Genesis 30 Pidgin version: How Jacob get plenty pikin from Rachel, Leah, their maids and use sense take get plenty animals.
📖 Genesis 30:1–43 in Pidgin English
1. When Rachel see say she no fit born pikin for Jacob, she vex and tell Jacob, “Give me pikin or I go die!”
2. Jacob vex back and say, “Na me be God wey no gree you born?”
3. Rachel come say, “Take my maid Bilhah, sleep with am, maybe she go born for me.”
4. So she give Jacob Bilhah to be him second wife.
5. Bilhah born pikin for Jacob.
6. Rachel call the pikin Dan, say, “God don judge my matter and hear me.”
7. Bilhah born again.
8. Rachel name the second one Naphtali, say, “I don fight strong fight with my sister, and I win.”
9. When Leah see say she no dey born again, she give her maid Zilpah to Jacob too.
10. Zilpah born pikin, Leah call am Gad, say, “Better luck don come.”
11. Zilpah born another one, Leah call am Asher, say, “I dey happy, women go praise me.”
14. One day during wheat harvest, Reuben find some mandrake fruits and give Leah.
15. Rachel beg Leah for some. Leah say, “You don carry my husband, now you want my son mandrake?”
16. So Rachel tell Leah, “You go sleep with Jacob tonight if you give me the mandrake.”
17. God hear Leah prayer. She born fifth son, name am Issachar.
19. She born again, name the sixth son Zebulun.
21. After that she born one daughter, name am Dinah.
22. God remember Rachel. She born one son and say, “God don remove my shame.”
24. She name the pikin Joseph, say, “May God give me another one.”
25. After Rachel born Joseph, Jacob tell Laban, “Make I go back home with my family.”
26. “Give me my wives and children, I work for them. I wan go.”
27. Laban beg am, say, “Make you stay. I don see say God dey bless me because of you.”
28. “Name your salary. I go pay.”
29. Jacob remind Laban how well he don work and how God bless Laban because of am.
30. “Before I come, you no get much, but now you get plenty. Now I need to build my own.”
31. Laban say, “Wetin you want?” Jacob say, “Make I dey take care of your sheep again.”
32. “Today, separate every spotted, speckled and black sheep and goat. That one go be my own.”
33. “So anytime you check my own, if you see any wey no match that color, you fit say I thief am.”
34. Laban say, “Okay, I gree.”
35. But that same day, Laban remove all the spotted and black animals, and give them to him sons.
36. He make space between Jacob and those animals, three days journey.
37. Jacob take fresh tree branches, cut design inside, make white part show.
38. He put the branches for front of animals when dem dey drink and mate.
39. When dem mate near the branches, dem born spotted and speckled pikin.
40. Jacob separate the strong animals to himself and leave the weak ones for Laban.
43. Jacob begin get plenty animals, servants, camels and don become very rich.
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