Isaac Bless Jacob Again
When dem send am go find wife, Jacob sleep for open ground wit stone as pillow and dream of one stairway full of angels. Our Papa repeat Abraham promise to one runaway and promise to bring am home. Jacob wake up wit fear and begin bargain.
28 1Den Isaac call Jacob, bless am, and command am: "No go marry any wife from di daughters of Canaan. 2Waka go Paddan-aram, go di house of Bethuel, your mama papa, and marry wife dere from di daughters of Laban, your mama broda. 3Make El Shaddai—your Papa wey get all power—bless you, make you born plenty, multiply you, so you go turn plenty peoples. 4Make e give you and your pikin-dem wey dey with you di blessing of Abraham, so dat you fit inherit di land wey you dey live as stranger, wey our Papa give Abraham."
5Isaac send Jacob comot; e waka go Paddan-aram, go meet Laban di pikin of Bethuel di Aramean, broda of Rebekah, mama of Jacob and Esau.
6Esau come find out say Isaac don bless Jacob and send am go Paddan-aram make e marry wife from dere, and say as e bless am, e charge am, "No marry any wife from di women of Canaan," 7and say Jacob don obey im papa and im mama and don waka go Paddan-aram. 8So Esau see say di daughters of Canaan no dey sweet im papa Isaac. 9So Esau go meet Ishmael and marry Mahalath, di daughter of Ishmael di pikin of Abraham and sista of Nebaioth, on top di oda wives wey e get.
Di Road Go Haran
10Jacob comot from Beersheba and waka go face Haran. 11E reach one place and sleep dere for di night, because sun don set. E take one of di stones for dat place, put am under im head, and lie down for dat place to sleep. 12E dream: one stairway stand for di earth, im top dey reach heaven, and angels of our Papa dey climb up and dey come down for am. a a v12 Jesus call imsef dis stairway — di connection between earth and heaven, di one wey we take dey come to our Papa (John 1:51).
13And for on top am, our Papa stand, wey talk say, "Na Me be your Papa, di God of Abraham your papa and of Isaac. I go give you and your pikin-dem di land wey you dey lie down on top. 14Your pikin-dem go plenty like di dust of di earth; you go spread go west, east, north, and south. For inside you and inside your pikin-dem, all di families of di earth go get blessing. 15Know dis: I dey with you. I go guard you for anywhere wey you go and bring you back come dis land. I no go leave you until I don do wetin I promise you."
16Jacob wake up from im sleep and talk say, "For true, our Papa dey for dis place, and I no even know!" 17Fear catch am and e talk say, "Dis place dey fear-fear well well! Dis one no be anytin pass di house of our Papa, and dis na di gate of heaven."
18Jacob wake up early, take di stone wey e put under im head, set am up as pillar, and pour oil for im top. 19E name dat place Bethel, though di first name of di city na Luz. b b v19 Bethel mean "house of God"; before-before dem dey call di town Luz. 20Jacob make vow, "If God dey with me and guard me for dis journey wey I dey go, give me bread to chop and cloth to wear, 21and I return safe come my papa house, den our Papa go be my Papa, 22and dis stone wey I set up as pillar go be di house of our Papa, and from everytin wey You give me, I go sure-sure bring You one-tenth."
