LESON 12
Jacob Kasem Raet blo Firstborn
Isaac hem 40 years old taem hem maritim Rebekah. Hem lovem tumas Rebekah. Gogo, tufala garem twin boy.
Firstborn nem blo hem Esau, and second born nem blo hem, Jacob. Esau hem man wea laek for raraon lo bush, and hem savve tumas hao for huntim olketa animal. Bat Jacob hem man wea laek for stap lo haos.
Lo datfala taem, firstborn son nao savve kasem big part lo land and selen taem dadi blo hem dae. Olketa kolem datwan hem raet or inheritance. Lo famili blo Isaac, datfala promis wea Jehovah talem for Abraham hem insaed tu lo datfala inheritance. Esau nating kea nomoa abaotem olketa promis hia, bat Jacob savve olketa promis hia hem important tumas.
Wanday Esau kam bak afta hem go hunting for full day and hem taed tumas. Hem smelem naes supsup wea Jacob kukim and hem sei: ‘Mi hangere nogud! Givim mi lelebet red supsup!’ Jacob sei: ‘Bae mi duim, bat iu mas salem lo mi firstaem, raet blo iu olsem firstborn.’ Esau sei: ‘Mi no kea abaotem raet blo mi olsem firstborn! Iu tekem for iu. Kaikai nao mi laekem.’ Iu tingse hem wise for Esau duim datwan? Nomoa. Esau givim raet blo hem olsem firstborn, just for wanfala pleit supsup nomoa.
Taem Isaac hem olo fogud, hem taem nao for hem givim blessing lo firstborn son blo hem. Bat Rebekah helpem Jacob for tekem datfala blessing. Taem Esau savve lo datwan, hem kros fogud and plan for killim dae twin brata blo hem. Isaac and Rebekah laek for protectim Jacob, so tufala talem hem: ‘Go and stap witim brata blo mami blo iu, Laban, go kasem taem kros blo Esau hem kat daon.’ Jacob followim advaes blo parents blo hem and ranawe.
“Wanem gud samting nao man bae kasem sapos hem garem evri samting lo disfala world and hem lusim laef blo hem? Wat nao man savve givim for sevem laef blo hem?”—Mark 8:36, 37