Genesis 46

46 ¹So Israel comot wit everytin wey e get, e come reach Beersheba, and e sacrifice give our Papa, di one wey im papa Isaac bin dey worship.

²And our Papa talk to Israel for vision for di night, "Jacob, Jacob." E answer say, "I dey here."

³E talk say, "Na me be your Papa, di one wey your papa bin dey worship. No fear to go down Egypt, because na dere I go make you turn one big nation. ⁴Na me myself go go down wit you go Egypt, and for sure I go bring you come back; and na Joseph im own hand go close your eye." ^a a v4 Our Papa promise say e go go down wit Israel enter Egypt and e go bring im people comot again — na di first promise of im presence wey dey follow dem for exile, wey come happen many hundred years later for di Exodus.

⁵Jacob comot from Beersheba. Israel im sons carry dia papa Jacob, dia small pikin dem, and dia wives inside di wagon wey Pharaoh bin send for am. ⁶Dem carry dia animals and di property wey dem gada for di land of Canaan, and dem come Egypt—Jacob and all im pikin dem follow am.

⁷Im sons and grandsons, daughters and granddaughters—all im pikin dem, na dem e carry come Egypt wit am.

⁸Na dis be di names of Israel im sons wey enter Egypt—Jacob and im sons: Reuben, wey be Jacob im firstborn. ⁹Di sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. ¹⁰Di sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul wey be di son of one Canaan woman. ¹¹Di sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ¹²Judah im sons: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, Zerah; but Er and Onan die for Canaan. Perez im sons: Hezron and Hamul. ¹³Di sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron. ¹⁴Di sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. ¹⁵Na dis be Leah im sons, wey she born give Jacob for Paddan-aram, wit im daughter Dinah; im sons and daughters na thirty-three.

¹⁶Di sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. ¹⁷Asher im sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and dia sister Serah. Beriah im sons: Heber and Malchiel. ¹⁸Na dis be di sons of Zilpah, wey Laban give im daughter Leah; na dem she born give Jacob—sixteen altogether.

¹⁹Di sons of Rachel, wey be Jacob im wife: Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁰Manasseh and Ephraim, na Asenath born dem give Joseph for Egypt, she be di daughter of Potiphera, wey be priest of On. ²¹Di sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. ²²Na dis be di sons of Rachel wey she born give Jacob—fourteen people altogether.

²³Di sons of Dan: Hushim. ²⁴Di sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. ²⁵Na dis be Bilhah im sons, wey Laban give im daughter Rachel; na dem she born give Jacob—seven altogether. ²⁶Di people wey come from Jacob im own body wey enter Egypt—wey no count im sons dia wives—na sixty-six altogether. ²⁷Joseph get two sons wey born for Egypt. Jacob im household wey enter Egypt na seventy altogether.

Di Road Wey Go Goshen

²⁸Jacob send Judah go front to Joseph make e show dem di way go Goshen; and dem reach di land of Goshen. ²⁹Joseph ready im chariot and e go up Goshen to meet im papa Israel. E show imsef for am, e fall for im neck, and e cry for im neck for long time. ³⁰Israel talk to Joseph say, "Now make I fit die, since I don see your face and say you still dey alive."

³¹Joseph tell im brothers and im papa household say, "I go go up go tell Pharaoh, and I go talk give am say, ‘My brothers and my papa household, wey bin dey for Canaan, don come meet me. ³²Di men na shepherd dem, because dem don dey mind animals; dem don bring dia flock, dia herd, and everytin wey dem get.’ ³³So wen Pharaoh call una and e ask say, ‘Wetin be una work?’ ³⁴una go talk say, ‘Us your servants don dey raise animals from wen we small reach now, us and our papa dem,’ so dat una fit settle for Goshen; because every shepherd na abomination for di Egypt people dem eye."