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Genesis 25, 27

Da Twa Bridders

Da twa boys cam inta dis wirld tagidder bit dey wirna lik wan anidder. Hit wis nae budder ta tell dem apart. Whan dey wir owlder da first ean, Esau, likit ta hunt fir animals, bit Jacob joost bed hame aboot. Ta mak things war, da fedder, Isaac, med a lok o Esau – an da midder, Rebekah, took in fir Jacob.

Ee day Jacob wis makkin maet whan Esau cam hame efter bein oot huntin. Esau wis fantin an aksed ta git his maet richt awa. Jacob saa dat his bridder wis in a pör wye, so he said, ‘A’ll gie dee maet if du’ll lat me hae whit richtly belangs ta da owldest i da faimily.’ Esau wis dat desperate dat he wid’ve dön onything ta git maet. So he agreed. Jacob dan led him up a grain o maet.

A start later Isaac’s haelt wis failin an ee day he wanted ta gie his blissin ta Esau, his favourite. Bit Rebekah got wird o dis an whan Esau set aff ta hunt dat day, shö set aboot wi her plan. Shö got Jacob ta trig himsel up ta mak on dat he wis his bridder. Dan shö sent him inta Isaac wi maet. Isaac wis gittin aafil blinnd bit he towt dat da voice he heard wis Jacob’s. Bit Jacob wis dat med up lik his bridder dat he wis able ta pass himsel aff as Esau.

So da fedder gied Jacob his blissin. Rebekah an Jacob wir plaesed wi whit dey hed dön. Dan Esau cam hame an da truth cam oot. Bit whit wis dön coodna be altered.

Later Jacob fan oot fir himsel whit it wis lik ta be deceived. He wis aafil taen wi a lass caad Rachel an her fedder said dat he cood mairry his dochter if he wrocht tae him fir seeven years. Bit seeven years later da promised dochter turned oot ta be Leah. So Jacob hed ta wirk fir anidder seeven years ta mairry Rachel.