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A
Aaron c15.1, c17.1, c17.2, c17.3
Abednego (Azariah) photo1
Abel photo1, bm2.1, photo2
Abigail
Abital
Abram (Abraham)
death
God’s covenant with
and Ishmael and Isaac photo1
and Lot, Sarai, and Hagar photo1
overview bm2.1, photo1
and Rebekah
renamed by God
sacrifice of Isaac c08.1, photo1, c08.3
Absalom
Adam (first man)
children photo1
creation c01.1, c02.1
in Eden photo1
expulsion from Eden photo1
overview bm2.1, photo1
Adar (month)
Agriculture c04.1, photo1
Ahab, King c23.1, c23.2
Ahasuerus, King photo1, bm2.1, photo2
Ahinoam
Alexander the Great
Amalekites c20.1, c27.1
Ammonites
Amnon
Animals
creation photo1, c02.1, photo2
eaten by humans
Noah’s ark photo1
see also Sacrifices and offerings
Ararat, Mount
Ark (Noah’s) photo1
Ark of the Covenant c17.1, photo1, c18.2, c18.3
Asenat
Asher c11.1, c14.1
Ashur, land of
Azariah (Abednego) photo1
B
Baal (god) c23.1, c23.2, c23.3
Babel, Tower of photo1
Babylon
Babylonia
Balm (medicinal drug)
Bathsheba
Battle gear c21.1, photo1
Belshazzar, King
Belteshazzar see Daniel
Benjamin (Ben-Oni) c11.1, c12.1, c13.1, c14.1, c21.1
Bethel
Bethlehem, famine in
Betuel
Bildad the Shuhite
Bilhah
Birds, creation of c01.1, photo1
Boaz c26.1, photo1, c26.3, bm2.1, photo2
Bread, unleavened c15.1, photo1, c15.3
Burning bush photo1, c15.2
C
Cain
and Abel photo1
descendants
overview bm2.1, photo1
Caleb c17.1, c17.2
Camels c09.1, photo1
Canaan
Abram in
Children of Israel’s scouting of c17.1, c17.2, photo1
Esau and Jacob in
famine
Jacob’s return to
Caravan trade
Carmel, Mount c23.1, c23.2
Carnival
Children of Israel
Battle of Jericho photo1
Egyptian attacks on c14.1, c14.2, c16.1
king
Moses leading from Egypt photo1
and Philistines
Solomon’s reign
Ten Commandments and the laws photo1
united under David
wandering in wilderness
Circumcision
Cradles of civilization
Creation photo1
Cubits
Cush, land of
Cyrus, King
D
Dan c11.1, c14.1
Daniel photo1
and Belshazzar
chronology
and Darius
interpreting dreams photo1, c28.2
in the lions’ den c28.1, photo1
and Nebuchadnezzar photo1
overview bm2.1, photo1
Darius, King
David
anointed as king
family background
and Goliath photo1
as historical figure c20.1, photo1
kings struggle photo1
overview bm2.1, photo1
playing lyre and singing songs c20.1, c21.1
and Saul c20.1, c20.2, photo1
wives c21.1, c21.2, c21.3
Delilah
Devil
see also Satan
Dietary restrictions c11.1, c19.1
Dinah
Domestication c04.1, photo1
Doves c05.1, photo1
Dreams
Daniel’s interpretation of photo1, c28.2
Jacob’s c11.1, c11.2
Joseph’s photo1
Joseph’s interpretation of
movement in c08.1, photo1
Nebuchadnezzar’s
Pharaoh’s photo1
Drugs, medicinal
E
Eden
creation photo1
human expulsion from photo1
location
rivers c02.1, photo1, c02.3
serpent photo1, c03.2
Tree of Knowledge c02.1, photo1, c02.3, photo2, c03.2
Tree of Life c02.1, c03.1
Edomites
Eglah
Egypt, famine in
Eliezer photo1, bm2.1, photo2
Elihu the Buzite
Elijah photo1
chariot of fire c23.1, photo1
miracles photo1, c23.2
overview bm2.1, photo1
Elimelech c26.1, c26.2
Eliphaz the Temanite
Elisha c23.1, bm2.1, photo1
Ephraim
Esau
and Jacob photo1, c11.1
overview bm2.1, photo1
wives
Esther
chronology
overview bm2.1, photo1
saving her people photo1
Euphrates River c02.1, c02.2
Eve (first woman)
children photo1
creation c01.1, c02.1
in Eden photo1
expulsion from Eden photo1
name
overview bm2.1, photo1
F
False gods, worship of
Baal c23.1, c23.2, c23.3
golden calf photo1, c17.2, c17.3, photo2
by Solomon
Family size c07.1, photo1
Famine itr.1, c13.1, c13.2, c26.1
Farming and herding c04.1, photo1
Fasting c15.1, photo1
Fertile Crescent
Festivals c17.1, c26.1
see also Passover
First siblings photo1
Flood photo1
Food c11.1, c15.1, photo1, c19.1, c26.1
Foot (measure of length)
Forty (number)
Frogs, plague of c15.1, photo1
G
Gad c11.1, c14.1
Garden of Eden see Eden
Gershom
Gibeon
Gihon River
