Genesis

37 Jacob continue to live for the land of Ca′naan, where im papa don stay as stranger.

2 This one na the story about Jacob.

When Joseph dey 17 years, the young man de care for the sheep with the sons of Bil′hah and the sons of Zil′pah, im papa wives. So Joseph come back and tell their papa bad report about them. 3 Now Israel love Joseph pass all im other sons because na the son wey e born when e don old, and e sew one special cloth* for-am. 4 When im brothers see say their papa love-am pass all im brothers, them start to hate-am, and them no de talk to-am for kind way.

5 After, Joseph dream and tell im brothers about-am, and them see more reason to hate-am. 6 E tell them say: “Abeg make una listen to this dream wey I dream. 7 We de tie our bundles of grain together for the middle of the farm when my bundle of grain get up and stand straight and una own surround my own and bow down for-am.” 8 Im brothers tell-am say: “You de tell us say you go make yourself king and rule us?” So them see another reason to hate-am, because of im dreams and wetin e talk.

9 After that one, e still dream another dream, and e tell im brothers about-am say: “I dream another dream. This time, the sun and the moon and 11 stars de bow down for me.” 10 Then e tell im papa and im brothers about-am, and im papa correct-am and tell-am say: “Wetin be the meaning of this your dream? So me, your mama and your brothers go really come and bow down for you?” 11 And im brothers start to jealous-am, but im papa keep wetin e talk for mind.

12 Now im brothers carry their papa sheep go give them food near She′chem. 13 After, Israel tell Joseph say: “Your brothers de care for the sheep near She′chem, no be so? Come, make I send you go meet them.” So e tell-am say: “I dey ready!” 14 So e tell-am say: “Abeg, go, make you check whether your brothers dey well. Make you check how the sheep dey, and come back come tell me.” So e send-am go from the lowland* of Heb′ron, and e start to go where She′chem dey. 15 After, one man see-am as e de waka up and down for bush. The man ask-am say: “Wetin you de find?” 16 So e answer say: “I de find my brothers. Abeg tell me, where them dey, de care for animals?” 17 The man continue to talk say: “Them don comot from here, because I hear them de talk say, ‘Make we go Do′than.’” So Joseph go find im brothers and see them for Do′than.

18 Now them see-am from far, and before e reach where them dey, them start to plan against-am how them go kill-am. 19 So them tell each other say: “See! That boy wey de dream up and down de come. 20 Make una come now, make we kill-am and throw-am inside one of the waterpits and we go talk say na one wicked bush animal kill-am. Then make we see wetin go happen to im dreams.” 21 When Reu′ben hear this one, e try to save-am from their hand. So e talk say: “Make we no kill-am.” 22 Reu′ben tell them say: “Make una no kill-am.* Throw-am inside this waterpit for wilderness. Make una no do-am bad thing.” E be plan to save-am so that e go go give-am back to im papa.

23 As Joseph just come reach where im brothers dey, them remove im cloth, the special cloth wey e wear. 24 And them hold-am and throw-am inside the waterpit. That time the pit dey empty, water no dey inside.

25 Then them sitdown to chop. When them look up, them see group of Ish′ma·el people wey de come from Gil′e·ad. Their camels carry labdanum gum, balsam, and back of tree,* and them dey road de go down to Egypt. 26 So Judah tell im brothers say: “Wetin we go gain if we kill our brother and cover im blood? 27 Now, make una come, make we sell-am to Ish′ma·el people, make e no be say na our hand something happen to-am. Na our brother e still be, na our flesh.” So them listen to their brother. 28 And when the Midʹi·an business people de pass, them carry Joseph comot from inside the waterpit, and sell-am to Ish′ma·el people for 20 pieces of silver. Then this men take Joseph go Egypt.

29 After, when Reu′ben come back to where the waterpit dey and see say Joseph no dey inside the waterpit, e tear im cloths. 30 When e come back to im brothers, e shout say: “The pikin no dey there again! Wetin I go do now?”

31 So them take Joseph cloth and kill male goat, and put the cloth inside the blood. 32 After that one, them send the special cloth to their papa and talk say: “See wetin we see, abeg check-am whether na your pikin cloth or no be im own.” 33 Then e check-am and shout say: “Na my son cloth! One wicked bush animal go don chop-am! E go don surely tear Joseph and pieces-am!” 34 So Jacob tear im cloths and wear sackcloth around im waist and mourn im son for plenty days. 35 And all im sons and all im daughters continue de try make them comfort-am, but e no gree make them comfort-am, and e de talk say: “I go enter Grave* de mourn my son!” And im papa continue to cry for-am.

36 The Midʹi·an people sell-am to Pot′i·phar for Egypt. Pot′i·phar na person wey get high position for Phar′aoh palace, and na im be the oga of the guards.