Genesis 27

27 ¹When Isaac don old, im eyes don dull rich, e no fit see well, e call Esau im first pikin come say, "My pikin." "I dey here," Esau answer.

²Isaac say, "Look—I don old; I no know di day wey I go die. ³So now, take your gear—your quiver and bow—comot go di field go hunt meat for me. ⁴Den make di sweet food wey I love for me, bring am make I chop, so my soul fit bless you before I die."

⁵Rebekah dey listen as Isaac dey talk to im pikin Esau. Esau comot go di field go hunt meat wey e go bring come. ⁶Rebekah tell im pikin Jacob say, "I hear as your papa dey tell your brother Esau, ⁷'Bring meat come, make sweet food for me make I chop, so I fit bless you before our Papa before I die.' ⁸So now, my pikin, listen to my voice make you do exactly wetin I tell you. ⁹Go di flock go bring two good young goat come for me, so I fit make sweet food for your papa, just as e love am. ¹⁰Den carry am go give your papa make e chop, so e fit bless you before e die."

¹¹Jacob tell im mama Rebekah say, "Look, Esau my brother na hairy man, but my own skin smooth. ¹²Wetin go happen if my papa touch me? I go be like person wey wan deceive am, and I go bring curse for myself instead of blessing."

¹³Im mama say, "My pikin, make your curse fall for my head—just listen to my voice: go bring dem come give me."

¹⁴So Jacob go, carry di goat, bring dem come give im mama, wey make di sweet food wey im papa love. ¹⁵Den Rebekah take di best cloth of Esau her first pikin, wey she keep for house, come dress Jacob her small pikin. ¹⁶She cover im hands and im smooth neck with di goat skin. ¹⁷Den she hand di sweet food and di bread wey she make give her pikin Jacob.

¹⁸Jacob come meet im papa come say, "My papa." E say, "I dey here. Who be you, my pikin?"

¹⁹Jacob tell im papa say, "Na me be Esau, your first pikin. I don do as you tell me. Abeg siddon well chop my meat, so your soul fit bless me."

²⁰Isaac ask im pikin say, "How you take find am quick quick so, my pikin?" E say, "Na because your Papa give me success."

²¹Isaac tell Jacob say, "Abeg come near, my pikin, so I fit touch you, make I know whether na my pikin Esau you really be or not."

²²Jacob go near im papa Isaac, wey touch am come say, "Di voice na Jacob voice, but di hands na Esau hands." ²³Isaac no recognize am, because Jacob hands hairy just like im brother Esau hands, so Isaac bless am. ²⁴E ask, "Na you really be my pikin Esau?" And e say, "Na me."

²⁵Isaac say, "Serve me my pikin meat, so my soul fit bless you." Jacob serve am, e chop; e bring wine come give am, e drink.

²⁶Den im papa Isaac tell am say, "Come near, my pikin, come kiss me." ²⁷So Jacob come near come kiss am. Isaac smell di scent of im cloth, bless am, come say, "See—di scent of my pikin be like di scent of field wey our Papa don bless. ²⁸Make our Papa give you di dew of heaven and di richness of di earth, and plenty grain and new wine. ²⁹Make people serve you and nations bow to you. Rule your brothers, and make your mama sons bow to you. Cursed be everybody wey curse you, and blessed everybody wey bless you."

³⁰Just as Isaac finish to bless Jacob, and Jacob never even comot well from im papa Isaac front, im brother Esau come back from di hunt. ³¹E too make sweet food, bring am come give im papa, come tell im papa say, "Make my papa stand up chop small of im pikin meat, so your soul fit bless me."

³²Im papa Isaac ask am, "Who be you?" E say, "Na me be your pikin, your first pikin, Esau."

³³Isaac shake well well come say, "Who den be di one wey hunt meat bring am come give me? I don chop am finish before you come and I bless am—yes, blessed e go be!"

³⁴When Esau hear im papa words, e cry out with very loud, bitter voice come tell im papa say, "Bless me too, my papa!"

³⁵Isaac say, "Your brother come with trick come take your blessing."

³⁶Esau say, "No be correct dem take name am Jacob? E don cheat me two times: e take my birthright, and now e don take my blessing." Den e ask, "You no keep any blessing for me?"

³⁷Isaac answer Esau say, "Look, I don make am lord over you, I don give am all im brothers as servant, and I don sustain am with grain and new wine. So wetin I fit still do for you, my pikin?"

³⁸Esau tell im papa say, "Na only one blessing you get, my papa? Bless me too, my papa!" Esau cry out loud.

³⁹Den im papa Isaac answer am say, "Look—your place go dey far from di richness of di earth, and far from di dew of heaven for up. ⁴⁰By your sword you go live, and you go serve your brother. But when you don tire, you go break im yoke comot from your neck."

⁴¹Esau keep bad mind against Jacob because of di blessing wey im papa give am, come talk for im mind say, "Di days wey we go mourn my papa dey near; den I go kill my brother Jacob."

⁴²When dem tell Rebekah wetin her first pikin Esau talk, she send for her small pikin Jacob come say, "Your brother Esau dey console imself over you—e wan kill you. ⁴³So now, my pikin, listen to my voice: stand up, run go my brother Laban for Haran. ⁴⁴Stay with am small time—until your brother vex cool down, ⁴⁵until your brother anger comot from you and e forget wetin you do am. Den I go send come carry you back from there. Why I go lose both of una for one day?"

⁴⁶Rebekah tell Isaac say, "I don tire for my life because of dis Hittite women. If Jacob marry wife from di daughters of Heth, from dis land, wetin I still dey live for?"