Gilgal c18.1, photo1
Gleaning
God
and Abram (Abraham) c07.1, photo1, c14.1
creation photo1
and the flood
and Ishmael c07.1, c08.1
and Job
and Jonah
mercy
and Moses c15.1, c17.1
name
order and justice
and Saul
and Solomon c22.1, c22.2
Ten Commandments and the laws
see also Lord
Golden calf photo1, c17.2, c17.3, photo2
Goliath photo1, bm2.1, photo2
Gomorrah c07.1, c07.2, map.1
Gum (medicinal drug)
H
Hadassah see Esther
Hagar
and Abram and Sarai photo1, c08.1
and Ishmael photo1, c08.2
overview bm2.1, photo1
Haggith
Hail, plague of
Ham
Haman c27.1, bm2.1, photo1
Hananiah (Shadrach) photo1
Havilah, land of
Heavens, creation of
Hebrews c07.1, c13.1
Herding and farming c04.1, photo1
Heroes c19.1, photo1
Homo sapiens see Humans
Honey
Horeb (mountain)
Humans
creation c01.1, c02.1, c02.2
in Eden c02.1, c02.2, photo1
expulsion from Eden photo1
language c06.1, photo1
I
The Iliad c21.1
Isaac
Abram’s sacrifice of c08.1, photo1, c08.3
birth c07.1, c08.1
children photo1
death
overview bm2.1, photo1
and Rebekah photo1, c10.1
Ishmael
and Abraham and Isaac photo1
birth
descendants
God’s promises c07.1, c08.1
overview bm2.1, photo1
Ishmaelites
Israel see Jacob
Issachar c11.1, c14.1
J
Jacob (Jacob-Israel)
and Benjamin c13.1, c13.2
death
descendants c14.1, c21.1
dreams c11.1, c11.2
and Esau photo1, c11.1
famine
favoring Joseph c11.1, c12.1, c13.1
Joseph’s dreams
and Joseph’s treatment by his brothers c12.1, c13.1
name
overview bm2.1, photo1
and Rachel and Leah photo1
sons
Japheth
Jedidiah see Solomon
Jericho (site) c18.1, photo1
Jericho, Battle of photo1
Jerusalem c28.1, c28.2
Jesse c20.1, c26.1
Jethro
Jews
first mention of
Haman’s desire to kill
rights
Jezebel c23.1, c23.2, c23.3
Job
afflictions photo1
God’s mercy
overview bm2.1, photo1
Jonah
and the giant fish photo1
in Nineveh c24.1, photo1, c24.3
overview bm2.1, photo1
Jonathan c21.1, c21.2, c21.3, photo1
Jordan (river)
Joseph
birth
brothers’ crime photo1
descendants c14.1, c21.1
dreams photo1
forgiving his brothers photo1
interpreting dreams
Jacob’s favoritism toward c11.1, c12.1, c13.1
overview bm2.1, photo1
and Pharaoh
in prison
sold to Ishmaelites
sold to Potifar
tunic (coat) c12.1, photo1, photo2, c12.4
wife
Joshua
and Battle of Jericho photo1
as Moses’s assistant c17.1, c17.2, c17.3, photo1, c18.1
overview bm2.1, photo1
Judah c11.1, c12.1, c13.1, c13.2, c14.1, c21.1
L
Laban c09.1, c11.1, c11.2
Ladanum (medicinal drug)
Land, creation of
Language c06.1, photo1, c06.3, c13.1
Laws photo1
Leah
descendants
and Jacob and Rachel photo1
overview bm2.1, photo1
Length, measures of c28.1, photo1
Lentils c10.1, photo1
Levi c11.1, c14.1
Lice, plague of
Life, creation of c01.1, photo1
Light, creation of c01.1, photo1
Locusts, plague of
Lord
and Abram (Abraham) c07.1, c07.2
and Ahab
and Cain and Abel
creation
and David c20.1, c21.1, c21.2, c21.3
Eden
and Elijah c23.1, c23.2
expulsion of humans from Eden photo1
and the flood c05.1, c05.2
and Jacob
and Job
and Jonah c24.1, c24.2
and Joshua
killing firstborn in Egypt
mercy c02.1, c03.1, c04.1, c05.1
and Moses c15.1, c15.2, c16.1, c16.2, c17.1, c17.2
name
and Solomon c22.1, c22.2
and Tower of Babel c06.1, c06.2
see also God
Lot photo1, bm2.1, photo2
M
Maacah
Man, first see Adam
Manasseh
Manna c16.1, c18.1
Manoah c19.1, c19.2
Map: lands of the Bible
Massah and Meribah
Matzo c15.1, photo1
Measures of length c28.1, photo1
Medicinal drugs
Mephibosheth
Mercy
Meshach (Mishael) photo1
Meter (measure of length)
Michal c21.1, c21.2
Milcah c09.1, c09.2
Miriam c16.1, c17.1
Mishael (Meshach) photo1
Moabites c20.1, c26.1, c26.2
Moon, creation of
Mordecai photo1, bm2.1, photo2
Moses
baby Moses photo1
and the burning bush photo1, c15.2
death
leading Children of Israel from Egypt photo1
overview bm2.1, photo1
parting the Reed Sea photo1, c16.2
the Reed Sea and manna photo1
staff turned into serpent c15.1, photo1
striking rock to produce water
