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Children of the Old Testament, by Anonymous
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Title: Children of the Old Testament
Author: Anonymous
Release Date: July 28, 2007 [EBook #22162]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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[Frontispiece: Joseph sold by his brethren.]
CHILDREN
OF THE
OLD TESTAMENT
THOMAS NELSON AND SONS, LTD.
London, Edinburgh, and New York
1908
CONTENTS.
JOSEPH THE DREAMER THE STORY OF BENJAMIN THE CHILD MOSES RUTH THE GLEANER THE CHILD SAMUEL DAVID THE SHEPHERD YOUTH KING DAVID'S LITTLE BOY ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW'S SON THE SHUNAMMITE'S BOY A LITTLE JEWISH MAID
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Joseph sold by his brethren . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece
The babe among the bulrushes
Ruth and Naomi
The child Samuel
David and Goliath
Naaman at the house of Elisha
CHILDREN OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
JOSEPH THE DREAMER.
Two boys, Joseph and Benjamin, sons of a rich Eastern shepherd, lived in their father's wide tent in the great valley of Hebron. Joseph was about seventeen years of age, and tall and strong, so that he could drive sheep, herd cattle, and work in the harvest field. Benjamin was a little red-c