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Genesis 37

Jacob’s Boys

Jacob hed twall bairns – aa boys. Jacob wis maist taen up wi Joseph. Tae his fedder da boy cood dö nae wrang. He even med him a boannie cot da lik o whit you hed nivir clappit your een on. Joseph wis aye foo o himsel an telt his bridders dat compared wi him dey wirna muckle wirt. Ee day, an scunnered wi Joseph, da bridders took a yock o him an pat him in a greff. Some wanted ta pit an end tae him dere an dan bit ee bridder said dat things shoodna geng dat far.

Whan dey wir winderin whit ta dö wi Joseph, some traders cam by so dey selt dir bridder as a slave an dan dey med on dat he hed been killed be a wild baest. Jacob’s haert wis brokken. Joseph wis dan selt tae an important body in Egypt.

Years later whan Joseph becam an important body himsel, his faimily cam ta bide wi him in Egypt ta git awa fae a black fantation. In Egypt things gied richt fir dem an dey hed nae want. Dir bairns becam weel-kent tae, an wir aye weel-aff.