Genesis 47 in Pidgin: Pharaoh welcome Jacob, Joseph settle him family for Goshen, and Egyptians give land and livestock for food.
📖 Genesis 47:1–31 in Pidgin English (Numbered)
1. Joseph go meet Pharaoh and tell am, “My papa and my brothers don come from Canaan with all their sheep, cows and property. Dem dey Goshen now.”
2. Joseph carry five of him brothers go meet Pharaoh.
3. Pharaoh ask dem, “Wetin una dey do?” Dem say, “We be shepherds, just like our papa and grandpapa.”
4. Dem say, “We come Egypt stay small because hunger dey Canaan and grass no dey for animals. Abeg, make we stay Goshen.”
5. Pharaoh tell Joseph, “Your papa and brothers don come.
6. Egypt land dey open for dem. Make dem stay for best place—Goshen. If some sabi take care of animals well, make dem take care of my own animals too.”
7. Joseph carry Jacob, him papa, go meet Pharaoh, and Jacob bless Pharaoh.
8. Pharaoh ask Jacob, “How old you be?”
9. Jacob reply, “I don live 130 years. Na hard and short years, I never reach the age of my ancestors.”
10. Then Jacob bless Pharaoh again and comot.
11. Joseph settle him papa and brothers for Egypt and give dem land for Goshen, di best part of Egypt.
12. He provide food for him papa, brothers, and their families according to the number of children.
13. Food finish for everywhere because hunger strong well. Egypt and Canaan suffer die.
14. Joseph collect all di money wey people bring buy grain and put am for Pharaoh house.
15. When money finish for Egypt and Canaan, di people come Joseph say, “Give us food. We no want die. We no get money again.”
16. Joseph say, “Bring una animals. I go give una food in exchange.”
17. So dem bring horses, sheep, goats, cows, donkeys, and Joseph give dem food for one full year.
18. Di next year, dem come back and say, “We no get money or animals again. All we get now na land and our body.
19. Buy us and our land make we live. We go be Pharaoh slaves. Give us seed to plant so land no go spoil.”
20. So Joseph buy all di land for Pharaoh. Di whole Egypt land become Pharaoh own because everybody sell dem land.
21. Joseph move di people into towns all over Egypt.
22. Only di priests no sell dem land because Pharaoh dey give dem food.
23. Joseph tell di people, “I don buy una and una land for Pharaoh. Take seed, plant for di land.
24. When harvest come, give Pharaoh one-fifth (20%) and keep di rest for food and seed.”
25. Dem thank Joseph and say, “You save our life. We go serve Pharaoh gladly.”
26. Joseph put law for Egypt say: one-fifth of harvest go to Pharaoh. Only di priests land no be Pharaoh own.
27. So Israel (Jacob) and him family settle for Goshen, get land, multiply and grow.
28. Jacob live for Egypt for 17 years. He die at 147 years.
29. When e time reach for Jacob to die, he call Joseph say, “If you love me, put your hand under my thigh and promise me say you no go bury me for Egypt.
30. Carry my body go bury me for where my papa dem dey rest.” Joseph say, “I go do as you talk.”
31. Jacob say, “Swear to me.” Joseph swear, and Jacob bow in worship on top him staff.
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