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Complete guides explain the story as you go. Reading outlines point you to its main passages.
1–9 of 40 stories
Noah and the flood
What can begin again after almost everything has been lost?
Bible / TanakhRead the guide Complete guide · NarrativeMoses: from the river to Sinai
How does a people escape slavery—and learn to live together afterward?
Bible / TanakhRead the guide Complete guide · NarrativeThe birth of Jesus in Luke
Who recognizes a promised beginning when it arrives in an ordinary family?
BibleRead the guide Complete guide · NarrativeYusuf: a dream, a separation, a reunion
What happens when the brother who was discarded becomes the one everyone needs?
QuranRead the guide Complete guide · DialogueArjuna’s crisis
What if every available choice seems to betray something you owe to others?
Bhagavad GitaRead the guide Complete guide · Later traditionKisā Gotamī and the mustard seed
How can a conversation with strangers change a grief that feels completely private?
DhammapadaRead the guide Reading outline · NarrativeThe garden and its loss
Genesis places the human in a garden to cultivate it. The command concerning the tree is part of this account of human life and responsibility.
Bible / TanakhSee the reading outline Reading outline · NarrativeAbraham: departure, visitors and a test
Abram leaves Haran for Canaan. The chapter connects departure with promises concerning land and descendants.
Bible / TanakhSee the reading outline Reading outline · NarrativeJoseph in Genesis
Joseph’s dreams and his father’s favour provoke conflict with his brothers.
Bible / TanakhSee the reading outline