FYI-Scroll to the bottom of the screen to see the following:
(1) Clickable links of Debbie Dunn's books published on Amazon
(2) Blog Archives
(3) About Me - Debbie Dunn: Professional Storyteller & Published Author

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Bible tale: Part 1 of 5 - Jacob’s Adventures in Love & Trickery

 Part 1 of 5 - Jacob’s Adventures in Love & Trickery

Genesis 28-29

re-told by Debbie Dunn





Story highlights:

* Jacob traveled to Uncle Laban's home to escape Esau’s rage

* Jacob had dream about Lord speaking to him from top of a stairway to heaven.

* Jacob was welcomed to the home of his Uncle Laban & cousin Rachel


Bible role-play begins:


Narrator #1: Just before Jacob left his parents and his angry brother Esau, he met with his father one last time.

 

Narrator #2: His father, Isaac, told him to travel the long distance to meet and marry one of his Uncle Laban's daughters. Laban was the older brother of Jacob's mother.

 

























Narrator #1: Isaac blessed Jacob with these words: "May God Almighty bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants multiply and become many nations!"

 

Narrator #2: The blessing continued. "May God pass on to you and your descendants the blessing He promised to Abraham." Please recall that Abraham was Jacob's grandfather.


Narrator #1: As a bit of foreshadowing, Jacob did end up with 12 sons and one daughter. Just wait until you hear the strange tale of how those 13 children came to be born!

 

Narrator #2: On the 450-mile trip to reach his Uncle Laban, Jacob set up camp in a place he would later name Bethel. He found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep.


Narrator #1: As he slept, Jacob dreamed that there was a stairway that reached from the earth up to Heaven. He saw angels of God going up and down that stairway.

 

Narrator #2: In that amazing dream, Jacob saw the Lord standing at the top of the stairway. Listen to what the Lord said to Jacob.

 




 Father God: I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants. Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! Your descendants will spread in all directions - to the west and the east, to the north and the south. I will bless all the families of the earth through you and your descendants. What's more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day, I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.


Narrator #1: Then, Jacob woke up from that amazing dream. He said, "Surely, the Lord is in this place, and I wasn't even aware of it!"

 

Narrator #2: But Jacob was also afraid and said, "What an awesome place this is! It is none other than the house of God, the very gateway to Heaven!"


Narrator #1: The next morning, Jacob got up very early. He took the stone he had rested his head against, and he set it upright as a memorial pillar. Then, he poured olive oil all over it.

 

Narrator #2: In the Bible, pouring oil upon the stone is called anointing. In that way, Jacob was setting that stone apart as being holy and a sacred marker of an encounter with God.


Narrator #1: That was Jacob’s way of honoring God after the vision and promise he received.

 

Narrator #2: Jacob named that place Bethel, which means 'house of God,' although it was previously known as Luz.


Narrator #1: Then, Jacob made his vow: "If God will indeed be with me and protect me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food and clothing, and if I return safely to my father's home, then the Lord will certainly be my God."


Narrator #2: Jacob's promise continued. He said, "And this memorial pillar I have set up will become a place for worshiping God, and I will present to God a tenth of everything He gives me."


Narrator #1: Then, Jacob hurried on. When he finally arrived a few days later, he saw a well with a heavy stone covering it to keep out leaves and dust.

 

Narrator #2: He also saw three flocks of sheep and goats waiting to get water from this well.


Narrator #1: Jacob went up to the shepherds and said, "My friends, would you please tell me where you are from?"

 

Narrator #2: The shepherds replied, "We are from Haran [Hair-inn]." Jacob was excited as that was the very city where his uncle was supposed to live.


Narrator #1: Jacob asked, "Do you know a man there named Laban, the grandson of Nahor [Nay-horr]? And if so, is he doing well?"

 

Narrator #2: The shepherds said, "Yes, we know him. He is doing well." Looking around, they said, "Look! Here comes his daughter Rachel with her flock right now."


