Genesis

30 When Rachel see say e no born any pikin for Jacob, e start to jealous im sister and start to tell Jacob say: “Give me children or I go die.” 2 So, Jacob really vex for Rachel and e talk say: “I be God wey make you no fit get children?” 3 So Rachel talk say: “See my slave girl Bil′hah. Make you sleep with-am so that e go fit born children for me* and I go fit get children too because of-am.” 4 So e give-am im servant wey im name na Bil′hah as wife, and Jacob sleep with-am. 5 Bil′hah get belle, and as time de go, e born one boy for Jacob. 6 Then Rachel talk say: “God don be my judge, and e don listen to my voice too, so e give me one son.” Na because of this one Rachel call-am Dan.* 7 Bil′hah wey be Rachel servant get belle again, and after some time, e born second boy for Jacob. 8 Then Rachel talk say: “I don really fight with my sister no be small, and I still don win-am!” So e call the pikin Naph′ta·li.*

9 When Le′ah see say e don stop to born children, e take im servant girl Zil′pah and give-am to Jacob as wife. 10 And Zil′pah wey be servant of Le′ah born boy for Jacob. 11 Then Le′ah talk say: “Things don better for me!” So e call-am Gad.* 12 After that one, Zil′pah wey be servant of Le′ah born second boy for Jacob. 13 Then Le′ah talk say: “I don happy no be small! Now the women go surely talk say I happy.” So e call the pikin Ash′er.*

14 Now Reu′ben de waka for the time when them de harvest wheat, and e see mandrake fruits for farm. So e bring-am come give im mama Le′ah. Then Rachel tell Le′ah say: “Abeg, give me some of your pikin mandrake fruits.”* 15 With this one, Le′ah tell-am say: “My husband wey you collect no reach you? So now you want still collect my pikin mandrake fruits too?” So Rachel talk say: “No problem. E go sleep with you this night if you give me your pikin mandrake fruits.”

16 When Jacob de come back from bush for evening, Le′ah go meet-am and talk say: “Na me you go sleep with because I don surely pay for-am with my pikin mandrake fruits.” So Jacob sleep with-am that night. 17 And God hear and answer Le′ah, and e get belle. As time de go, e born the fifth boy for Jacob. 18 Then Le′ah talk say: “God don pay me because I don give my servant to my husband.” So e call the pikin Is′sa·char.* 19 Le′ah get belle again, and after some time, e born the sixth son for Jacob. 20 Then Le′ah talk say: “God don give me gift. True-true, e give me better gift. At last, my husband go manage me, because I don born six sons for-am.” So e call-am Zeb′u·lun.* 21 After, e born one girl and call-am Di′nah.

22 At last, God remember Rachel, and God hear and answer-am as e make-am to fit get belle.* 23 And e get belle and born one boy. Then e talk say: “God don comot my shame!” 24 So e call-am Joseph,* and talk say: “Now Jehovah de add another son to me.”

25 After Rachel born Joseph, quick-quick, Jacob tell La′ban say: “Allow me make I go, so that I fit go my place and my land. 26 Allow me take my wives and my children so that I fit go. Na because of them I work for you, and you really know say I don work hard for you.” 27 Then La′ban tell-am say: “If I don do wetin sweet you,* abeg, stay with me. I don see signs* wey make me know say Jehovah de bless me because of you.” 28 And e still talk say: “Tell me wetin I go use pay you, and I go pay you.” 29 So Jacob tell-am say: “You know how I don work for you, and how your animals don do well for my hand. 30 Before I come, na small things you get, but now your animals don increase and plenty, and Jehovah don bless you since I come. So which time I go do something for my own family?”

31 Then e talk say: “Wetin I go give you?” And Jacob answer say: “No give me anything at all, I go continue to care for your animals and protect them if you do this one thing for me. 32 I go check all your animals today. Make you separate all the sheep wey get small-small dots and wey get color marks, and separate all the sheep wey get dark brown color from among the young rams. And still separate anyone wey get color marks and small-small dots from among the female goats. From now, na this ones you go use pay me. 33 And one day when you go come check wetin you use pay me, you go see say I no cheat you.* Any animal wey no get small-small dots, and wey no get color marks among the female goats, and wey no get dark brown color among the young rams, if e dey with me make you take-am say na thief I thief-am.”

34 So La′ban talk say: “That one good. Make e be as you don talk-am.” 35 Then that day, e separate the male goats wey get long-long lines and color marks for their body, and all the female goats wey get small-small dots and color marks for their body, any one wey get any white color, and any one wey get dark brown color among the young rams, and e give them to im sons to care for them. 36 After that one, e separate im animals from Jacob and put them for place wey person fit use three days travel reach, and Jacob care for the animals of La′ban wey remain.

37 So Jacob take sticks wey e just cut from storax tree, almond tree and plane tree, and e peel them so that white-white dots go show for the sticks. 38 Then e put the sticks wey e don peel for front of the animals for the place wey them de put water for animals, where the animals de come drink water, so that them fit dey ready to sleep with each other for front of the sticks when them come drink water.

39 So the animals go dey ready to sleep with each other for front of the sticks and the animals go born pikin wey get lines, small-small dots, and color marks for their body. 40 Then Jacob separate the young rams and turn the animals to face the ones wey get lines, and all the ones wey get dark brown color among La′ban animals. Then e separate im own animals, and e no mix them with La′ban animals. 41 And anytime wey the animals wey strong for body dey ready to sleep with each other, Jacob go put the sticks for inside the place wey them de put water for the animals, for front of the animals, for where their eyes go see the sticks, and them fit dey ready to sleep with each other near the sticks. 42 But when the animals dey weak, e no go put the sticks for there. So the weak ones go always be for La′ban, but the ones wey strong go be for Jacob.

43 And the man start to really dey rich no be small, and e get plenty animals and man and woman servants and camels and donkeys.