ICB Greatest Stories of the Bible

By Thomas Nelson

The greatest stories of the Bible, International Children's Bible (IBC).

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Release date: Jul 18, 2010
• ISBN: 9781418551315

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GREATEST

STORIES

OF THE

BIBLE

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International

Children's Bible

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© 2009 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S BIBLE®. © 1986, 1988, 1999 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved.

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CONTENTS

God Creates the World

Genesis 1:1–25

Adam & Eve

Genesis 1:26—2:25

The Fall of Man

Genesis 3:1– 6

Leaving the Garden

Genesis 3:8–23

Noah’s Big Boat

Genesis 6:1–22

The Flood

Genesis 7:1–24

Why We See Rainbows

Genesis 8:1—9:17

Ishmael

Genesis 16:1–16

God’s Promised Child—Isaac

Genesis 17:1–9, 15–19; 18:1–3, 9–16; 21:1–7

Abraham’s Sacrifice

Genesis 22:1–13

A Bride for Isaac

Genesis 24:1–22

Jacob & Esau

Genesis 25:21–34

Jacob Tricks Isaac

Genesis 27:1– 45

Jacob’s Ladder

Genesis 28:10–22

Laban Tricks Jacob

Genesis 29:1–30

Jacob Wrestles with God

Genesis 32:22–32

Joseph’s Special Robe

Genesis 37:1–11

Joseph Is Sold into Slavery

Genesis 37:12–36

Pharoah’s Dream

Genesis 41:1–38

Joseph Forgives His Brothers

Genesis 44:1— 45:28

Baby Moses

Exodus 2:1–10

Moses Leaves Egypt

Exodus 2:11–25

The Burning Bush

Exodus 3:1–10

The Plagues of Egypt

Exodus 7:14—10:29

The Passover

Exodus 11:1—12:51

Parting the Red Sea

Exodus 14:1–31

Bread from Heaven

Exodus 16:1–36

The Ten Commandments

Exodus 20:1–23

Moses Sees the Promised Land

Deuteronomy 34:1–12

Rahab Hides the Spies

Joshua 2:1–24

The Battle of Jericho

Joshua 6:1–27

Balaam’s Talking Donkey

Numbers 22:1–38

Deborah & Barak

Judges 4:1–23

Gideon

Judges 6:11–24; 6:33—7:24

Samson & Delilah

Judges 16:4–31

Ruth

Ruth 1:1— 4:22

Hannah’s Prayer

1 Samuel 1:1–28

Samuel’s Calling

1 Samuel 3:1–21

David’s Music

1 Samuel 16:14–23

David Fights Goliath

1 Samuel 17:1–58

David & Jonathan—Best of Friends

1 Samuel 18:1– 4; 20:1– 42

David Spares Saul

1 Samuel 24:1–22

Abigail’s Wisdom

1 Samuel 25:1– 42

David Blesses Mephibosheth

2 Samuel 9:1–13

Solomon Chooses Wisdom

1 Kings 3:1–15

Solomon’s Wise Decision

1 Kings 3:16–28

Elijah on Mount Carmel

1 Kings 18:1– 46

Elijah Is Taken to Heaven

2 Kings 2:9–12

One Jar of Oil

2 Kings 4:1–7

Naaman’s Leprosy

2 Kings 5:1–14

Good King Josiah

2 Kings 22:1—23:3

Queen Esther

Esther 1:1—10:3

The Testing of Job

Job 1:1—3:26; 38:1– 41; 40:1— 42:17

Ezekiel & the Valley of Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1–14

Daniel’s Healthy Diet

Daniel 1:1–21

Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

Daniel 2:1– 49

The Fiery Furnace

Daniel 3:1–30

The Writing on the Wall

Daniel 5:1–31

Daniel in the Lions’ Den

Daniel 6:1–28

Jonah & the Big Fish

Jonah 1:1—2:1; 2:10—3:10

David’s Shepherd

Psalm 23:1– 6

David’s Fears

Psalm 56:1–13

David Praises the Lord

Psalm 148:1–14

The Angel’s Message for Mary

Luke 1:26–38

The Birth of the Savior

Luke 2:1–14

Wise Men from the East

Matthew 2:1–12

Jesus Grows Up

Luke 2:41–52

John the Baptist

Matthew 3:1–12

Jesus Is Baptized

Matthew 3:13–17; Mark 1:9–11; Luke 3:21–22; John 1:29–33

The Temptation of Jesus

Matthew 4:1–11; Luke 4:1–13

Jesus Calls His Disciples

Matthew 4:18–22; Mark 1:16–20; Luke 5:1–11; John 1:35– 42

The Miracle of the Wedding Wine

John 2:1–11

The Samaritan Woman

