Genesis 37:1-36 talk about how Joseph brothers plan to kill him out of jealousy but end up selling him to di Ishmaelites.
1. Jacob dey live for di same land wey him papa Isaac dey stay before, for Canaan.
2. Dis na di generations of Jacob. Joseph, wey be seventeen years old, dey help him brothers dey take care of di sheep. But di bad things wey dem dey do, he go tell dia papa.
3. Jacob love Joseph pass all him other pikin dem, because na him born am when he don old. Because of dis love, he sew one fine coat for Joseph wey get many colors.
4. When him brothers see say dia papa love am pass dem, dem come vex for am, and dem no fit talk to am well again.
5. One day, Joseph get one dream, and as he tell him brothers, dem come hate am more.
6. He say, "Make una hear dis dream wey I get:
7. As we dey tie bundle of wheat for farm, my own bundle stand, and una own bundle dem bow for me."
8. Him brothers vex, ask am: "You wan be king over us? You wan rule us?" From dat day, dem hate am more because of him dream and wetin he talk.
9. Joseph come get anoda dream, and he tell him brothers: "I see sun, moon, and eleven stars bow for me!"
10. When he tell him papa and him brothers, him papa rebuke am: "You mean say me, your mama, and your brothers go bow for you?"
11. Him brothers come dey jealous am, but him papa dey reason di matter for him mind.
12. One day, him brothers go feed dia papa sheep for Shechem.
13. Jacob tell Joseph: "Go check how your brothers and di sheep dey."
14. Joseph come leave Hebron, dey go Shechem.
15. As he reach di place, one man see am dey waka up and down, come ask am: "You dey find who?"
16. Joseph say: "I dey find my brothers. You see dem?"
17. Di man tell am say dem don go Dothan. So Joseph waka go meet dem for dia.
18. As him brothers see am from far, before he reach dem, dem don plan to kill am.
19. Dem say: "See di dreamer dey come.
20. Make we kill am, troway am inside one pit, then tell papa say wild animal chop am."
21. But Reuben hear di plan and stop dem, say: "Make we no kill am,
22. just troway am inside one dry pit, but no put hand for am." Reuben plan to come back later to save am.
23. As Joseph reach dia place, dem pull di fine coat wey him papa give am,
24. carry am troway for inside one dry pit.
25. As dem sit down dey chop, dem see one group of Ishmaelite traders wey dey go Egypt.
26. Judah come say: "If we kill Joseph, wetin we go gain?
27. Make we sell am give di Ishmaelites, but make we no kill am, because na our brother he be." So dem agree.
28. When di Midianite traders pass, dem pull Joseph from di pit, sell am for twenty pieces of silver, and di Ishmaelites carry am go Egypt.
29. When Reuben return check di pit, Joseph no dey dia again, he come tear him cloth.
30. He go meet him brothers say: "Di pikin no dey again! Wetin I go do now?"
31. Dem take Joseph coat, kill one goat, rub di blood for di coat.
32. Dem carry di coat go give dia papa say: "See di cloth we find. Check if na your pikin own."
33. Jacob check am, come cry: "Na my pikin coat be dis! Wild animal don chop am!"
34. He tear him cloth, wear sackcloth, and cry for Joseph for many days.
35. All him pikin dem try console am, but he no gree, he say: "I go cry enter grave because of my pikin."
36. Meanwhile, di Midianites sell Joseph for Egypt give Potiphar, wey be Pharaoh chief officer and captain of di guard.
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