Narrator #1: Jacob saw that Rachel was very beautiful. When he found out that she was going to have to wait for the well to be uncovered until all the shepherds and their flocks had gathered, he decided to do something thoughtful.

 

Narrator #2: Jacob told Rachel that they were cousins through her Aunt Rebekah. He kissed her cheek and wept aloud. He also moved the heavy stone off the well by himself and watered her flock.


Narrator #1: After he finished that, Rachel ran home to tell her father, Laban, about Jacob's upcoming surprise visit.

 

Narrator #2: As soon as Laban heard that his nephew Jacob had arrived, he ran out to meet him. He hugged and kissed him. He also brought him home.


Narrator #1: After Jacob told his Uncle Laban his story, Laban happily exclaimed, "You really are my own flesh and blood!"

 

Narrator #2: Tune in next week to discover the sneaky trick Uncle Laban did regarding secretly switching the brides at Jacob's future wedding.


Narrator #1: END OF SKIT. Let’s give our volunteers a great big hand!



Are you a Bible enthusiast or do you lead a Youth Group or Family Bible Study? To get a FREE PDF download of this story, click on this link below:


Free PDF download of Part 1 of 5 - Jacob’s Adventures in Love & Trickery.


Do you want more stories about Jacob, his four wives, his 12 sons, & 1 daughter? If so, visit the JACOB chapter from my EXPLORE BIBLE STORY dot org website.


Click here to get more stories about Jacob.



My ever-expanding Explore Bible Story dot org website includes Bible stories and Biblical Family Trees about



Explore Bible story dot org Business Card designed by Debbie Dunn using PowerPoint
Posted by at No comments:
Labels: , ,
Location: Athens, AL, USA

Bible tale: Tower of Babel

 Tower of Babel

Final story about descendants of Noah

Genesis 11:1-9

re-told by Debbie Dunn













Story highlights:

* People lived clumped together on earth after worldwide flood.

* Nimrod led group to build Tower of Babel to touch the heavens

* God confused their language so they would no longer understand each other


Bible role-play begins:


Narrator #1: Almighty God gave the three sons of Noah two commandments.

 

Narrator #2: Commandment #1: "Be fruitful and increase in number."


Narrator #1: Did they do that? Yep! By 100 to 200 years after the flood, many people existed.

 

Narrator #2: Commandment #2: "Fill the earth."


Narrator #1: Did they do that? Nope! Instead, they lived all clumped together. Boo! Hiss!

 

Narrator #2: Do you think God would let that slide? Nope!


Narrator #1: After all, did God allow Adam and Eve to get away with eating forbidden fruit? Nope!

 

Narrator #2: Did God allow everyone but Noah to continue being wicked, corrupt, and violent? Nope!


Narrator #1: Since everybody was related to Noah, everybody spoke the same language.

 

Narrator #2: The oldest brother, Japheth [ja-fuhth], and his offspring lived close together.


Narrator #1: Middle brother, Shem, and his offspring likewise lived near each other.

 

Narrator #2: Wait until you find out about the disrespectful deed done by Nimrod, the grandson of Noah's youngest son, Ham.


Narrator #1: Nimrod founded a multi-city kingdom known as Shinar [shee-naar].

 

Narrator #2: One of the cities Nimrod founded was Babel [ba-bl] - the future Babylon that today is known as southern Iraq.


Narrator #1: Nimrod was famous for being "a powerful hunter in the sight of the Lord." In other words, God was very aware of all his good and bad deeds.

 

Narrator #2: If someone in Nimrod's kingdom had a very successful day at hunting, the people might brag:


Narrator #1: "This man is like Nimrod, the greatest hunter in the world."

 

Narrator #2: We learn in Genesis 11, verse 4, that the people of Babel stated:


Narrator #1: "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens.”

 

Narrator #2: That way, "we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth."


