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reading, exploring and discovering
the Bible.
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Word and apply it to your life?
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Bible ® for Early Readers is designed
to introduce you to the wonderful
messages and promises in God’s
Word. Take a few minutes to read
these explanations. Then you will
know the best way to use the NIrV
Adventure Bible ® for Early Readers.
Features You Should
Know About
Words to Treasure
Key verses throughout the Bible are
highlighted as “Words to Treasure.”
These verses are worth
remembering. The best way to live
677 his Word
Psalms
— 25
for Jesus is to have
in 23 your
Anyone who does not trust in the
heart.
statue of Try
a god. to
Anyone who doesn’t use the name
of that god when he
makes a
memorize
these
promise.
Psalm 23:1
People like that will receive the
The L
is my
verses
from
’s blessing.
L
shepherd. He
When God their Savior hands
gives me
down his sentence,
“Words
to it will be in
everything I
their favor.
need.
The people who look to God are like
Treasure.”
that.
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6
5 You
prepare a feast for me
right in front of my enemies.
You pour oil on my head.
My cup runs over.
6 I am sure that your goodness and
love will follow me
all the days of my life.
8 And
I will live in the house of the
L ORD
that I have made human be ings.” 8 But
forever.
the L ORD was very pleased with Noah.
God of Jacob, they look to you.
Did You Know?
7 Open
wide, you gates.
Open up, you ancient doors.
Then the King of glory will
come in.
8 Who is the King of glory?
The L ORD , who is strong and
mighty.
The L ORD , who is mighty in battle.
9 Open wide, you gates.
Open wide, you ancient doors.
Then the King of glory will
come in.
10 Who is he, this King of glory?
The L ORD who rules over all.
He is the King of glory.
This feature points out many of the
interesting, small facts that are
found in the
Psalm 24
A psalm of David.
Kno to w the ? L . And Bible. Learn them
You belongs
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i
The
earth
D
500 years old, he
so does
in it.
How long
did everything
it
her of Shem, Ham
all and wow your
The
belongs to him. And so
take
to world
build
do all those who live in it.
the ark?
Psalm 25
He
set
it
firmly
on
the
oceans.
one on Earth
parents,
6:3 He made it secure on the
A psalm of teachers,
David.
o be many human
waters.
In you, L
my God, I put my trust.
arth. And daugh ters
and
with
I trust friends
in you.
The sons of God
Who can go up to the temple on the
Don’t let me be put to shame.
ers of human be ings
mountain of the L
?
hey mar ried any of
Don’t let Bible
my enemies win the battle
Who can stand in his holy place?
your
Then the L
said,
over me.
Anyone who has clean hands and a
trug gle with human
pure heart.
Those who put their hope in you
knowledge.
y will have only 120 Noah and the Flood
he ground.” 30 La-
years af ter Noah
so had oth er sons
. 31 Lamech lived
ears. And then he
1
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24 That’s why a man leaves his father and
mother and is joined to his wife. The two
helps
make
these real-life characters
of them be come
one.
Adam and his wife were both naked.
They
didn’t
feel
Exodus
1 — any
2 shame.
66 come alive for
and
their
true stories
slave drivers forced them to work with
The Israelites Become Slaves
you.
might
bricks and It
mud.
And they made be
them do
in Egypt
all kinds of work in the fields. The Egyp-
Here are the names of Is ra el’s chil-
tians didn’t
show
them
any pity at all.
1 Each
dren who went to Egypt with Jacob. fun
to
try
to
They
made
them
work
very
hard.
one went with his fam i ly.
There were two He brew wom en
Jacob’s sons were Reu ben, Sim e on, imagine
yourself
named Shiph rah and
Puah. They helped
Levi, Ju dah,
oth er wom en hav ing ba bies. The king of
Eve
Issa char, Zeb u lun, Ben jamin,
spoke to them. He said, “You
God Dan,
did not
want
ant
to be alone. He
in Egypt
their
Naph
ta Adam
li,
are the
ones who situations.
help the oth er He brew
created a helper for Adam. Her name
Gad and Ash er.
wom en. Watch them when they get into
was Eve. God made her from one of
a sit ting position
to have their
ba bies.
would
you
The ribs.
total
num
ber
Jacob’s chil- What
Adam’s
Adam
and
Eve of lived
Kill the boys. Let the girls live.” But
dren in and
grand children
together
the Garden
of Eden. was 70.
