will be inappropriate for younger age groups (e.g., Cain and Abel for three-year-olds) because of their focus; likewise, certain concepts one might desire to teach may not be presented in Scripture in a form appropriate to all ages. There are many valuable things we can learn from a given passage of Scripture, but not all of them are things that the Bible is trying to teach. The first task of the interpreter is … the careful, systematic study of Scripture to discover the original intended meaning.