Yes Father!

That’s great! Did you bring yours Mathew?

Yes Father, here.. Its.. Its in my bag

And you Lucy?

Here it is Father!

Good. Now I want you all to put your building sets on the table

and start building a tower

And as you build the tower, I will tell you the story of Babel tower

Babel tower?

Yes Mathew!

Do you remember the story of Noah, I told you yesterday?

Yes father

You told us how God created a flood..

And only Noah and his family survived by building the ark!

That's very good Mathew!

So after they survived, God said to Noah

Noah, you will have many children

and they too will have many more!

They will fill the whole earth

The descendants of Noah populated the earth again.

But as time passed, pride and selfishness filled the human heart

Today we are strong, there is only God above us!

We are united and strong, no one should be above us, not even God!

We must find a way to be above God

Yes, it is not good for us to be under anyone

What can we do?

Why don’t we build a huge tower?

A tower that reaches the heavens in the sky!

That’s a brilliant idea!

That'll stand as a monument to our people

and show everyone how great we have become!

Lets start the work immediately!

The people started building the tower.

They made the tower using bricks, and up and up went the tower

But when God saw the city and the tower

He knew that mankind had lost their way

They were building a monument to themselves instead of worshipping God

who had made everything possible.

So God decided to puzzle the people by confusing their language

so they wont understand each other

Soon there was confusion

Friends could hear each other speak,

But they could not understand what others said

And because of this confusion, they had to stop building the tower

This city was called Babel, which means confused

Yeah! I have finished building my tower!

Oh! That’s a good one Mathew!

I can see that all your towers are up

Good work everyone!

Thank you Father!

Can you tell us another story from the Bible?

Please Father!

Why not?

Now that all of you have learned about the tower of Babel

Let me tell you the next story from the Bible

Which one is that Father?

I'll tell you the story of Abraham

Who was Abraham?

Many years after the time of Noah,

There was a man named Abram

He was a good man who owned many sheep’s and cattle’s

He lived with his wife Surai, in the land of Haran

Abram was a godly man

who lived his life by the ways of the Lord

His only sorrow was that he didn’t have any children

One day God spoke to Abram

Abram, leave your country and your people,

and go to the land I will guide you to

If you do, I will cause you to become a great nation

I will bless you, and make your name famous

And you will be a blessing to many others!

Surai... Surai...

Surai..

What dear?

Surai.. Dear.. You wont believe what I'm going to say to you

What is it dear?

You know what? God just spoke to me!!

God???

yes dear, God just spoke to me!

Can you believe that?

That's wonderful dear, what did He tell you?

Hello!

Oh hello Lot, my nephew!

Why are you gasping? You seem very excited

Yes.. Yes I'm very excited!

Lot, God just spoke to Abram

What? God?

I.. I cant believe this!

Yes Lot, the mighty God just spoke to me!

What did He tell you?

God told me to leave our home and country

Uh? What? But where do God want us to go?

Hmmm.. He didn’t tell me that.

But He said He will keep guiding us

But dear?

Do you think its a good idea to leave everything

and just.. just leave?

Yes. How can we leave just like that?

What about our house? and, and the flock?

and what about our relatives?

I know this sounds.. this sounds crazy Lot.

But we must have faith in God

and we must trust Him

God will guide us.

Don’t worry. I'll come with you wherever you want me to

Yes, we will do whatever you tell us to do

Abram started out from Haran, as Lord had told him to do

His wife Surai, and his nephew Lot went with him

They took their cattle, the sheep’s, horses and camels with them

They wandered through the hills and valleys for a long long time

They ate wild fruits when they were hungry

They drank water from the streams

And when they were tired, they slept under the trees

They did not lose their faith in God.

And kept traveling like God told them to.

And after a very long journey, they arrived in the land of Canaan

Ha haa... We have finally arrived!

Yes dear, I need to thank God!

Let me go and pray.

Abram, this is the land that I give to you and your family forever

Thank you, thank you Lord!