Shiph rah and Puah had re spect for God.
Joseph was al ready in Egypt.
do?
They didn’t do what the king of Egypt
25
15
2
3
16
4
5
17
6 Joseph
and all his broth ers died. So
did all their children. 7 The peo ple of
Is ra el had many children. The num ber
of them great ly increased. There were
so many of them that they filled the land.
8 Then a new king came to pow er in
Egypt. Joseph didn’t mean any thing
to him. 9 “Look,” he said to his peo ple.
“The Isra elites are far too many for us.
10 Come. We must deal with them care-
ful ly. If we don’t, there will be even more
of them. Then if war breaks out, they’ll
join our ene mies. They’ll fight against us
and leave the country.”
11 So the Egyptians put slave driv-
ers over the peo ple of Is ra el. The slave
drivers treat ed them bad ly and made
them work hard. The Is ra elites built the
cit ies of Pithom and Ram e ses so Phar-
aoh could store things there. 12 But the
worse the slave drivers treat ed the Isra-
elites, the more Is ra elites there were. So
the Egyptians be came afraid of them.
13 They made them work hard. They
didn’t show them any pity. 14 The peo ple
suf fered be cause of their hard la bor. The
had told them to do. They let the boys
live. 18 Then the king of Egypt sent for
the wom en. He asked them, “Why have
you done this? Why have you let the boys
live?”
19 The wom en answered Pharaoh,
“He brew wom en are not like the wom-
en of Egypt. They are strong. They have
their ba bies be fore we get there.”
20 So God was kind to Shiph rah and
Puah. And the num ber of Is ra elites
be came even great er. 21 Shiph rah and
Puah had re spect for God. So he gave
them fam i lies of their own.
22 Then Pharaoh gave an order to all
his peo ple. He said, “You must throw
ev ery He brew baby boy into the Nile Riv-
er. But let ev ery He brew baby girl live.”
Life in Bible Times
Do you ever wonder what it was
like to live in the times of Abraham
or Ruth or Jesus? What kind of food
did they eat? Where did they sleep?
What kind of work did they do?
“Life in Bible Times”
will
tell you—
Moses
Is Born
A man and a wom an from the tribe
of Levi
got mar ried. She be came
and show you! Each 2
of
these
pregnant and had a son by her hus band.
She saw that her baby was a fine child.
exciting features includes
a for picture.
And she hid him
three months.
2
3 After
that, she couldn’t hide him any
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Genesis 9
Moses’ Basket Boat
God Makes a Covenant With Noah
you in the ark. I am mak ing my cov enant
The Noah
Egyptians
built with the birds, the livestock and all the
Then God blessed
and his
sons. He said to them,
chil- wild an i mals. I am mak ing it with all the
boats “Have
by tying
dren so that there are together
many of you.
Fill of crea tures that came out of the ark with
bundles
the earth. 2 All the land an i mals will be you. In fact, I am mak ing it with ev ery
dried
(puh- liv ing thing on earth. 11 Here is my cov-
afraid of you. All the birds
in papyrus
the sky will
be afraid of you. Every
crea ture
that
PIE-rus)
reeds.
The enant I am mak ing with you. The wa ters
moves along the ground will be afraid of of a flood will nev er again destroy all
reed
basket
life. A flood will nev er again destroy the
you. So will ev ery fish papyrus
in the seas.
Every
ing thing
is put made
under probably
your con trol.
that liv Moses’
mother
looked earth.”
12 God con tin ued, “My cov enant is
3 Every thing that lives and moves about
like will
one be of food
those
boats.
for you. I have al ready giv en be tween me and you and ev ery liv ing
you the green plants for food. Now I am crea ture with you. It is a cov enant for
all time to come. Here is the sign of the
giv ing you ev ery thing.
