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The Bible has many apocryphal (not considered canon to Protestants) books. The most widely used is the original Protestant version--the King James Version. More recent versions, such as the New International Version, still have 66 books, but the Catholic Bible has 73 books.

The Book of Genesis (which means "origin") details the creation myth and the life of the first people that God created. It also details how Abraham was the forebearer of the Jewish people. It ends with the people of Israel in captivity in Egypt.

The Old Testament is based off the Hebrew Bible, which is called the Tanakh. The New Testament includes biographical narratives about Jesus and the apostles, instructional letters to churches and a book of prophecy.

In the Protestant version of the Bible, there are 39 books of the Old Testament. In the Catholic Bible, there are 46.

The Book of Malachi is one of the 12 Minor Prophets. Minor here is not about importance, but about the length of the book. The Book of Malachi has three chapters.

In Greek, the Pentateuch means "five books." These five books are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.

The Abrahamic religions traditionally believe that Moses wrote the Pentateuch, which is known as the Torah in Judaism. It is also called the Law of Moses.

In the first chapter of Genesis, it details how God created the earth which goes from days 1 through 6. The beginning of the second chapter details how God rested from his work on the seventh day and how he made it holy.

The Garden of Eden is also known as Paradise. Adam and Eve, the first humans, were created in this garden and lived there until they disobeyed God and were then banished.

The classic story of sibling rivalry is with Cain and Abel, Adam and Eve's first children. In the Book of Genesis, Cain's motive isn't explicitly laid out, but he did kill Abel after the Lord liked Abel's offering more than Cain's.

Methuselah is Enoch's son and Noah's grandfather. He's primarily mentioned in this genealogy of Adam to Noah and is associated with living a long life.

Joseph was Jacob's favorite son, which is why he had the fancy coat. Jealous of the favoritism, Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers, but when was about 40, he was the vizier of Egypt, second in power only to the pharaoh. By being in a place of leadership in Egypt, Joseph was able to save his family from famine.

According to the story, God was worried this unified group of people having one language and building this tower to Heaven would be unstoppable at anything they did. So he caused them to have multiple languages and scattered them across the earth.

Noah had eight people on the ark, which was only his immediate family: Noah, Noah's wife, Noah's sons Ham, Shem, and Japheth, and their wives. Everyone else was left outside the big boat.

According to Genesis, Enoch walked with God, "Then he was no more, because God took him away." In 2 Kings, Elijah "went up into heaven in the whirlwind," which had "a chariot of fire with horses of fire."

According to the Book of Exodus, Moses, the leader of the Israelites, had asked the pharaoh of Egypt to free the Israelites from captivity. The last plague had an angel of death come and kill every firstborn son, but the Israelites who had smeared goat's or sheep's blood on the doorpost had the angel pass over their homes and not kill their children. With every Egyptian house affected, the Egyptians were afraid of more death, so the Israelites were then quickly forced out of Egypt.

In the Book of Genesis, this story is about testing Abraham's faith in God. Abraham was ready to kill Isaac, but an angel stopped him. Abraham found a ram stuck in the bushes and sacrificed that animal instead.

Moses was tending to his flocks and heard God call his voice. The voice of God came from the burning bush. This is where God told Moses to go and liberate the Israelites from slavery.

The Israelites took the very long, meandering way to get to the Promised Land, Canaan. The Book of Joshua explains that it took 40 years to get to Canaan because the Lord did not want anyone of military age to enter Canaan "since they had not obeyed the LORD."

When Israelites were in captivity in Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were three young Jewish men who refused to worship a golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had commanded everyone to worship. They were thrown in a furnace, which was made seven times hotter than usual. Not only did the men not burn, they were given promotions by Nebuchadnezzar, who said that no one could speak out against their God.

After leaving Egypt, Moses went up to Mount Sinai to talk with the Lord, who came down as a cloud. This site is where he received the Ten Commandments, which were laws about only worshipping God and how to treat others.

Betrayed by his lover, Delilah, Samson's hair was cut and his eyes were gouged out. Samson is brought to a Philistine temple for a religious ceremony and asks God to give him back his strength so he could kill everyone in the temple. His prayers are answered and Samson breaks a pillar which collapses the temple, killing everyone including himself.

David, who became king of Israel, was also known to be a musician. When he was in King Saul's courts, he would play the lyre for the king to soothe him. David has at least 73 psalms attributed to him in the Book of Psalms.

The serpent at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil spoke with Eve about eating from the tree, tempting her to defy God's order. The other animal that spoke in the Bible was a donkey asking Balaam not to hit him, a story found in the Book of Numbers, chapter 22.

King Solomon was King David's son and was the last king to rule a united Israel before it split into the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah (the kingdom Solomon's descendants ruled). Solomon was not only very wise, but he was also very rich and powerful.

Daniel, a young Jewish nobleman, was thrown in a lion's den because he continued to pray to God three times a day after a law was passed saying that no one could worship any god for 30 days. Those who hated Daniel tricked King Darius into creating this law. God kept the lions' mouths closed while Daniel was in the den, so he remained safe.

The Gospels (meaning "good news") give four different and at times overlapping accounts of the life of Jesus in 1st century Palestine. The first four books of the Bible are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Peter, James and John were considered to be part of Jesus' inner circle. Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus' disciples, betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.

The Gospels aren't consistent as to why Jesus was born in Bethlehem. The Gospel of Luke says it's because his parents, Joseph and Mary, had to go there for a census. The Gospel of Matthew mentions no census. Jesus grew up in Nazareth, lived in Capernaum during his ministry and had some notable moments in Jerusalem, including chasing out the money changers at a temple.

Jesus' mother, Mary, tells Jesus about the wine running out. He then asks servants to bring out six water jars and to then draw some out for the master of the banquet. Unaware of the miracle Jesus had performed, the master told the groom that this wine was better than the first wine.

The term "Major Prophet" in the Bible has more to do with book length than importance. The Major Prophets are five books written by four prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations (written by Jeremiah), Ezekiel, and Daniel.

Pentecost was an important event in the founding of the early Christian church. In the Gospel of John, Jesus told his disciples about a "Spirit of truth" and an "Advocate" who could come after him. It's believe that this Advocate is the Holy Spirit.

Paul the Apostle, also known as Saul, was an integral part of the early Christian Church with his three missionary trips around the Mediterranean. His letters to different churches and specific individuals (e.g., Timothy) make up 13 out of the 27 books in the New Testament. He may have written the Book of Hebrews, but no one is certain who wrote that book.

1 Corinthians 13 is from the first letter to the church at Corinth, Greece written by Paul the Apostle. This chapter could be considered an ode to divine love.

The Book of Revelations is attributed to John, who may or may not be the same John who was Jesus' disciple. The book's vivid, apocalyptic imagery is considered by many Christians as a prophetic book about the end of the world and Jesus' second coming.