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ESV Illustrated Family Bible: 270 Selections from the Holy Bible Review by Jipster

I was under the impression that the 270 selections would just be big slabs of scripture with pics to suit. Unfortunately it's kinda the other way round. A lot of pages look like the text has been edited to suit the pictures (which are great pics by the way). Where ever the text has been edited (shortened) an ellipsis is provided to let you know but I was under the impression I would be getting un-edited selections from the Bible. This was disappointing. In the end I might have been better off just reading to the kids from my own ESV and getting a book of just pictures to go with it. Having said that, it's probably better than many paraphrases out there.

ESV Illustrated Family Bible: 270 Selections from the Holy Bible Review by David C. Watson (Benchley, TX)

I read this to my 4-year-old. I like the ESV translation, and this makes it easier than just opening a standard Bible and reading a story. This includes illustrations that hold his attention, and skips over some parts of the text with a "..." so that the story keeps moving. For me, it's a convenient way of reading the Bible to my son.

ESV Illustrated Family Bible: 270 Selections from the Holy Bible Review by Stephen Escalera "Eskypades" (Virginia)

We received the ESV Illustrated Family Bible as a gift recently. We've been using it for our family devotions and so far are very pleased. Some stories are longer, some are rather short. While the text is taken straight from the ESV Bible (our preferred translation), the stories themselves are edited down to make the story flow together for easier understanding. Because of this, I would consider this a "starter Bible" for younger children. Since the stories follow a more chronological flow, a story from Matthew might be followed by one from Luke which in turn could be followed by another one from Matthew. This is especially helpful when reading stories from the Old Testament or reading about the ministry of Jesus.

Each story is accompanied by an illustration, sometimes small sometimes large, and give a good sense of what is going on in each of the stories. The illustrations are beautifully done and sometimes interpretative, which helps even more to see what is going on in the story. We usually start our reading by reviewing what we read last and then looking at the illustration to know what to expect in the current story.

The Old Testament contains many stories from the history books with very little from the prophets (only Jonah and Daniel are included.) However, this is understandable since many of the prophets do not necessarily tell a story that little children would be able to understand. The New Testament includes many stories from the life of Jesus from the Gospels and accounts of the early church in Acts. Paul's letters are very briefly mentioned (one story highlighting Ephesians) and then Revelation obviously is the last story in the book. The only minor complaint I would have is that nothing from Psalms or Proverbs is included, not even Psalm 23. But again, this is minor given the book's intended audience.

We have four children - three under the age of 5 - and each of them are excited for me to read from this Bible each night to find out what has happened in the bigger story line. I would recommend this Bible for families with young children.

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