Narrator #1: Did they imagine that they could climb the Tower of Babel to reach heaven instead of having to please God to reach heaven? Oops!

 












Narrator #2: The Bible does not directly credit or blame Nimrod for being in charge of this tower made of brick and tar; however, it seems likely since Babel was part of his kingdom.


Narrator #1: "The Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building."

 

Narrator #2: Father God probably said the following words to the Holy Spirit and His son, Jesus:

 




 Father God: If, as one people, speaking the same language, they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.


Narrator #1: Jesus might have asked, "Father, how can we solve this problem?"

 

 Father God: Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.

 

Narrator #2: Can you imagine? For one moment, everybody speaks the same language.















Narrator #1: Then, suddenly, it sounds like babbling since they have no clue what each other is saying.

 

Narrator #2: Scared and confused, they might have asked, "Why can't you understand me? Why can't I understand you? What on Earth is going on?"


Narrator #1: Genesis 11:9A That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. (NIV)

 

Narrator #2: Father God startled the people by doing something else that day.


Narrator #1: Genesis 11:8 So, the Lord scattered them abroad from there, over the surface of the entire Earth; and they stopped building the city. (AMP)

 

Narrator #2: The people probably traveled here and there trying to find anybody who spoke the same language they did.


Narrator #1: So, now you know why people live all over the globe.

 

















Narrator #2: When were the people of the Earth divided? The Bible states that it was during the lifetime of Peleg [peh-lehg].


Narrator #1: Who was Peleg? Check out Noah's family tree. He was the future grandson of Noah's middle son, Shem.




Narrator #2: FYI - Both the famous Abraham and Mary, the mother of Jesus, came from Shem's line.

 

Narrator #1: This story is a clue to something else you might have found puzzling.


Narrator #2: Why do people have so many different skin colors since we share the same long-ago grandfathers - Grandpa Noah and Grandpa Adam?

 

Narrator #1: After all, we are all distantly related and are part of the one race - the human race.

 

Narrator #2: Also, we all have bones, organs, and red blood coursing through our veins.

 

Narrator #1: The big difference is the pigment of our skin. Some of us have lighter skin pigment. Some have darker skin pigment.


Narrator #2: Perhaps the people who moved south of the equator and closer to the sun, like Africa, had darker pigments.


Narrator #1: Perhaps the people who moved far north of the equator to rainy or snowy regions had lighter pigments.


Narrator #2: In any case, that is the story of the Tower of Babel.

 

Narrator #1: Next week, we will begin hearing the stories connected with the famous Abraham and his wife Sarah.


Narrator #2: END OF SKIT. Let’s give our volunteers a great big hand!



Are you a Bible enthusiast or do you lead a Youth Group or Family Bible Study? To get a FREE PDF download of this story, click on this link below:


Free PDF download of Tower Of Babel – final story of the descendants of Noah.


Do you want more stories about Noah, the flood, and the aftermath of the flood? If so, visit the NOAH chapter from my EXPLORE BIBLE STORY dot org website.


Click here to get more stories about Noah.



My ever-expanding Explore Bible Story dot org website includes Bible stories and Biblical Family Trees about



Explore Bible story dot org Business Card designed by Debbie Dunn using PowerPoint
Posted by at No comments:
Labels: , ,
Location: Athens, AL, USA

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Bible tale: Noah part 5 of 6

 

Noah part 5 of 6

Genesis 9:1-29

re-told by Debbie Dunn









Story highlights:

* Purpose of Noah’s ark & worldwide flood was to cleanse earth from sin & violence

* Rainbow is sign of God’s promise for no more worldwide floods

* All people on earth are descendants of 1 of Noah’s 3 sons


Bible role-play begins:






Narrator #1: After that year-long worldwide flood, 601-year-old Grandpa Noah would have found himself in the mountainous region of eastern Turkey.

 

Narrator #2: Unknown to them, there were volcanoes, earthquakes, mudslides, landslides, and erosion as the flood waters drained and evaporated.


