In the Beginning: The Bible Stories

TV series

In the Beginning: The Bible Stories

3.8/ 10· 3199225 min1 season · 26 episodes

In the Beginning features episodes devoted to most of the major Bible stories of the Old Testament, including the stories of the Creation, Cain and Abel, Noah's Ark, Abraham and Isaac, Joseph, Moses, David, and Solomon, with the final episode featuring the birth of Jesus Christ. As with the second Superbook series, some stories were stretched out over several episodes. Unlike Superbook and The Flying House, however, no contemporary characters from modern times were inserted into the stories, save for the series mascot and viewpoint character, Roco the fox.

Created by
Osamu Dezaki

Seasons and episodes

1 season · 26 episodes

Ended
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Season 1

26 episodesNovember 30, 1992
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  1. 1
    S1 E1

    The Creation

    Nov 30, 199227 min

    God says, "Let there be light". Then there is light. God creates order in the formless chaotic universe. God separates the sky from the ground, the land from the sea, and creates life on the ground, in the sea, and in the sky. The world is

  2. 2
    S1 E2

    Cain and Abel

    Apr 2, 199725 min

    Adam and Eve are expelled from Eden, and are given work and painful labor as punishment. Adam is forced to get food by the sweat of his brow, while Eve has to suffer tremendous pain in labor. Their children are named Cain and Abel. The elde

  3. 3
    S1 E3

    The Story of Noah

    Apr 3, 199725 min

    Humans abound on the earth. As their numbers increase, however, they begin to speak blasphemy against God and become corrupted. God decides to cleanse the ground with a deluge as punishment. So he orders Noah to construct an ark and put one

  4. 4
    S1 E4

    The Tower of Babel

    Apr 4, 199725 min

    Humans begin to build a tower, hoping to reach God. At that time, humans were conceited enough to think that they could accomplish such a feat. So God, as punishment, collapses the Tower of Babel and makes the humans speak different languag

  5. 5
    S1 E5

    Abraham, The Forefather

    Apr 7, 199725 min

    Sarah, who has not had a chance to bear a child, is getting on in her years, but keeps praying to God to let her have a child. Her husband Abraham laughs at her, saying "Even God cannot make you bear a child." Then God tells Abraham, "God i

  6. 6
    S1 E6

    Sodom and Gomorrah

    Apr 8, 199725 min

    As vice spread over the two cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, people are corrupted. God's anger gradually leads to the destruction of these cities, which are full of decadence and blasphemy against God. Because Lot, his wife, and their two daug

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In the Beginning: The Bible Stories has 1 season and 26 episodes. Status: Ended.
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In the Beginning: The Bible Stories has ended; no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on May 9, 1997.
Who stars in In the Beginning: The Bible Stories?
In the Beginning: The Bible Stories stars Mayumi Tanaka, Kinryu Arimoto, Yorie Terauchi, Katsuhiro Kitagawa, Mitsuru Miyamoto.

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