John 4:1– 42

Don’t Judge Others

Matthew 7:1–5; Luke 6:37– 42

Build Your House on a Rock

Matthew 7:24–29; Luke 6:47– 49

Jesus Heals the Soldier’s Servant

Matthew 8:5–13; Luke 7:1–10

Jesus Commands the Wind & the Waves

Matthew 8:23–27; Mark 4:35– 41; Luke 8:22–25

The Hole in the Roof

Matthew 9:1–8; Mark 2:1–12; Luke 5:17–25

A Touch of Faith

Matthew 9:20–22; Mark 5:25–34; Luke 8:43– 48

Parable of the Seeds

Matthew 13:1–9, 18–23; Mark 4:1–9, 13–20; Luke 8:4–15

Parable of the Wheat & the Weeds

Matthew 13:24–30, 36– 43

Parable of the Mustard Seed & Yeast

Matthew 13:31–35; Mark 4:30–32; Luke 13:18–21

Parable of the Treasure & the Pearl

Matthew 13:44– 46

Parable of the Fishing Net

Matthew 13:47–50

The Pool of Bethesda

John 5:1–8

Five Loaves & Two Fish

Matthew 14:13–21; Mark 6:35– 43; Luke 9:11–17

Walking on Water

Matthew 14:22–33; Mark 6:45–51

The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25–37

Mary & Martha

Luke 10:38– 42

Faith As Big As a Mustard Seed

Matthew 17:20; Luke 17:6

The Coin from the Fish’s Mouth

Matthew 17:24–27

Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

Matthew 18:21–35

Throwing the First Stone

John 8:1–11

Jesus Heals the Blind Man

John 9:1–7

One Lost Sheep

Matthew 18:10–14; Luke 15:4–7

The Prodigal Son

Luke 15:11–32

Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead

John 11:1– 44

The Ten Sick Men

Luke 17:11–19

Faith Like a Child

Matthew 19:13–14; Mark 10:13–16; Luke 18:15–17

The Rich Young Man

Matthew 19:16–26; Mark 10:17–27

Zacchaeus

Luke 19:1–10

Parable of the Vineyard Workers

Matthew 20:1–16

Jesus Enters Jerusalem

Matthew 21:1–9; Mark 11:1–10; Luke 19:28– 40

Jesus Cleans Out the Temple

Matthew 21:12–13; Mark 11:15–19; Luke 19:45– 48

Parable of the Two Sons

Matthew 21:28–32

Parable of the Vineyard Owner’s Son

Matthew 21:33– 46; Mark 12:1–12; Luke 20:9–19

Parable of the Wedding Feast

Matthew 22:1–14

Parable of the Ten Foolish Girls

Matthew 25:1–13

Parable of the Lazy Servant

Matthew 25:14–30; Luke 19:11–27

The Widow’s Offering

Mark 12:41– 44; Luke 21:1– 4

The Woman with the Alabaster Jar

Matthew 26:6–13; Mark 14:3–9

Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet

John 13:1–17

The Last Supper

Matthew 26:17–28; Mark 14:12–24; Luke 22:7–20; John 13:1–35

The Way, the Truth, & the Life

John 14:1–7

Jesus Dies

Matthew 27:35–50; Mark 15:21–37; Luke 23:33– 49; John 19:17–37

Jesus Is Risen!

Matthew 28:1–8; Mark 16:1–7; Luke 24:1–12; John 20:1–18

A Net Full of Fish

John 21:3–9

Jesus Goes to Heaven

Matthew 28:16–20; Mark 16:15–20; Luke 24:45–51; Acts 1:8–11

The Holy Spirit Comes

Acts 2:1–13

Peter & the Crippled Beggar

Acts 3:1–11

Ananias & Sapphira

Acts 5:1–11

Stephen Stands Firm

Acts 6:8–15; 7:54– 60

Philip Tells the Ethiopian About Jesus

Acts 8:26– 40

The Road to Damascus

Acts 9:1–18

Peter Raises Tabitha from the Dead

Acts 9:36– 43

A Sheet of Animals

Acts 10:1– 48

Peter Escapes from Prison

Acts 12:6–18

Singing in Prison

Acts 16:16– 40

Paul in Athens

Acts 17:16–34

A Sleepy Young Man

Acts 20:7–12

Paul & the Storm

Acts 27:1– 44

Paul’s Snakebite

Acts 28:1–11

A Slave Forgiven

Philemon 1:1–25

People of Faith

Hebrews 11:1– 40

People of Every Nation Praising God

Revelation 7:9–17

A New Heaven & a New Earth

Revelation 21:1–27

The Tree of Life

Revelation 22:1–21

THE

OLD TESTAMENT

GOD CREATES THE WORLD

Genesis 1:1–25

In the beginning God created the sky and the earth. ²The earth was empty and had no form. Darkness covered the ocean, and God’s Spirit was moving over the water.