Narrator #1: The flooding and all these natural disasters caused the formation of seven continents filled with glaciers, mountains, canyons, valleys, waterfalls, and bodies of water of various sizes.

 

Narrator #2: Trapped in layers and layers of sediment, geologists have found full-body fossils and skeletons of dinosaurs and other land animals next to skeletons of marine life and plants typically found deep in the ocean.


Narrator #1: As for human bones, it has been suggested that they may have been "eaten, decomposed, or washed away."

 

Narrator #2: On that long-ago day of about 4,500 years, Noah and his family of eight might have looked around and commented, "My goodness! Everything looks so different!"


Narrator #1: It must have been an odd thought that no matter how loudly they called out, no one was left on earth to answer them.

 

Narrator #2: Noah's wife might have said, "It is so sad that all those people drowned because they took more pleasure in pleasing the devil than they did in worshipping the one true God."


Narrator #1: Father God might have stated, "Their wicked, violent, and corrupt ways grieved my heart so much that I used the flood to cleanse the earth of sin. "

 

Narrator #2: Father God might have also stated, "I am so pleased that I could start over with Noah and his family of eight."


Narrator #1: You might think of it as a factory reset of a laptop computer or purchasing your first cell phone. You are starting anew with a clean slate.

 

Narrator #2: Similar to a computer hacker who can secretly plant viruses, bots, and spyware, the devil has had over 6,000 years of practice in tricking all of us into sinning in little and big ways.


Narrator #1: Of course, Noah was not perfect; however, he was the only one who did his best to honor our Creator.

 

Narrator #2: As Father God directed, it would be up to all those pairs of male and female animals, plus Noah's three sons and their wives, to re-populate the entire earth.


Narrator #1: Before the flood, all people and all animals were vegetarians. It was different now. Father God said:

 





 Father God: Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now provide you with everything.

 

Narrator #2: To keep the animals from killing off the family of eight and their future offspring, Father God said:

 

 Father God: The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea. I give them into your hands.


Narrator #1: Father God gave the four women and four men two rules: do not murder one another and do not eat rare or uncooked blood-filled meat.











Narrator #2: As Father God placed a beautiful rainbow in the sky, He stated:

 


 Father God: Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting promise or covenant that I made with you and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.


Narrator #1: What was God's promise to the people and animals?

 

 

 Father God: I establish my covenant with you. Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood. This rainbow in the clouds is the sign of My promise.

 

Narrator #2: As Noah and his family gazed at the rainbow, they must have felt greatly comforted.


Narrator #1: After the flood, Grandpa Noah lived another 350 years. He was 950 when he died.

 

Narrator #2: As for Shem, Japheth [ja·fuhth], and Ham and their wives, they each had many children and grandchildren.


1st Narrator: Many years later, Mary, the mother of Jesus, came from the line of Shem. 

 






(See link to page 5 of FREE PDF download below.)


Narrator #2: As for the rest of us, it is impossible to know which of them were our great uncles and which one of them was our long-ago grandpa.


Narrator #1: Come back next week to hear the fascinating story about the Tower of Babel [ba·bl]

 

Narrator #2: END OF SKIT. Let’s give our volunteers a great big hand!



Are you a Bible enthusiast or do you lead a Youth Group or Family Bible Study? To get a FREE PDF download of this story, click on this link below:


Free PDF download of Noah role-play part 5 of 6.


Do you want more stories about Noah, the flood, and the aftermath of the flood? If so, visit the NOAH chapter from my EXPLORE BIBLE STORY dot org website.


Click here to get more stories about Noah.



My ever-expanding Explore Bible Story dot org website includes Bible stories and Biblical Family Trees about



Explore Bible story dot org Business Card designed by Debbie Dunn using PowerPoint
Posted by at No comments:
Labels: , ,
Location: Athens, AL, USA
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)