Genesis 35:1-29 talk about how God tell Jacob to go Bethel, build altar, and how Isaac bless Jacob and Esau before he die.
1 God tell Jacob, “Make you go Bethel, go stay there, and build altar for me, di same God wey show himself to you when you run from your brother Esau.”
2 So Jacob tell him household and all di people wey dey with am, “Make una throw away all di foreign gods wey una get, purify una self, and change una cloth.”
3 “Make we go Bethel, I go build altar for God wey answer me when I dey trouble and follow me everywhere wey I go.”
4 So dem give Jacob all di foreign gods and di earrings wey dem get, and Jacob bury dem under di oak tree wey dey near Shechem.
Jacob Go Bethel
5 As dem dey travel, God put fear for di people wey dey di surrounding towns, so nobody pursue Jacob and him family.
6 Jacob and all di people wey dey with am reach Luz (Bethel) for Canaan.
7 There, Jacob build altar and call di place El-Bethel (God of Bethel), because na for there God appear to am when he run from him brother.
8 Deborah, wey be Rebekah maid, die, dem bury am under di oak tree near Bethel, and dem call di place Allon-Bacuth (Tree of Weeping).
God Bless Jacob Again
9 When Jacob return from Paddan-Aram, God appear to am again and bless am.
10 God tell am, “Your name na Jacob, but from today, you go answer Israel.”
11 God continue, “I be God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A whole nation and kings go come from you.”
12 “Di land wey I give Abraham and Isaac, I go give am to you and your descendants.”
13 Then God leave am.
14 So Jacob set up one stone pillar for di place where God talk to am, pour wine and oil on top di pillar.
15 Jacob call di place Bethel, because na there God talk to am.
Rachel Die for Childbirth
16 Dem waka comot from Bethel, but as dem near Ephrath (Bethlehem), Rachel labour start, di pain strong well well.
17 As she dey die, di midwife tell am, “No fear, you don born another son.”
18 As Rachel dey take her last breath, she call di pikin Ben-Oni (Son of My Sorrow), but Jacob change di name to Benjamin (Son of My Right Hand).
19 Rachel die, dem bury am for di road to Ephrath (Bethlehem).
20 Jacob set up one pillar for her grave, di pillar still dey there today.
21 After dat, Israel (Jacob) move again, go stay beyond Migdal-Eder.
Reuben Do Bad Thing
22 One time, when Israel (Jacob) dey stay for dat area, Reuben go sleep with Bilhah, wey be him papa concubine, and Jacob hear about am.
Jacob Twelve Sons
23 Leah children: Reuben (firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun.
24 Rachel children: Joseph and Benjamin.
25 Bilhah (Rachel maid) children: Dan and Naphtali.
26 Zilpah (Leah maid) children: Gad and Asher.
Dis na di twelve sons of Jacob wey born for Paddan-Aram.
Isaac Die
27 Finally, Jacob go meet him papa Isaac for Mamre, near Kiriath-Arba (Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac stay before.
28 Isaac live reach 180 years.
29 He die peacefully, dem bury am, and him sons Esau and Jacob bury am together.
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