STORY 14
One Slave Who Wen Lissen To God
Joseph wuz one of Jacob’s younga boys. His olda braddahs could tell dat Joseph wuz dea faddah’s favorite. How you tink dat wen make dem feel? Dey wen come jealous an wen hate Joseph. Joseph had some weird dreams an he wen tell his braddahs about dem. Dey had tink da dreams wen mean dat one day dey wuz goin bow down to him. Now moa dey wen hate him!
One day Joseph’s braddahs wuz taking kea dea sheep by Shechem side. Jacob wen sen Joseph fo check on dem. From far away dey wen spock him an tell each odda: ‘Eh, da big dreama guy stay coming. We go kill um!’ Dey wen grab him an put him in one big puka. But his braddah Judah wen tell: ‘No kill him! We go sell him fo be one slave.’ Dey wen sell Joseph fo 20 piece silva to da Ishmael guys who wuz goin Egypt.
Den dey wen kill one goat, put da blood on top Joseph’s robe an sen um to dea faddah. Dey wen tell: ‘Dis yoa boy’s robe, ahh?’ So Jacob wen tink one wild animal wen kill Joseph. His heart wuz so soa. Nobody could make him feel betta.
In Egypt, dey wen sell Joseph az one slave to Potifar, one importan guy who work fo Pharoah. But Jehovah wuz wit Joseph. Potifar wen see dat Joseph wuz one good worka an dat he could trus him. Neva take long fo Potifar put Joseph in charge of all his stuff.
Potifar’s wife wen see dat Joseph wuz good looking an strong. Eryday she would ask Joseph fo sleep wit her. Wat Joseph goin do? He neva like an wen tell: ‘No way! Dis wrong. Cuz my boss trus me wit eryting, an you his wife. If I sleep wit you, I goin go agains God!’
Had one time Potifar’s wife wen grab Joseph’s shirt an tell him we go lay down togedda now. But he wen run away. Wen Potifar wen come home, she tell dat Joseph wen attack her. She wuz lying. Potifar wuz supa mad, an he wen sen Joseph to jail. But Jehovah neva foget about Joseph.
“So den erybody, tink bout da powa God get an no get big head. Den bumbye, wen God like, he goin show dat you guys stay importan.”—1 From Peter 5:6