Bilingual Bible stories, read aloud
Hear each line in your language, then in the one you're learning. A gentle way to share Scripture with your family, or to learn a new language through stories you already know.
Every story retells a passage of the Bible and shows its reference, so you can read along in your own Bible.
Hear a story in two languages
Every Bible story, in Bible order
God Makes Everything and the Garden of Eden
In the beginning God speaks, and light, sky, seas, stars, animals and people come to be, one day at a time. Then the LORD God forms a man from the dust, plants a garden in Eden with rivers and fruit trees, and names one tree he must not eat from. A calm retelling of the Bible's first pages.
The First Wrong Choice
In the garden, a cunning serpent asks the woman a question about the one tree God had set apart. She and her husband make a choice they cannot undo, and when they hear God walking in the cool of the day, they hide among the trees. A gentle retelling of Genesis 3 for all ages.
Cain and Abel
Cain and Abel follows Eve's two sons: Abel, who keeps sheep, and Cain, who works the ground, as each brings an offering to the LORD. When only one offering is received with favor, Cain grows angry, and God warns him that sin is crouching at the door.
Noah Builds the Ark
Noah Builds the Ark retells how God asks a righteous man to build a great wooden ark and gather his family and the animals, two by two. Gentle narration follows the measurements, the loading, and the first days of rain.
The Rainbow Promise
In The Rainbow Promise, the waters begin to fall and Noah sends a raven, then a dove, to find out whether dry land has returned. A gentle retelling for all ages, ending with a sign in the clouds and a promise God makes to every living creature.
The Tower of Babel
Long ago everyone on earth spoke one language, and on a wide plain in Shinar the people began baking bricks to build a city with a tower reaching the sky. They wanted to make a name for themselves — until the LORD came down to see what they had built. A retelling of The Tower of Babel for the whole family.
God Calls Abram
God Calls Abram: at seventy-five, Abram leaves his home and sets out for a land he has never seen, trusting a promise. With his wife Sarai and nephew Lot, he journeys into Canaan, building altars along the way. Later, under a sky full of stars, God speaks to him again.
Abram Rescues Lot
When invading kings carry off his nephew Lot, Abram gathers 318 trained men from his own household and rides through the night to bring him home. On the way back, two kings come out to meet him: one with bread, wine and a blessing, the other with an offer.
Isaac: A Promise and a New Family
Three visitors come to Abraham's tent with news that makes Sarah laugh: a son will be born to them in their old age. Years later, a trusted servant travels far to find a wife for Isaac and prays for a sign at a well. A gentle retelling of Genesis for listeners of all ages.
Jacob and Esau
Twin brothers Jacob and Esau grow up very differently: one a hunter in the fields, the other a quiet man at home. A bowl of red stew and their aging father's blessing bring the brothers into conflict. A gentle retelling from Genesis for listening together.
Isaac Digs Wells
Isaac's harvest grows so rich that his Philistine neighbors grow jealous and fill in his father's wells with earth. Again and again he digs for water, and again and again someone claims it as theirs. A calm retelling from Genesis about moving on and making room.