Genesis 49 Pidgin: Jacob gather him twelve sons bless dem one by one, talk wetin go happen to each of dem before he die.
📖 Genesis 49:1–33 in Pidgin English
1. Jacob call all him pikin and say, “Make all of una gather, make I tell una wetin go happen to una in the future.”
2. “Gather round and listen, oh sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your papa.”
3. Reuben, you be my first born, my strength, di one wey start my power as papa—you suppose get dignity and strength.
4. But you no stable like water, you no go lead again. Because you climb your papa bed and sleep with my concubine. You disgrace me.
5. Simeon and Levi—una na brothers. Violence dey their hand.
6. My soul no go join with their plans. My heart no go join their gathering. Because in anger dem kill people and cripple animals for fun.
7. May their anger be cursed, because e dey fierce. I go scatter dem for Israel, divide dem inside di land.
8. Judah, your brothers go praise you. Your hand go dey your enemy neck. Your papa children go bow before you.
9. Judah be lion cub. You rise from kill like lion. Who fit make lion fear?
10. Di king staff no go comot from Judah hand, or ruler staff from him descendants, until Shiloh come, and people go obey am.
11. He go tie him donkey for vine and him donkey baby for fine vine. He go wash cloth with wine and robe with red wine.
12. Him eye red from wine, and teeth white from milk.
13. Zebulun go live close to sea, him border go reach Sidon.
14. Issachar na strong donkey wey lie down between two loads.
15. He see rest sweet and land good, but he bow neck carry load like slave.
16. Dan go judge him people like one tribe of Israel.
17. Dan go be snake for road, serpent wey bite horse leg make rider fall back.
18. (Jacob talk) “Oh Lord, I dey wait for your salvation.”
19. Gad people go face attack, but dem go fight back and win.
20. Asher food go sweet well, he go supply king food.
21. Naphtali na free deer wey talk sweet word.
22. Joseph na fruitful tree wey grow near stream, him branches reach wall.
23. Enemies attack am, shoot arrow, and fight am.
24. But him bow strong, him hand steady because of God of Jacob—di Shepherd, di Rock of Israel.
25. From your father God wey go help you, from Almighty wey go bless you—blessing of heaven, blessing of deep water, blessing of breast and womb.
26. Di blessing from your papa pass your ancestors own, like everlasting hills. These blessings go rest on Joseph head, di one wey separate from him brothers.
27. Benjamin na hungry wolf—morning he go devour prey, evening he go share spoil.
28. These be twelve tribes of Israel. Jacob talk these blessing give each of him sons according to their own blessing.
29. Then Jacob command dem say, “When I die, bury me with my fathers for di cave wey dey field of Ephron di Hittite.
30. Na di cave wey dey Machpelah, near Mamre for Canaan, wey Abraham buy as burial ground.
31. Dem bury Abraham and Sarah there, Isaac and Rebekah, and I bury Leah there too.”
32. Di field and cave na property wey dem buy from Hittites.
33. When Jacob finish to talk to him sons, he lie down for bed, breathe last, and join him people.
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