³Then God said, Let there be light! And there was light. ⁴God saw that the light was good. So he divided the light from the darkness. ⁵God named the light day and the darkness night. Evening passed, and morning came. This was the first day.

⁶Then God said, Let there be something to divide the water in two! ⁷So God made the air to divide the water in two. Some of the water was above the air, and some of the water was below it. ⁸God named the air sky. Evening passed, and morning came. This was the second day.

⁹Then God said, Let the water under the sky be gathered together so the dry land will appear. And it happened. ¹⁰God named the dry land earth. He named the water that was gathered together seas. God saw that this was good.

¹¹Then God said, Let the earth produce plants. Some plants will make grain for seeds. Others will make fruit with seeds in it. Every seed will produce more of its own kind of plant. And it happened. ¹²The earth produced plants. Some plants had grain for seeds. The trees made fruit with seeds in it. Each seed grew its own kind of plant. God saw that all this was good. ¹³Evening passed, and morning came. This was the third day.

¹⁴Then God said, Let there be lights in the sky to separate day from night. These lights will be used for signs, seasons, days and years. ¹⁵They will be in the sky to give light to the earth. And it happened.

¹⁶So God made the two large lights. He made the brighter light to rule the day. He made the smaller light to rule the night. He also made the stars. ¹⁷God put all these in the sky to shine on the earth. ¹⁸They are to rule over the day and over the night. He put them there to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that all these things were good. ¹⁹Evening passed, and morning came. This was the fourth day.

²⁰Then God said, Let the water be filled with living things. And let birds fly in the air above the earth.

²¹So God created the large sea animals. He created every living thing that moves in the sea. The sea is filled with these living things. Each one produces more of its own kind. God also made every bird that flies. And each bird produces more of its own kind. God saw that this was good. ²²God blessed them and said, Have many young ones and grow in number. Fill the water of the seas, and let the birds grow in number on the earth. ²³Evening passed, and morning came. This was the fifth day.

²⁴Then God said, Let the earth be filled with animals. And let each produce more of its own kind. Let there be tame animals and small crawling animals and wild animals. And let each produce more of its kind. And it happened.

²⁵So God made the wild animals, the tame animals and all the small crawling animals to produce more of their own kind. God saw that this was good.

ADAM & EVE

Genesis 1:26—2:25

Then God said, "Let us make human beings in our image and likeness.

And let them rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky. Let them rule over the tame animals, over all the earth and over all the small crawling animals on the earth."

²⁷So God created human beings in his image. In the image of God he created them. He created them male and female. ²⁸God blessed them and said, Have many children and grow in number. Fill the earth and be its master. Rule over the fish in the sea and over the birds in the sky. Rule over every living thing that moves on the earth.

²⁹God said, Look, I have given you all the plants that have grain for seeds. And I have given you all the trees whose fruits have seeds in them. They will be food for you. ³⁰I have given all the green plants to all the animals to eat. They will be food for every wild animal, every bird of the air and every small crawling animal. And it happened. ³¹God looked at everything he had made, and it was very good. Evening passed, and morning came. This was the sixth day.

The Seventh Day—Rest

2So the sky, the earth and all that filled them were finished. ²By the seventh day God finished the work he had been doing. So on the seventh day he rested from all his work. ³God blessed the seventh day and made it a holy day.

He made it holy because on that day he rested. He rested from all the work he had done in creating the world.

The First People

⁴This is the story of the creation of the sky and the earth. When the Lord God made the earth and the sky, ⁵there were no plants on the earth. Nothing was growing in the fields. The Lord God had not yet made it rain on the land. And there was no man to care for the ground. ⁶But a mist often rose from the earth and watered all the ground.

⁷Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and formed man from it. The Lord breathed the breath of life into the man’s nose. And the man became a living person. ⁸Then the Lord God planted a garden in the East, in a place called Eden. He put the man he had formed in that garden. ⁹The Lord God caused every beautiful tree and every tree that was good for food to grow out of the ground. In the middle of the garden, God put the tree that gives life. And he put there the tree that gives the knowledge of good and evil.