But their happiness didn’t last for long, as it didn’t rain for a long time

And a severe drought came upon the land

Abram and his family had no other option

But to move south to find food for themselves, and for the animals

and they eventually reached the border of Egypt

Is this Egypt?

They say that there’s food further south along the river Nile

And grains to be bought at the marketplace.

Will the Egyptians allow us to enter their land dear?

I hope so

We have silver and Gold to pay for everything we buy

I am afraid dear.

What if they rob us?

I'm not sure of this plan

I think we should turn back.

No No

We must enter Egypt

Otherwise there is no hope for us

Cant you see that the animals are dying of thirst?

We must do this

We understand that.

But what if they are not good people and harm us?

What if they get attracted by your wife?

They might kill us to take her!

Oh Lord! I cant let that happen.

Surai, you must stay here

I'll go and come back in a few days

No dear

I cant think of living without you

I would rather die

I too cant live without you Surai.

We have to find a way to enter Egypt together

That could be dangerous uncle.

Hey, I have an idea!

What if we tell them Surai is my sister?

That’s a brilliant idea!

Yes.. Then they will respect you

And welcome us as her family!

I think its going to be a good plan

Come on, lets get going then

We have no time to spare

Hello!

Who are you?

My name is Abram

We came from the North because we..

We were facing a terrible drought up there

So? What do you want me to do?

We came looking for food to feed my family and animals

We can trade our sheep’s for the food

We don’t need more animals

Then we'll pay in silver, sir.

Whoa? Who is this beauty?

Me?

I..

I'm his

Sister!

Wow! You are such a beauty!

Then..

Sir.. Can we finish what we were discussing about the trade?

Oh, that can wait.

But first let me you all to Pharaoh

I'm sure he will give you a great deal.

Come with me

Oh no!

Its going to be alright

God, please help me.

Your majesty.

Yes?

Oh! Who is this woman?

Tell him Tell him your name

Your majesty

My name is Surai

I have come from the North with my brother

We came here looking for food

You are truly beautiful Surai!

Can I have the pleasure to invite you for a feast tonight?

Feast?

Say yes dear

He will get angry if you deny him

Yes yes..

I'll join you for the feast

But only if you allow my brother to join us

Of course! Your brother can come!

and your whole family can join too!

Thank your majesty.

We are so lucky that Egypt didn’t have to face the draught

And we're lucky that you and your family found your way to Egypt

You have been more than generous to us Pharaoh

We will return to Canaan as soon as it rains

Oh yes. But if you wish, you can become citizens of Egypt

and marry, and have kids here

I can make you a governor with a palace of your own

Oh your majesty, you are too generous

And such generosity deserves its reward

Uh.. What do you want me to do?

You have a Jewel befitting a King

A jewel I desire more than anything on this earth

What Jewel do you speak of?

I speak of your sister

Do you not see what a great beauty she is?

I.. I don’t think

I can see how honored you are

That Pharaoh would take your sister as his wife

No.. Yes, Yes I'm honored

Lets celebrate

Pharaoh, the King of Egypt had more than twenty wives

and he used to take for himself any woman he liked

Fearing Pharaoh's wrath, Abram couldn’t object

Leave, and don’t disturb us

Come to me dear

Hmm.. Okay..

But before Pharaoh could touch Surai

He fell down with a terrible headache

And his whole body was covered with burns

Ah! My head

Oh what? What is this?

What.. What happened?

Ah.. Send for my doctor, quick!

Yes, I'll get him right away

You should not touch her, she belongs to someone else

What? I don’t believe this

Is it true Surai?

Are you anyone's woman?

I.. I..

Tell me the truth now

Yes Lord, I'm the wife of Abram

I'm so sorry for lying to you

What? But.. But you told me he is your brother

I'm sorry Pharaoh, we were afraid you would kill us

If we said the truth

So you lied to me?

Go and get Abram immediately.

Why did you do this to me Abram?

I'm really sorry

When we came to Egypt, we feared we would be robbed and slain

Because of Surai, you protected me and my people

You have been gentle to us.

I told Surai was my sister

But the truth is she is actually my half-sister