4 “But you must not eat meat that
cov enant I am mak ing. 13 I have put my
still has blood in it. 5 I will cer tain ly rainbow in the clouds. It will be the sign
hold some one ac count able if you are of the cov enant be tween me and the
mur dered. I will even hold an i mals earth. 14 Some times when I bring clouds
ac count able if they kill you. I will also over the earth, a rainbow will ap pear in
hold any one ac count able who mur ders them. 15 Then I will remem ber my cov-
enant be tween me and you and ev ery
anoth er per son.
kind of liv ing crea ture. The wa ters will
6 “Anyone who murders a human
nev er again be come a flood to destroy
being
all life. 16 When the rainbow ap pears in
will be killed by a human being.
the clouds, I will see it. I will re mem ber
That is because I have made human
that my cov enant will last for ev er. It is a
beings
cov enant be tween me and ev ery kind of
so that they are like me.
liv ing crea ture on earth.”
17 So God said to Noah, “The rainbow
7 “Have children so that there will be
many of you. Mul tiply and be come many is the sign of my cov enant. I have made
my cov enant be tween me and all life on
on the earth.”
8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his
earth.”
sons who were with him. He said, 9 “I
am now mak ing my cov enant with you The Sons of Noah
18 The sons of Noah who came out of
and with all your children who will be
born af ter you. 10 I am mak ing it also the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth.
with ev ery liv ing crea ture that was with Ham was the father of Canaan. 19 The
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Live It!
It is important to read and memorize
God’s Word. But what really counts
is living it, letting the Bible affect
how you work, play, and live. “Live
It!” tells you what the Bible has to
say about your life RIGHT NOW!
Thank God
Read Genesis 8:20–22; 9:12–17. When Noah and his family
left the ark, they gave thanks to God. God was pleased. He
put a rainbow in the sky. It was his promise that he would
never again send a flood over the whole earth. Noah and his
family were very thankful. Make a list of all the reasons you
are thankful. Ask your family to help.
GENESIS 8:20–22; 9:12–17
2
2
It took about
120 years. God
waited until the ark
ready before he sent
ORD
the flood. He wanted to save
Noah
and his family.
1
2
3
was
ORD
ORD
4
3
were on the earth in
as when the sons of
augh ters of human
were born to them.
famous he roes who
i lim were also on the
how bad the sins of
had be come. They
t evil things. 6 The
d that he had made
earth. His heart was
he L ORD said, “I cre-
but I will wipe them
roy the an i mals, the
d the crea tures that
und. I am very sad
9 Here
line.
is the sto ry of Noah’s fam i ly
What God Is Like
People In Bible Times
Noah was a god ly man. He was with-
Psalm 23 says that God is like a shepherd. A shepherd
out blame among the peo ple of his time.
loves 10 and
cares for his sheep. He watches them closely,
He walked faith ful ly with God.
Noah
had three sons. Their names protects
were Shem,
Ham and Japheth.
them from
11 The earth was very sin ful in God’s
danger,
and
eyes. It was full of peo ple who
did mean
sure
and harm ful things. 12 God makes
saw how
sin-
ful the
be come.
All and
its peo
ple
they earth
have had
enough
to eat
drink.
were liv ing very sin ful lives. 13 So God
that “I God
said To to say
Noah,
am is
go our
ing shepherd
to put an end
means
that
he watches
over
and
to ev
ery one.
They
have filled
the us earth
with will
their
harm
acts.
I am for
cer us.
tain ly
show
us ful
what
is best
go ing to destroy them and the earth.
14 So make your self an ark out of cypress
The Bible is full of wonderful
people. You are probably very
familiar with some of their stories,
but you may never have heard of
others. “People in Bible Times”
Noah’s Ark
Noah built a wooden ark. It was a kind of boat. When
Book Introductions
You’ll find basic facts about a book of
the Bible (who wrote it, where it took
place, why it was written), at the
beginning of each book. The book
introduction will also give you a list
of favorite Bible stories and teachings
you can find in that Bible book.