¹⁰A river flowed through Eden and watered the garden. From that point the river was divided. It had four streams flowing into it. ¹¹The name of the first stream is Pishon. It flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. ¹²That gold is good. Bdellium and onyx are also there. ¹³The name of the second river is Gihon. It flows around the whole land of Cush. ¹⁴The name of the third river is Tigris. It flows out of Assyria toward the east. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

¹⁵The Lord God put the man in the garden of Eden to care for it and work it. ¹⁶The Lord God commanded him, You may eat the fruit from any tree in the garden. ¹⁷But you must not eat the fruit from the tree which gives the knowledge of good and evil. If you ever eat fruit from that tree, you will die!

The First Woman

¹⁸Then the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is right for him.

¹⁹From the ground God formed every wild animal and every bird in the sky. He brought them to the man so the man could name them. Whatever the man called each living thing, that became its name. ²⁰The man gave names to all the tame animals, to the birds in the sky and to all the wild animals. But Adam did not find a helper that was right for him. ²¹So the Lord God caused the man to sleep very deeply. While the man was asleep, God took one of the ribs from the man’s body. Then God closed the man’s skin at the place where he took the rib. ²²The Lord God used the rib from the man to make a woman. Then the Lord brought the woman to the man.

²³And the man said,

"Now, this is someone whose bones came from my bones.

  Her body came from my body.

I will call her ‘woman,’

  because she was taken out of man."

²⁴So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife. And the two people will become one body.

²⁵The man and his wife were naked, but they were not ashamed.

THE FALL OF MAN

Genesis 3:1– 6

Now the snake was the most clever of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day the snake spoke to the woman. He said, Did God really say that you must not eat fruit from any tree in the garden?

²The woman answered the snake, We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden. ³But God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch it, or you will die.’

⁴But the snake said to the woman, You will not die. ⁵God knows that if you eat the fruit from that tree, you will learn about good and evil. Then you will be like God!

⁶The woman saw that the tree was beautiful. She saw that its fruit was good to eat and that it would make her wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

LEAVING THE GARDEN

Genesis 3:8–23

Then they heard the Lord God walking in the garden. This was during the cool part of the day. And the man and his wife hid from the Lord God among the trees in the garden. ⁹But the Lord God called to the man. The Lord said, Where are you?

¹⁰The man answered, I heard you walking in the garden. I was afraid because I was naked. So I hid.

¹¹God said to the man, Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat fruit from that tree? I commanded you not to eat from that tree.

¹²The man said, You gave this woman to me. She gave me fruit from the tree. So I ate it.

¹³Then the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done?

She answered, The snake tricked me. So I ate the fruit.

¹⁴The Lord God said to the snake,

"Because you did this,

   a curse will be put on you.

   You will be cursed more than any tame animal or wild animal.

  You will crawl on your stomach,

   and you will eat dust all the days of your life.

¹⁵I will make you and the woman

   enemies to each other.

  Your descendants and her descendants

   will be enemies.

  Her child will crush your head.

   And you will bite his heel."

¹⁶Then God said to the woman,

"I will cause you to have much trouble

   when you are pregnant.

  And when you give birth to children,

   you will have great pain.

  You will greatly desire your husband,

   but he will rule over you."

¹⁷Then God said to the man, "You listened to what your wife said. And you ate fruit from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from.

"So I will put a curse on the ground.

  You will have to work very hard for food.

In pain you will eat its food

  all the days of your life.

¹⁸The ground will produce thorns and weeds for you.

  And you will eat the plants of the field.

¹⁹You will sweat and work hard

  for your food.

Later you will return to the ground.

  This is because you were taken from the ground.

You are dust.

  And when you die, you will return to the dust."

²⁰The man named his wife Eve. This is because she is the mother of everyone who ever lived.

²¹The Lord God made clothes from animal skins for the man and his wife. And so the Lord dressed them. ²²Then the Lord God said, Look, the man has become like one of us. He knows good and evil. And now we must keep him from eating some of the fruit from the tree of life. If he does, he will live forever. ²³So the Lord God forced the man out of the garden of Eden. He had to work the ground he was taken from.

NOAH’S BIG BOAT

Genesis 6:1–22

The number of people on earth began to grow. Daughters were born to these people. ²The sons of God saw that these girls were beautiful. And they married any of them they chose. ³The Lord said, My Spirit will not remain in human beings forever. This is because they are flesh. They will live only 120 years.

⁴The Nephilim were on the earth in those days and also later. That was when the sons of God had sexual relations with the daughters of men. These women gave birth to children, who became famous. They were the mighty warriors of long ago.

