The Bible - 6 Short stories

The Holy Bible has a lot of story matter. We have, for example, love (take Ruth or Song of Solomon), history (take Chronicles or Acts), poetry (take Psalms or Proverbs), war (take Joshua or Judges), redemption (take John or Romans), prophecy (take Jeremiah or Revelation).
The Bible can be retold (and translated, while we're at it) in a variety of ways. Here, I retell some of the Bible stories - whether well-known or not-that-well-known. Many turn to the Bible for inspiration, and so do I.
The short stories will be based on various translations; it will be specified which translation is used at the ending of the chapter, along with the Bible reference for the story.