Genesis

29 After that one, Jacob continue im journey and start to travel go the land of people wey dey the East. 2 Now e see one well for the land and three groups of sheep lie down near the well, because them de normally give them water from that well. One big stone cover the well. 3 When all the groups of animals don gather for there, them push the stone comot from the well, and them give the animals water. After that one, them push the stone back to cover the well.

4 So Jacob ask them say: “My brothers, which place una come from?” Them answer say: “We come from Ha′ran.” 5 E ask them say: “Una know La′ban the grandson of Na′hor?” Them answer say: “We know-am.” 6 Then e ask them say: “E dey fine?” Them answer say: “E dey fine. And see im daughter Rachel de come with sheep!” 7 Then e talk say: “Sun still de shine,* time never reach to gather the sheep. Give the sheep water, and then, go give them food.” 8 So them talk say: “Them no de allow us do that one, until we gather all the animals and push the stone comot from the well. Then we go give the sheep water.”

9 As e still de talk with them, Rachel bring the sheep of im papa, because Rachel na woman shepherd. 10 When Jacob see Rachel the daughter of La′ban wey be im mama brother, and the sheep of La′ban, quick-quick Jacob go there and push the stone wey cover the well, and e give water to the sheep of La′ban im mama brother. 11 Then Jacob kiss Rachel and shout with loud voice and start to cry. 12 And Jacob start to tell Rachel say e be im papa family person,* and say e be the son of Re·bek′ah. And Rachel run comot go tell im papa.

13 As La′ban just hear about Jacob the son of im sister, e run go meet-am, e embrace-am, kiss-am, and bring-am come inside im house. And e start to tell La′ban all the things wey happen. 14 La′ban tell-am say: “True-true, you be my family member.”* So e stay with-am for one full month.

15 So La′ban tell Jacob say: “Just because you be my family person,* e mean say you go work for me for nothing? Tell me, wetin I go pay you?” 16 Now La′ban get two daughters. The name of the senior one na Le′ah, and the name of the junior one na Rachel. 17 Le′ah no be woman wey fine for face,* but Rachel really dey fine for body and for face. 18 Jacob don love Rachel, so e talk say: “I dey ready to work for you for seven years for your junior daughter Rachel.” 19 So La′ban talk say: “E go better make I give-am to you to marry, instead of me to give-am to another man. Continue to stay with me.” 20 So Jacob work seven years to get Rachel, but for im eye, them just be like some days because of the love wey e get for Rachel.

21 Then Jacob tell La′ban say: “Give me my wife because my days don complete, and make I sleep with-am.” 22 With that one, La′ban gather all the people* wey de live for the area and do party. 23 But for evening, e decide to take im daughter Le′ah and bring-am to Jacob so that e fit sleep with-am. 24 La′ban still give im woman servant wey im name na Zil′pah to im daughter Le′ah as servant. 25 For morning, Jacob see say na Le′ah! So e tell La′ban say: “Wetin you don do me? No be because of Rachel I work for you? Why you deceive me?” 26 Then La′ban talk say: “E no dey our tradition for here make the junior one marry before the firstborn. 27 Make you celebrate the week of this woman, after, I go still give you this other woman, and you go work for me for another seven years.” 28 Jacob do like that and celebrate the week of this woman, then after, La′ban give-am im daughter Rachel as wife. 29 Apart from that one, La′ban give im woman servant wey im name na Bil′hah to im daughter Rachel as im servant.

30 Then Jacob sleep with Rachel too, and e love Rachel pass Le′ah, and e work for La′ban for another seven years. 31 When Jehovah see say Jacob no love Le′ah,* e come make-am get belle,* but Rachel no fit born. 32 So Le′ah get belle and born one boy, and call-am Reu′ben,* because e talk say: “Na because Jehovah don see my suffer, because now my husband go start to love me.” 33 And e get belle again, and born one boy, then e talk say: “Na because Jehovah don hear me, as e be say them no love me, so e still give me this pikin.” Then e call-am Sim′e·on.* 34 So e get belle again, and born one boy and then talk say: “This time my husband go near me now, because I don born three boys for-am.” So, e call-am Le′vi.* 35 And e get belle again, and born one boy. Then e talk say: “This time, I go praise Jehovah.” So e call-am Judah.* After that one, e stop to born.