Ten Commandments and the laws photo1
and the ten plagues photo1
Mount Ararat
Mount Carmel c23.1, c23.2
Mount Sinai c17.1, c17.2, c17.3
N
Naboth
Nahor, land of photo1, c09.2
Names
Naomi photo1, c26.2, bm2.1, photo2
Naphtali c11.1, c14.1
Nathan
Nebuchadnezzar, King photo1, bm2.1, photo2
Nile River c14.1, photo1, c15.1, c15.1, c15.2
Nile Valley and Delta
Nineveh c24.1, c24.2, photo1, c24.4
Noah
descendants photo1, c07.1
the flood photo1, c17.1, photo2
overview bm2.1, photo1
O
Orpah
P
Passover
food and fasting c15.1, c17.1
in Gilgal
laws concerning
origins
Seder c23.1, photo1
timing of
Peniel
Pharaoh
chasing Children of Israel
dreams photo1
and Joseph’s family c13.1, c14.1
Moses leading Children of Israel from Egypt
and plagues
Philistines
power over Children of Israel
threatening Children of Israel photo1
Pishon River
Plagues photo1
Plants, creation of c01.1, photo1, photo2, c01.4
Potifar c13.1, c13.2
Potifar’s wife
Psalms
Purim c27.1, photo1
Q
Queen of Sheba photo1, c22.2
R
Rachel
death
descendants
and Jacob and Leah photo1
overview bm2.1, photo1
Rahab c18.1, c18.2
Rainbows c05.1, photo1
Rebekah
children photo1
and Isaac photo1, c10.1
overview bm2.1, photo1
Reed Sea (Red Sea) photo1
Rehoboam
Reuben c11.1, c11.2, c12.1, c13.1, c14.1
Rivers c02.1, c02.2, photo1
Ruth photo1, bm2.1, photo2
S
Sabbath c16.1, c17.1
Sacrifices and offerings
by Abraham c08.1, photo1, c08.3
by Cai
n and Abel
by Children of Israel c15.1, photo1
introduction
by Noah c05.1, c05.2
by Samson’s parents
by Solomon
Samson photo1, bm2.1, photo2
Samuel c20.1, c21.1
Sarai (Sarah)
and Abram, Lot, and Hagar photo1
death
giving birth to Isaac c07.1, c08.1
overview bm2.1, photo1
renamed by God
Satan, and Job c25.1, c25.2, photo1
Saul
anointed as king
and David c20.1, c20.2, photo1
death
kings struggle photo1
overview bm2.1, photo1
Seder c23.1, photo1
Serpent
in Eden photo1, c03.2
evolution c03.1, photo1
Moses’s staff as photo1
Seth c04.1, c05.1
Shadrach (Hananiah) photo1
Sheba, Queen of photo1, c22.2
Shem
Shinar, land of photo1, c06.2
Shushan
Siblings, first photo1
Simeon c11.1, c13.1, c14.1
Sinai, Mount c17.1, c17.2, c17.3
Sodom photo1, map.1
Solomon
declared king
greed photo1, c22.2
overview bm2.1, photo1
temple
wisdom photo1
wives
Stars, creation of
Sun, creation of
T
Tabernacle c17.1, c17.2
Tamar
Ten Commandments photo1
Tigris River c02.1, c02.2
Time, measurement of
Timeline itr.1, photo1
Tower of Babel photo1
Traders
Tree of Knowledge c02.1, photo1, c02.3, photo2, c03.2
Tree of Life c02.1, c03.1
U
Unleavened bread c15.1, photo1, c15.3
Uriah
V
Vashti, Queen
W
Water, creation of
Wells
family gathered at photo1
Hagar and Ishmael at photo1, c08.2
importance of
Moses at
Rachel at photo1, c11.2, c14.1
Rebekah and Eliezer at
Woman, first see Eve
Women: social status
Z
Zarephath (town)
Zebulun c11.1, c14.1
Zilpah
Zipporah
Zobahites
Zophar the Naamathite
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Thanks from my heart and soul to Helen Plotkin.—Donna Jo Napoli
For my beautiful, glorious, and loving father, George Michel Balit, who, before he died earlier this year, watched me paint quite a few of these illustrations on his kitchen table and contributed all sorts of “helpful” suggestions along the way. Which was absolutely fine by me as he taught me how to paint and draw in the first place.—Christina Balit
In memory of my mother, Billie Plotkin, who would have loved Donna Jo and this book.—Helen Plotkin
Acknowledgments: My guide in these stories is the Rabbi Helen Plotkin. She met with me regularly from September 2016 through February 2017, and after that, whenever needed, through December 2017 to go over the stories in Hebrew and English, pointing out so many things I never could have known without her. My gratitude to her is unending. She also introduced me to the works of Robert Alter and Everett Fox, which were foundational throughout this book.