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With a mighty hand, the story in the Torah, adapted by Amy Ehrlich ; paintings by Daniel Nevins

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Includes bibliographical references (page 197)

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non fiction

With a mighty hand

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adapted by Amy Ehrlich ; paintings by Daniel Nevins

the story in the Torah

An adaptation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible presents the stories of Adam and Eve, Abraham, Moses, and other primary figures in a continuous narrative that upholds the complexities of the original text

GENESIS -- AT THE BEGINNING -- Let There Be Light! -- From the Dust of the Earth -- The Tree of Knowledge -- Cain and Then Abel, Two Sons -- An Ark of Gopher Wood and Reeds -- Forty Days and Forty Nights -- After the Flood -- ABRAHAM -- Go Forth -- And He Called Out Yahweh's Name -- Count the Stars -- A Wild Ass of a Man -- You Shall Be Called Abraham -- In the Heat of the Day -- The Men of Sodom -- God has Given Me Laughter -- Here I am -- A Burial Tomb -- Rebekah Came with Her Water Jar -- In the Ripeness of Age -- JACOB -- A Clashing was Within Her -- I am Esau, Your Firstborn -- The Gate of Heaven -- Rachel Came with Her Father's Sheep -- Come, Give Me Sons! -- Thus Did Jacob Prosper -- High in Gilead -- Why Do You Ask My Name? -- Take This Gift -- They Killed Every Man -- The Sons of Jacob -- JOSEPH -- An Ornamented Tunic -- Potiphar's Wife -- The King's Cup Bearer and His Baker -- Seven Cows were Coming -- Bread in Egypt --Benjamin's Portion -- The Silver Goblet -- I am Joseph, Your Brother -- Now I Can Die -- An Assembly of Tribes -- And Joseph Comforted His BrothersEXODUS -- IN EGYPT -- A New King -- She Called His Name Moses -- The Burning Bush -- The Staff of God -- Quota of Bricks -- Blood was Everywhere -- All was Struck and Broken -- Darkness in Egypt -- A Passover Offering -- Yahweh's Army -- Pillar of Fire -- The Waters Split Apart -- With Timbrels and Dancing -- IN THE WILDERNESS -- The Water Turned Sweet -- Bread from the Heavens -- Massah and Meribah -- A Judge Upon the People -- AT SINAI -- On the Wings of Eagles -- The Words of God -- A Golden Calf -- In the Cleft of the Rock -- Two Stone Tablets -- Indigo and Violet and Crimson -- Yahweh's Glory Filled the TabernacleLEVITICUS -- Smoke on the Altar -- Oil and Blood -- With Alien Fire -- A Day of Atonement -- A Covenant Forever -- An Eye for an Eye -- My Dwelling Will Be in Your MidstNUMBERS -- By Their Fathers' Houses -- Quails from the Sea -- O God, Please Heal Her! -- Scouting the Land -- Forty Years for Forty Days -- The Underworld -- Between the Dead and the Living -- And Moses Raised His Hand -- Aaron and Eleazar -- Across the Jordan River -- The Sorcerer Balaam -- How Good Your Tents, O Israel -- The Accounting -- It Shall Come to PassDEUTERONOMY -- Moses Spoke to the Israelites -- We Who are Here Today -- Hear, O Israel! -- A People Holy to Yahweh -- The Time is Coming -- Let My Teaching Fall Like Rain -- Signs and Wonders

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