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Bible Stories About Family
Families in the Bible are as complicated as ours. Brothers who hated each other. A mother who had to let her baby go. A son who wished his father dead and then came home.
These stories show God at work in the middle of family pain, and in the quiet faithfulness of mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters.
“…as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
Joshua 24:15 (KJV)- It Is Well2 Kings 4:8–37 · Book 1, Day 19
In the town of Shunem lived a wealthy woman who noticed Elisha passing through. She began inviting him for meals, and then she and her husband built a…
- The Well She Couldn’t SeeGenesis 21:8–21 (see also Genesis 16:7–13) · Book 1, Day 27
Hagar was an Egyptian servant in Abraham’s household. Years earlier, she had given birth to Abraham’s son Ishmael. But after Sarah finally had her own…
- A Basket Among the ReedsExodus 1:22–2:10 · Book 2, Day 3
Pharaoh was afraid the Hebrew slaves were growing too strong, so he gave a terrible order: every Hebrew baby boy was to be thrown into the Nile River…
- God Will Provide Himself a LambGenesis 22:1–14 · Book 2, Day 6
Abraham had waited twenty-five years for his son Isaac. Every promise God had made him, that his family would become a great nation, rested on this one…
- Under His WingsRuth 1:1–2:23 · Book 2, Day 12
Naomi had lost everything. Famine had driven her family from Bethlehem to the land of Moab, and there her husband died. Then both of her sons died too…
- Praying Without Words1 Samuel 1:1–28 · Book 2, Day 14
Hannah wanted a child more than anything, and year after year, she couldn’t have one. To make it worse, her husband’s other wife, Peninnah, had several…
- A Seat at the King’s Table2 Samuel 4:4; 9:1–13 · Book 2, Day 18
When news came that King Saul and his son Jonathan had been killed in battle, Jonathan’s little boy, Mephibosheth, was only five years old. His nurse…
- The Brother He FearedGenesis 27:41–45; 32:3–33:11 · Book 3, Day 2
Twenty years earlier, Jacob had tricked his brother Esau out of their father’s blessing. Esau was so furious that he vowed to kill him, and Jacob ran…
- While He Was Yet a Great Way OffLuke 15:11–32 · Book 3, Day 3
Jesus told a story about a man with two sons. The younger one said, “Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.” In other words, give me…
- I Am JosephGenesis 42:1–45:15 · Book 3, Day 6
Years after Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery, a terrible famine struck the whole region. In Canaan, Joseph’s father, Jacob, sent ten of his sons…
- Talitha CumiMark 5:21–24, 35–43 · Book 3, Day 15
Jairus was an important man, a ruler of the synagogue in his town. But that day, none of that mattered. His twelve-year-old daughter was dying. He…
- More Than a ServantPhilemon 1–25 · Book 3, Day 26
Onesimus was a slave who belonged to a Christian man named Philemon. At some point, Onesimus ran away, and it seems he may have taken something with…
- Fear Not to Take MaryMatthew 1:18–25 · Book 4, Day 12
Joseph was a carpenter in Nazareth, engaged to a young woman named Mary. Then he received devastating news. Mary was pregnant, and he knew the child…
- My Father’s BusinessLuke 2:41–52 · Book 4, Day 20
Every year, Mary and Joseph traveled to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. When Jesus was twelve years old, He went with them. When the feast…
- The Servant at the WellGenesis 24:1–27 · Book 6, Day 3
Abraham was very old, and his son Isaac needed a wife. God had promised that through Isaac, Abraham’s family would become a great nation. So Abraham…
- Behold Thy MotherJohn 19:25–27 · Book 7, Day 27
Jesus hung on the cross. He had been beaten, mocked, and nailed there. Every breath was agony. A few people who loved Him stood nearby. One of them was…
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