of Egypt for their own, where they will have grass for their cattle, and where they can build houses for their wives and their little children to live in.