STORY 13
Jacob An Esau Wen Make Peace
Jehovah wen promise he goin keep Jacob safe, jalike he wen proteck Abraham an Isaac. Jacob move to one place called Haran. He get married ova dea, raise one big family, an come real rich.
One day Jehovah wen tell Jacob: ‘Go back to da land you wen grow up.’ So Jacob an his ohana wen start da long trip back. On da way, some peopo wen tell him: ‘Eh, yoa braddah Esau coming, an he get 400 guys wit him!’ Jacob wuz sked cuz he wen tink Esau wanted fo buss up him an his ohana. So he wen ask Jehovah: ‘No let my braddah hurt me!’ Da nex day Jacob wen send Esau one present. He wen send plenny sheeps, goats, cows, camels, an donkeys.
Layta dat nite wen Jacob wuz all by himself, he had see one angel! Him an da angel had wresso wit each odda, all da way til da sun wen start fo come up. Jacob neva give up, even if he had get hurt. Da angel tell um: ‘Let me go.’ But Jacob tell da angel: ‘No way I goin let you go, until you make good tings happen to me.’
Right den an dea, da angel tell Jacob da spesho tings God like do fo him. Dass wen Jacob wen know Jehovah no wuz goin let Esau buss him up.
Dat same morning Jacob wen see Esau an his 400 guys coming. Jacob wen go fas in fron his wifes an kids, an put his face on top da groun fo show respeck to his braddah. He wen do dat seven times. Esau wen run to Jacob an give him one big hug. Da two braddahs wen cry togedda an make peace. Da way Jacob wen hando dis, how you tink Jehovah wen feel about um?
Laytas, Esau an Jacob wen go back to dea own house. All togedda Jacob had 12 boys. Dea names wuz Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naftali, Gad, Asher, Issakar, Zebulun, Joseph, an Benjamin. Jehovah had use one of dose boys, Joseph, fo save his peopo. How He wen do dat? We go find out.
“You gotta keep loving da guys who like hurt you an pray fo da guys who make you suffa. If you do dis, you show dat you jalike yoa Faddah in heaven.”—Matthew 5:44, 45, NWT