Go Back to Bethel
Papa call Jacob back to Bethel, and Jacob bury di foreign gods wey im household still dey carry. Our Papa confirm di name Israel. Then loss begin pile up: im nurse die, Rachel die as she dey name Benjamin, Reuben sleep for im papa bed, and dem bury Isaac.
35 1Den our Papa tell Jacob say, “Wake up, go Bethel, stay dia, and build altar for me, wey appear to you wen you run comot from your brother Esau.”
2Jacob tell im house-people and everybody wey dey with am say, “Comot di foreign gods wey dey among una, make una clean unaself, and change una cloth. 3Make we go up to Bethel. I go build altar dia for our Papa, wey answer me for my day of trouble and stay with me anywia I go.”
4Dem give Jacob all di foreign gods wey dey dia hand and di earrings wey dey dia ear; e hide dem under di oak tree for Shechem. 5Dem start di journey; fear wey comot from our Papa fall on all di cities wey dey around, so nobody pursue Jacob pikin dem. 6Jacob come reach Luz (wey be Bethel) for Canaan, with all im people. 7Dia e build altar, e call am El-Bethel—house of our Papa—bikos na dia e show imself to Jacob wen e run comot from im brother. 8Deborah, Rebekah nurse, die and dem bury am for down Bethel under di oak tree, wey dem call Allon-bacuth, oak of crying.
9Our Papa appear to Jacob again, wen e come from Paddan-aram, and e bless am.
10Our Papa tell am say, “Your name na Jacob, but e no go be Jacob again—your name na Israel.” E call am Israel. 11Our Papa tell am say, “Na me be El Shaddai, your Papa wey get all power. Born plenty, multiply. Nation, plenty nations wey join together, go come from you; kings go come from your body. 12Di land wey I give Abraham and Isaac, I go give you; I go give am to your pikin dem wey go come afta you.”
13Den our Papa go up comot from am for di place wia e don talk with am. 14Jacob stand pillar for di place wia our Papa don talk with am, pillar wey be stone, and e pour drink offering on top am and pour oil on top am. 15Jacob call di place wia our Papa don talk with am: Bethel.
Rachel Last Pikin
16Dem comot from Bethel, and wen dem still dey small distance from Ephrath, labor catch Rachel—labor wey hard well well. 17For inside her hard labor, di midwife tell am say, “No fear—dis one too na son.”
18As her soul dey comot for her body—she dey die—she call am Ben-oni, son of my sorrow; but im papa call am Benjamin, son of di right hand. a a v18 Rachel dying word call her son Ben-oni, “son of my sorrow.” Im papa Jacob change di name to Benjamin, “son of di right hand” — e turn di sorrow to name of strength and chosen place. 19So Rachel die, and dem bury am for di road wey dey go Ephrath (wey be Bethlehem). 20Jacob put pillar on top her grave—na Rachel grave pillar be dat till today.
21Israel travel and camp pass Migdal-eder, di tower of di flock. 22Wen Israel dey live for dat land, Reuben go sleep with Bilhah, im papa concubine, and Israel hear am. Jacob get twelve sons.
23Di sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob firstborn, den Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. 24Di sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. 25Di sons of Bilhah, Rachel maid: Dan and Naphtali. 26Di sons of Zilpah, Leah servant: Gad and Asher. Na dis be Jacob sons, wey dem born for am for Paddan-aram.
27Jacob come meet im papa Isaac for Mamre, Kiriath-arba (wey be Hebron), wia Abraham and Isaac don live.
28Isaac live 180 years. 29Isaac breathe im last breath, die, and dem gather am to im people—e don old, e don full of days. Im sons Esau and Jacob bury am.
