STORY 12
Jacob Get Da Right Fo Inherit
Isaac wuz 40 year ol wen he wen marry Rebecca. He love her plenny. Bumbye, dey had twin boys.
Da olda boy name Esau, da younga one Jacob. Esau wuz one good hunta, he love fo be outside. But Jacob, he like fo stay home.
Back den, da oldes boy get mos of da land an money wen da faddah mahke. Dey wen call dat da right fo inherit. Fo Isaac’s ohana, paht of dose rights wuz fo have one paht in da promises Jehovah wen make to Abraham. Esau neva kea about dose promises, but Jacob wen know dey wuz real importan.
One day Esau come home from hunting, real tired an hungry. He smell da good food Jacob stay cooking an he tell: ‘Eh braddah, give me some of dat red stew fo grind, cuz I real hungry!’ Jacob tell, “Shoots. But firs, you gotta sell me yoa right fo get oua faddah stuffs.’ Esau tell: ‘I no kea about my right fo inherit! You can have um. I jus like eat already.’ You tink dat wuz one smart ting Esau wen do? No ways! Esau wen give away someting dat wuz wort plenny, jus fo one bowl of stew.
Wen Isaac wuz real ol, da time wen come fo bless his oldes boy. But Rebecca wen help Jacob, da younga boy, fo get bless. Wen Esau find out, he wuz supa mad an plan fo kill his braddah. Isaac an Rebecca wanted fo keep Jacob safe, so dey tell him: ‘Go stay wit yoa unko Laban fo now, until yoa braddah calm down.’ Jacob lissen to wat his parents tell an he run fo his life.
“Poho dis: one guy get eryting inside dis world, but he lose his life. You figga you rich enuff fo buy back yoa life, o wat?”—Mark 8:36, 37, NWT