Four Hundred Men Dey For Horizon
Di meeting wey Jacob dey fear turn to embrace: Esau run come, e cry, and e no want di gift. Jacob still force am make e collect am, e talk say to see im face be like to see our Papa own, then e quietly refuse to travel with am and e go settle for another place.
33 1Jacob look up, e see Esau dey come with 400 men. So e share di children give Leah, Rachel, and di two servant. 2E put di maidservant dem and dia children first, Leah and her children after dem, and Rachel and Joseph last. 3E imsef waka go front pass dem, e bow down reach ground seven times, till e reach im brother.
4Esau run go meet am, e hug am, e throw im hand round im neck, e kiss am—and dem cry. 5As Esau look up, e see di women and children, e ask, “Who be all dis wey dey with you?” Jacob talk, “Na di children wey our Papa don graciously give your servant.”
6Den di female servant dem come near with dia children, and dem bow down. 7Leah too come forward with her children, and dem bow down; den Joseph and Rachel come forward and bow down.
8Esau talk, “Wetin be all dis crowd wey I meet?” “Na to find favour with my oga,” Jacob talk.
9But Esau talk, “I get plenty, my brother; keep wetin be your own for yoursef.”
10Jacob talk, “No, abeg—if I don find favour for your eye, collect my gift from my hand, because I don see your face like as I dey see di face of our Papa, and you don accept me. 11Abeg take my blessing wey dem bring give you, since our Papa don favour me and I get everything.” So e press am, and e take am.
12Den Esau talk, “Make we continue our journey, and I go waka go front pass you.”
13But Jacob talk give am, “My oga know say di children still small, and di flock and herd wey dey nurse dem pikin dey for my hand. If we drive dem hard for one day, all di flock go die. 14Make my oga pass go front pass im servant; I go move slow-slow, follow di pace of di livestock wey dey my front and di pace of di children, till I reach my oga for Seir.”
15Esau talk, “Make I leave some of my people with you.” Jacob answer, “Why make I do dat? Make I just find favour for my oga eye.”
16So Esau turn back dat day for im road go Seir. 17But Jacob travel go Succoth, e build house for imsef, and e make shelter for im livestock—na why dem dey call di place Succoth.
18Jacob reach Shechem safe-safe, na one city for Canaan, e dey come from Paddan-aram, and e camp face di city. 19E buy di piece of land wey e pitch im tent from di sons of Hamor, Shechem im papa, for one hundred piece of silver. a a v19 Qesitah na ancient unit of payment for dat time, e fit be silver wey dem weigh, but nobody sabi im exact value for today. 20For dia e set up altar and e call am El-Elohe-Israel—di Papa of Israel. b b v20 Jacob set up dis altar after our Papa give am di new name Israel — dey claim Jacob and im children as im own family forever.
