The True Story Of The Bible in 365 Short Episodes by Dr. Stanley L. Morris 365 Episodes taken from the International English™ Bible For more information: IEBible.net Copyright © 2015 International Bible Translators, Inc. All Rights Reserved EPISODE NO. 1 Gen. 1:1-25 How the World Began 1 In the beginning, God created the universe. 2 The earth was not organized, and it was without structure. Darkness covered the deep like a blanket. God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the water. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light!” And, there was light. 4 God could see the light, that it was good. God made a distinction between the light and the darkness. 5 He named the light “day.” And, He named the darkness “night.” The first full day ended here. 6 After that, God said, “Let there be some room in the water; let it separate the water!” 7 Then God made room. He made a separation in the water, above and below the space. And it took place. 8 God named the space “sky.” The second full day ended here. 9 Next, God said, “Let the water below the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear!” And, it happened. 10 God named the dry part “land,” and He named the water (which was together) “ocean.” God could see that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the land start to produce all kinds of plant life! All vegetation must make seed, and every type of fruit tree on earth must yield its fruit after its species!” And, it occurred. 12 The land did produce plant life, every kind of vegetation making its own seed after its species, and every type of fruit tree reproducing itself after its species. And, God could see that it was good. 13 The third full day ended here. 14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in space (the sky) to distinguish between day and night. And, let these lights be markers for time — seasons, years, and days. 15 Also, let them shine in space (the sky) upon the earth!” And so it was. 16 Then God made the two great lights. The stronger light governed the daytime, and the weaker light governed the nighttime. Also, He made the stars. 17 God placed them in space (the sky) to shine upon the earth, 18 to govern the daytime and the nighttime, and to distinguish the light from the darkness. And, God could see that it was good. 19 The fourth full day ended here. 20 Then God said, “Let the water abound with all kinds of living creatures. And, let birds fly above the earth across the open sky!” 21 And God created huge creatures of the sea and every type of living, moving creature which swarms in the water. Each species reproduced itself. God also created every kind of bird, which reproduced itself. And, God could see that it was good. 22 He blessed them all. He said to the marine life, “Be fertile, increase in number, and spread throughout the ocean!” God also said, “And let the birds multiply over the earth!” 23 The fifth full day ended here. 24 After that, God said, “Let the land produce all types of animal life — livestock, crawling things, and every kind of wild animal. Each must reproduce its own species!” And, it was done. 25 God made every kind of wild animal, livestock, and crawling thing — each according to its own species. And, God could see that this was good. EPISODE NO. 2 Gen. 1:26—2:3 God Made the First Human Beings 26 Then God said, “Let Us now make people in Our image; they will be like Us! And let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the wild land animals, and over everything that crawls on the earth!” 27 God created people in His own image. He created mankind in the image of God. He created them male and female. 28 And God blessed them. He said to them, “Have lots of children. Increase in number. Spread throughout the earth and conquer it. And, take complete authority over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every creature that crawls on the earth.” 29 Then God said, “Listen, I have given to you all kinds of vegetation on all the earth which makes seed and every type of fruit tree which produces seed. This will be food for you. 30 These things will also be food for every kind of wild animal, every bird of the air, and anything that crawls upon the earth, which has the breath of life in it. I have provided all types of green plant life for food.” That is the way it was. 31 So, God could see everything that He had made. And, look, it was very good! The sixth full day ended here. God Finished His Creative Work 2:1 Therefore, the universe and its whole array were completed. 2 On the seventh day God finished His work that He was doing. On the seventh day He stopped doing everything that He had been doing. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because, on that day, He stopped all of His work — His creating and making. EPISODE NO. 3 Gen. 2:7-8 God Made the First Man 7 The Always-Present One, God, took some dirt from the ground, and from it He shaped a man. Into the man’s nose, God breathed the breath of life. And, the man became a living person. 8 God, the One Who Is Always Present, then planted a garden in Eden in the east. There He placed the man whom He had formed. EPISODE NO. 4 Gen. 2:15-25 The Garden of Eden 15 God, the One Who Is Always Present, took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and to take care of it. 16 God, the One Who Is Always Present, gave him this command: “You are allowed to eat fruit from every tree in the garden — except one. 17 But do NOT eat anything from the tree that causes people to know the difference between right and wrong. You must NEVER eat the fruit of that tree. If you ever do, you will most certainly die!” 18 After this, God, the One Who Is Always Present, said, “It’s not good for the man to be alone. I will make a matching helper for him.” 19 God, the One Who Is Always Present, had shaped from the ground every kind of wild animal and bird of the air. And God brought them to the man to see what the man would name each one of them. Whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So, the man gave names to all the livestock, to all the birds of the air, and to every wild animal. However, he did not find a matching partner for himself — a human being. 21 So, God, the One Who Is Always Present, caused the man to fall into a very deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, God took out one of the man’s ribs. Then God closed up the man’s body. 22 God, the One Who Is Always Present, used the rib, which He had taken from the man, to construct a woman. Then He brought her to the man. 23 This is what the man said: “Now she is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. She will be called ‘woman’ because she was taken out of man.” 24 Therefore, a man should leave his father and mother, and he should join his wife. Then the husband and the wife will become as one flesh. 25 The man and the woman were both naked, but they felt no shame. EPISODE NO. 5 Gen. 3:1-24 Paradise Lost 1 Now the snake was the most clever, wild creature that God, the One Who Is Always Present, had made. The snake asked the woman, “Did God actually say to you that you two could NOT eat from any tree in the garden!?” 2 The woman answered the snake, “Yes. We are allowed to eat the fruit of any tree in the garden, 3 but not from a particular tree near the center of the garden. God told us not to eat any fruit from that tree — we cannot even touch it. If we do, we will die!” 4 The snake said to the woman, “That’s not true! You will not die! 5 Why? Because God knows that whenever you two do eat some of it, then your eyes will be opened. Then you will become like God, knowing the difference between right and wrong!” 6 The woman could see that the tree was good for food, that it was beautiful to look at, and that it could make her wise. So, she took some of its fruit and ate it. Then she also gave some to her husband who was with her. He ate it, too. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened; they realized that they were naked. So, they sewed together the leaves of a fig tree to make coverings for themselves. 8 That evening, when the man and his wife heard the sound of God, the One Who Is Always Present, walking in the garden, they tried to hide themselves among the trees of the garden, away from the presence of the Always-Present God.