From the account of God’s creation to God’s revelation to John, each story in this children’s Bible is chosen carefully to provide kids with a daily reading that will deepen their love of God’s Word. In addition, the last section of the book provides an easily accessible Bible encyclopedia. Meant to help kids better understand what they are reading, it contains points of reference about life in Bible times, including civilizations, food, homes, towns, weapons, religious practices, work, and daily life. There’s also an index of key people. This is a solid One Year Bible that will provide kids with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, while instilling in them a love for reading their Bible every day. Start any day the One Year Way! Do-able. Daily. Devotions. Perfect for kids ages 6 to 10 years, The One Year Children’s Bible helps kids to engage with the Bible every day with readings they can understand. It features 365 Bibles stories (in historical order rather than biblical order) in easy-to-read text. The illustrations are colorful and engaging. Ideal for kids who are transitioning from a Bible story book to a real Bible. The One Year children's BIBLE By Rhona Davies Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Copyright © 2007 Anno Domini Publishing All right reserved. ISBN: 978-1-4143-1499-0 Contents JANUARYFEBRUARYMARCHAPRILMAYJUNEJULYAUGUSTSEPTEMBEROCTOBERNOVEMBERDECEMBERLIFE IN BIBLE TIMES.....................316INDEX...................................346 Chapter One January 1-In the Beginning In the beginning there was nothing. It was dark and empty and shapeless. "Let there be light!" God said. As soon as he said the words, light came into existence. God saw that the light was good. God divided the light, so that there was day and there was night. God made the sky and separated it from the waters below. God brought the waters together into seas and created dry land. "Let the land produce plants and trees full of seeds and fruits," God said. Then all varieties of green and leafy plants filled the land, from tall redwood trees to trees bearing olives and oranges, acorns and chestnuts. God saw that all he had made was good. "Let there be lights in the sky for the night and the day," God said. "Let them mark times and seasons, days, months, and years." So the golden sun became the light that shone in the day and the silvery moon the light that beamed in the night sky. God also filled the darkness with stars, and he saw that all he had made was good. "Let the waters be filled with living creatures and the skies with every kind of winged bird. Let them multiply and increase in number." Then every kind of fish and sea creature swam and splashed in the seas, and the air above became filled with color and shape and sound. There were dolphins and sea horses, eagles, owls, robins and wrens, buzzing bees, and beautiful butterflies. "Let there be all sorts of creatures to move on the land," God said. So there were sheep and goats, elephants and giraffes, lions, tigers, and graceful gazelles. God looked at everything that he had made and saw that it was good. Then God made man and woman. He put them in charge of his creation, to care for it and gather food from it. God loved the people he had made, and he saw that everything he had made was very good. Then God rested. January 2-The Perfect World God gave Adam and Eve a beautiful garden to live in. It was full of plants and trees with fruit they could eat. The garden was watered by a river that ran through it, and Adam and Eve tended the garden and worked in it. Adam and Eve were good company for each other. They shared the work, and they lived happily together. Adam gave names to all the creatures that God had made. God told them that they could eat anything that grew in the garden except the fruit of one tree in the middle of the garden, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. January 3-Good and Evil One of the creatures in the garden was a snake. He came to Eve and tempted her. "Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?" he asked. "God told us we can eat from every tree except the tree in the middle of the garden," said Eve. "If we eat from that tree, we will die." "You will not die," said the snake. "God does not want you to eat from that tree because if you do, you will know good and evil just as God does." Eve looked at the tree. She saw how lovely its fruit looked and thought about what the snake had said. She took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave it to Adam, and he ate some too. As soon as they had eaten, Adam and Eve knew what they had done. They realized why God had told them not to eat the fruit. Now they had disobeyed God and it was too late to make things right. They felt guilty and ashamed, and when they heard God coming in the garden, they found trees to hide among so he would not see them. January 4-Adam and Eve Are Sent Away God called out t