Genesis 47:1-31 talk about how Joseph help his father and brothers by bringing them to Pharaoh, securing land for them during famine.
1. Joseph go tell Pharaoh say, "My papa and my brothers don come from Canaan. Dem carry dem flocks, cattle, and all dem property. Right now, dem dey Goshen."
2. Joseph carry five of e brothers go meet Pharaoh.
3. Pharaoh ask dem, "Wetin be una work?" Dem answer, "We be shepherds, just like our papa dem."
4. Dem talk again say, "We come this land because hunger dey Canaan, and grass no dey for our animals. We wan beg you, make we stay for Goshen."
5. Pharaoh tell Joseph, "Your papa and your brothers don come meet you.
6. Egypt dey your hand. Give dem di best land for Goshen, and if you see any of dem wey sabi work well, make dem take care of my cattle."
7. Joseph carry e papa, Jacob, go meet Pharaoh. Jacob bless Pharaoh.
8. Pharaoh ask Jacob, "How many years you don dey this world?"
9. Jacob answer, "I don waka 130 years. My life never reach di years of my papa dem, but na suffer and struggle full am."
10. Jacob bless Pharaoh again, then comot from e front.
11. Joseph settle e papa and brothers for di best part of Egypt—Goshen—just as Pharaoh talk.
12. E give dem food, according to di number of dem family.
13. Hunger come strong well-well for di land. No food for anywhere, both Egypt and Canaan people dey suffer.
14. Joseph gather all di money for Egypt and Canaan as people dey buy food. E carry di money go Pharaoh palace.
15. When di money finish, di people come meet Joseph say, "Give us food. We no wan die because money don finish."
16. Joseph tell dem, "Bring una cattle, I go give una food in exchange for una animals."
17. So dem bring dem horses, sheep, goats, cows, and donkeys. Joseph give dem food for di whole year in exchange for dem animals.
18. Di next year, dem come back say, "Oga, we no get money or animals again, na only we and our land remain.
19. No let we and our land die because of hunger. Buy us and our land for Pharaoh, and give us food. Make we be Pharaoh servants, and make Pharaoh own di land. Just give us seed so we go fit plant and survive."
20. So Joseph buy all di land for Pharaoh. Egyptians sell dem land because hunger too much.
21. Joseph make di people servants all over Egypt.
22. But e no buy di land of di priests, because Pharaoh don give dem food.
23. Joseph tell di people, "Today, I don buy una and una land for Pharaoh. Take seed, plant for di land.
24. When di harvest come, give Pharaoh one-fifth, keep di remaining four-fifth for una, una family, and una pikin dem."
25. Di people tell Joseph, "You don save our life. We go serve Pharaoh forever."
26. Na so Joseph make law say, one-fifth of all harvest for Egypt go belong to Pharaoh. Na only di priests land no follow.
27. Israel people come settle for Goshen, dem get land, dem come multiply well-well.
28. Jacob live for Egypt 17 years, and e die when e don reach 147 years.
29. When e near die, e call Joseph say, "Swear say you go put your hand under my thigh and show me kindness. No bury me for Egypt.
30. Carry me go Canaan, bury me for di burial ground of my papa dem." Joseph answer, "I go do as you don talk."
31. Jacob say, "Swear to me." Joseph swear, and Jacob bow down on top e walking stick.
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