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The information used is from the brochure "Where to Look in the Bible", published (1998) by the Canadian Bible Society.

Where to Look in the Bible

STORIES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

EARLY BEGINNINGS

Creation and Sin - Genesis 1-3.24
The First Murder - Genesis 4.1-16
Noah and the Flood - Genesis 6-8
The Tower of Babel - Genesis 11.1-9
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and of Lot's Wife - Genesis 19.1-29
Abraham's Offering of Isaac - Genesis 22.1-19
The Story of Jacob - Genesis 25.19-35.29
The Story of Joseph - Genesis 37-50
Moses: In Egypt - Exodus 1-13
Crossing the Red Sea - Exodus 14-15.21
Moses: The Exodus - Exodus 12.27-18.27
At Mount Sinai - Exodus 19-40.38
Wanderings - Numbers 14.33-16.50
Last Days - Deuteronomy 32-34
Balaam and Balak - Numbers 22-24

NATIONAL HISTORY

The Story of Ruth - Ruth 1-4
The Story of Samuel - 1 Samuel 1-3; 7-10; 12; 15; 16
Saul, the First King - 1 Samuel 8-11; 13; 15; 28; 31
David, the Shepherd King - 1 Samuel 16-31; 2 Samuel 1-24; 1 Kings 1-2.12
King Solomon - 1 Kings 2.12-11.43
Elijah, Great Prophet - 1 Kings 17-19; 21;  2 Kings 1
Elisha, His Successor - 2 Kings 2-9.13; 13.14-21
Jehu's Triumph over Jezebel - 2 Kings 9
Nehemiah, Heroic Builder - Nehemiah 1-4
Esther, Queenly Heroine - Esther 1.9-7.10
Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego - Daniel 3
Belshazzar's Feast and the Handwriting on the Wall - Daniel 5
Daniel in the Lion's Den - Daniel 6
Jonah, Reluctant Missionary - Jonah 1-4

STORIES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT  (You are Here)
     Early Beginnings and National History
STORIES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
     John the Baptist, The Life of Jesus
THE MIRACLES OF JESUS
THE PARABLES OF JESUS
OTHER NEW TESTAMENT STORIES
POEMS AND SONGS OF THE BIBLE
PRAYERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
BIBLE BENEDICTIONS AND BLESSINGS

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