⁵The Lord saw that the human beings on the earth were very wicked. He also saw that their thoughts were only about evil all the time. ⁶The Lord was sorry he had made human beings on the earth. His heart was filled with pain. ⁷So the Lord said, I will destroy all human beings that I made on the earth. And I will destroy every animal and everything that crawls on the earth. I will also destroy the birds of the air. This is because I am sorry that I have made them. ⁸But Noah pleased the Lord.

Noah and the Great Flood

⁹This is the family history of Noah. Noah was a good man. He was the most innocent man of his time. He walked with God. 10Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.

¹¹People on earth did what God said was evil. Violence was everywhere. ¹²And God saw this evil. All people on the earth did only evil. ¹³So God said to Noah, People have made the earth full of violence. So I will destroy all people from the earth. ¹⁴Build a boat of cypress wood for yourself. Make rooms in it and cover it inside and outside with tar. ¹⁵This is how big I want you to build the boat: 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. ¹⁶Make an opening around the top of the boat. Make it 18 inches high from the edge of the roof down. Put a door in the side of the boat. Make an upper, middle and lower deck in it. ¹⁷I will bring a flood of water on the earth. I will destroy all living things that live under the sky. This includes everything that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will die. ¹⁸But I will make an agreement with you. You, your sons, your wife and your sons’ wives will all go into the boat. ¹⁹Also, you must bring into the boat two of every living thing, male and female. Keep them alive with you. ²⁰There will be two of every kind of bird, animal and crawling thing. They will come to you to be kept alive. ²¹Also gather some of every kind of food. Store it on the boat as food for you and the animals.

²²Noah did everything that God commanded him.

THE FLOOD

Genesis 7:1–24

Then the Lord said to Noah, I have seen that you are the best man among the people of this time. So you and your family go into the boat. ²Take with you seven pairs, each male with its female, of every kind of clean animal. And take one pair, each male with its female, of every kind of unclean animal. ³Take seven pairs of all the birds of the sky, each male with its female. This will allow all these animals to continue living on the earth after the flood. ⁴Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth. It will rain 40 days and 40 nights. I will destroy from the earth every living thing that I made.

⁵Noah did everything that the Lord commanded him.

⁶Noah was 600 years old when the flood came. ⁷He and his wife and his sons and their wives went into the boat. They went in to escape the waters of the flood. ⁸The clean animals, the unclean animals, the birds and everything that crawls on the ground ⁹came to Noah. They went into the boat in groups of two, male and female. This was just as God had commanded Noah. ¹⁰Seven days later the flood started.

¹¹Noah was now 600 years old. The flood started on the seventeenth day of the second month of that year. That day the underground springs split open. And the clouds in the sky poured out rain. ¹²The rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.

¹³On that same day Noah and his wife, his sons Shem, Ham and Japheth and their wives went into the boat. ¹⁴They had every kind of wild animal and tame animal. There was every kind of animal that crawls on the earth. Every kind of bird was there. ¹⁵They all came to Noah in the boat in groups of two. There was every creature that had the breath of life. ¹⁶One male and one female of every living thing came. It was just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them.

¹⁷Water flooded the earth for 40 days. As the water rose, it lifted the boat off the ground. ¹⁸The water continued to rise, and the boat floated on the water above the earth. ¹⁹The water rose so much that even the highest mountains under the sky were covered by it. ²⁰The water continued to rise until it was more than 20 feet above the mountains.

²¹All living things that moved on the earth died. This included all the birds, tame animals, wild animals and creatures that swarm on the earth. And all human beings died. ²²So everything on dry land died. This means everything that had the breath of life in its nose. ²³So God destroyed from the earth every living thing that was on the land. This was every man, animal, crawling thing and bird of the sky. All that was left was Noah and what was with him in the boat. ²⁴And the waters continued to cover the earth for 150 days.

WHY WE SEE RAINBOWS

Genesis 8:1—9:17

But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and tame animals with him in the boat. God made a wind blow over the earth. And the water went down. ²The underground springs stopped flowing. And the clouds in the sky stopped pouring down rain. ³-⁴The water that covered the earth began to go down. After 150 days the water had gone down so much that the boat touched land again. It came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat. This was on the seventeenth day of the seventh month. ⁵The water continued to go down. By the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains could be seen.

⁶Forty days later Noah opened the window he had made in the boat. ⁷He sent out a raven. It flew here and there until the water had dried up from the earth. ⁸Then Noah sent out a dove. This was to find out if the water had dried up from the ground. ⁹The dove could not find a place to land because water still covered the earth. So it came back to the boat. Noah reached out his hand and took the bird. And he brought it back into the boat.

¹⁰After seven days Noah again sent out the dove from the boat. ¹¹And that evening it came back to him with a fresh olive leaf in its mouth. Then Noah knew that the