The Garden of Eden: Stories from the first nine books of the Old Testament

by George Hodges

THE GARDEN OF EDEN

STORIES FROM THE FIRST NINE BOOKS
OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
BY
GEORGE HODGES
ILLUSTRATED BY
WALTER H. EVERETT

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
COPYRIGHT, 1908 AND 1909, BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY GEORGE HODGES
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published October 1909
TO
John Hodges
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CONTENTS

[I.]	The Garden of Eden	[1]
[II.]	Noah’s Ark	[6]
[III.]	The Adventures of Lot	[11]
[IV.]	Isaac and Rebekah	[17]
[V.]	The Mess of Pottage	[23]
[VI.]	Jacob’s Visit	[29]
[VII.]	The Coat of Many Colors	[35]
[VIII.]	The Seven Years of Famine	[41]
[IX.]	The Burning Bush	[47]
[X.]	The Ten Plagues	[52]
[XI.]	The Red Sea	[57]
[XII.]	The Golden Calf	[62]
[XIII.]	The Prophet and the King	[67]
[XIV.]	The Walls of Jericho	[72]
[XV.]	The Wedge of Gold	[77]
[XVI.]	The Relief of Gibeon	[82]
[XVII.]	The Battle of the Great Plain	[86]
[XVIII.]	The Altar of Baal	[91]
[XIX.]	The Battle of the Lamps and Pitchers	[96]
[XX.]	The Migration of Dan	[101]
[XXI.]	The Riddle of the Lion and the Bees	[106]
[XXII.]	The Secret of Strength	[111]
[XXIII.]	The Bramble and the Fire	[116]
[XXIV.]	Jephthah’s Daughter	[121]
[XXV.]	The King’s Great-Grandmother	[126]
[XXVI.]	“Samuel! Samuel!”	[131]
[XXVII.]	The Battle of the Ark of God	[136]
[XXVIII.]	Five Gold Mice	[141]
[XXIX.]	Saul and the Seer	[145]
[XXX.]	The Battle of the Right Eyes	[150]
[XXXI.]	The Adventure of the Great Trembling	[154]
[XXXII.]	The Bleating of the Sheep	[159]
[XXXIII.]	A Shepherd of Bethlehem	[164]
[XXXIV.]	David fights the Giant	[169]
[XXXV.]	Under the King’s Displeasure	[174]
[XXXVI.]	The Cave of Adullam	[179]
[XXXVII.]	The Outlaw and the Sheepmaster	[184]
[XXXVIII.]	The Adventure of the King’s Spear	[189]
[XXXIX.]	In the Land of the Enemy	[194]
[XL.]	The Witch of Endor	[199]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[Lot chooses the Pleasant Land (page 12)]	[Colored frontispiece]
[The Ark rests on the Top of a Mountain]	[8]
[The Blessing of the Second Son]	[26]
[There is the Dreamer]	[38]
[Moses by the Burning Bush]	[50]
[It sounds to Me like Singing]	[64]
[The Ass and the Angel]	[70]
[So They stoned Achan]	[80]
[Jael takes the Tent Pin]	[88]
[Gideon hears the telling of a Dream]	[98]
[Samson kills the Lion with his Hands]	[108]
[Boaz notices Ruth and asks about Her]	[128]
[The Lad shall belong to the Lord]	[132]
[They put the Ark upon a Cart, and the Mice beside It]	[142]
[Samuel and Saul have a Long Talk together]	[148]
[David escapes by the Window]	[174]
[David with the King’s Spear]	[190]