Genesis 27 in Pidgin: How Jacob trick him papa Isaac take Esau blessing, Rebekah help am, and Esau vex say him go kill am.
📖 Genesis 27:1–46 in Pidgin English
1. When Isaac don old and him eye don blind, he call him first born son Esau say, "My son!"
2. Esau answer, "Papa, I dey here."
3. Isaac say, "I don old and I no know when I go die.
4. Carry your bow and arrow go bush go hunt meat for me.
5. Make the kind food wey I like, bring am come so I go chop and bless you before I die."
6. Rebekah hear everything wey Isaac tell Esau.
7. When Esau go hunt meat, Rebekah call Jacob say,
8. "Listen, I hear your papa dey plan to bless Esau before he die.
9. Go quick bring two fine goats make I cook the kind food your papa like.
10. Then you go carry am go give your papa to chop, so he go bless you before he die."
11. Jacob tell him mama, "But Esau na hairy man and my body smooth.
12. If papa touch me, he go know say I dey deceive am. Instead of blessing, I go collect curse."
13. Rebekah say, "Make the curse fall on me, just do wetin I tell you."
14. So Jacob go bring the goats, and Rebekah prepare the food the way Isaac like am.
15. She carry Esau best clothes, put am for Jacob.
16. She use goat skin cover Jacob hand and neck wey smooth.
17. She give the food and bread to Jacob.
18. Jacob go meet Isaac say, "My papa!" Isaac answer, "I dey here. Who you be, my son?"
19. Jacob lie say, "Na me Esau your first born. I don do wetin you tell me. Sit down chop the meat make you bless me."
20. Isaac ask, "How you take catch am quick?" Jacob say, "God help me."
21. Isaac say, "Come make I touch you to know if you be Esau."
22. As Isaac touch am, he say, "Voice na Jacob own but hand dey like Esau."
23. Isaac no suspect because the hand get hair like Esau own, so he bless am.
24. Isaac ask again, "Na true say you be Esau?" Jacob say, "Yes."
25. Isaac say, "Bring the food make I chop before I bless you." He chop and drink wine.
26. Then he say, "Come close make I kiss you."
27. When Jacob kiss am, Isaac smell Esau clothes and bless Jacob say: "The smell of my son be like field wey God bless. God go give you dew from heaven, good land and plenty food. Nations go serve you. Your brothers go bow to you. Anybody wey curse you, God go curse am; who bless you, God go bless am."
28. As Isaac finish to bless Jacob and Jacob just waka comot,
29. Esau come back from bush.
30. He prepare food and bring am come give papa say, "Papa, sit down chop make you bless me."
31. Isaac shock ask, "Who you be?"
32. Esau say, "Na me, your first born."
33. Isaac tremble say, "Who then bring me meat I chop and bless already? The person go still carry the blessing!"
34. When Esau hear that, he shout cry loud, "Papa, bless me too!"
35. Isaac say, "Your brother don come trick me and carry your blessing."
36. Esau say, "No be Jacob (meaning trickster) dem call am? He don trick me two times—first, take my birthright, now my blessing."
37. Esau ask, "You no get blessing remain for me?"
38. Isaac answer, "I don make him lord over you, all your brothers go serve am. Wetin remain I go give you?"
39. Esau cry again say, "Papa, just one blessing remain? Bless me too!"
40. Then Isaac say: "You go live where land no rich. No plenty rain from heaven go fall for your side. You go serve your brother, But one day, you go break free from him control."
41. Esau hate Jacob because of the blessing and say to himself, "After papa die, I go kill Jacob."
42. Rebekah hear am and tell Jacob say, "Your brother plan to kill you.
43. Run go my brother Laban place for Haran.
44. Stay there till your brother anger cool down.
45. When everything calm, I go send for you. I no want lose both of una one day."
46. Rebekah tell Isaac, "I dey tired because of these Hittite women. If Jacob marry woman like dem, my life no get meaning again."
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