Genesis 47

47 ¹Joseph come tell Pharaoh sey, "My papa an my brothers, wit dia sheep, dia cattle, an everytin wey dem get, don comot from Canaan. Dem dey for Goshen now." ²From among im brothers, e pick five men bring dem come stand for Pharaoh im front. ³Pharaoh ask Joseph im brothers sey, "Wetin be una work?" Dem tell Pharaoh sey, "Us your servants dey mind sheep, us an our papas de same."

⁴Dem tell Pharaoh sey, "Na to come stay for dis land as strangers we come, becos grass no dey for us your servants sheep—di hunger too much for Canaan. So we beg, make us your servants fit settle for Goshen."

⁵Pharaoh tell Joseph sey, "Your papa an your brothers don come meet you. ⁶Egypt land dey your front. Settle your papa an brothers for di best part of di land—make dem stay for Goshen. If you sabi any strong men among dem, put dem for head of my animals."

⁷Then Joseph bring im papa Jacob come in, put am stand for Pharaoh im front, an Jacob bless Pharaoh. ⁸Pharaoh ask Jacob sey, "How many years you don live?"

⁹Jacob answer Pharaoh sey, "My years as person wey dey waka from place to place na 130. Small an hard, dem never reach di years wey my papas dem waka." ¹⁰Then Jacob bless Pharaoh, an comot from im front.

¹¹So Joseph settle im papa an brothers, give dem land for di best territory of Egypt, di area of Rameses, jus as Pharaoh don order. ¹²Joseph feed im papa, im brothers, an all im papa im household, according to di number of dia pikin dem.

Di Hunger Come Worse

¹³No food remain for di whole land, becos di hunger too much well well, an Egypt land an Canaan land waste away becos of di hunger. ¹⁴Joseph gather all di silver wey dem find for Egypt land an Canaan land for di grain wey dem dey buy, an Joseph carry di silver come inside Pharaoh im house. ¹⁵Wen di silver finish for Egypt land an Canaan land, all di Egypt people come meet Joseph, dey sey, "Give us food! Why we go die for your front? Becos silver don finish."

¹⁶Joseph answer sey, "Bring una animals; I go give una food in place of una animals, since una silver don finish." ¹⁷Dem bring dia animals come meet Joseph, an e give dem bread for di horses, di sheep, di cattle, an di donkeys. E provide dem bread dat year for all dia animals. ¹⁸Dat year end, an dem come meet am for di second year come sey, "We no fit hide am from my oga sey our silver don finish an di animals don belong to my oga; notin remain for my oga except our body an our land. ¹⁹Why we go die for your eye—us an our land? Buy us an our land for food; us an our land go serve Pharaoh. Give us seed make we live, no make we die, an make di land no turn to bush."

²⁰So Joseph buy all Egypt land for Pharaoh, becos every Egypt person sell im field—di hunger too much for dem. Di land come belong to Pharaoh. ²¹E move di people go inside di towns, from one end of Egypt reach di oda end. ²²Na only di priests dia land e no buy, becos Pharaoh give dem fixed portion wey dem dey live on; so dem no sell dia land. ²³Joseph tell di people sey, "Look, I don buy una an una land for Pharaoh today. See seed—plant di land. ²⁴For harvest time, give Pharaoh one part out of five; keep di oda four parts as seed for di field an food for una, una household, an una pikin dem."

²⁵Dem sey, "You don save our life. Make we find favour for my oga eye, an we go be Pharaoh im slaves." ²⁶So Joseph make am law for Egypt—wey still dey stand today—sey one part out of five go go Pharaoh. Na only di priests dia land no come belong to Pharaoh.

²⁷Israel stay for Egypt land, for Goshen land. Dem get property for dia, an dem born plenty come multiply well well. ²⁸Jacob live for Egypt seventeen years; im whole life come be 147 years. ²⁹Wen di time for Israel to die come near, e call im son Joseph come sey, "If I don find favour for your eye, abeg put your hand under my thigh an show me faithful love an loyalty. Abeg no bury me for Egypt, ^a a v29 To put hand under person im thigh na ancient serious oath way for old time, wey de bind di promise on person im pikin dem wey go come afta. ³⁰but make I lie down wit my papas. Carry me comot from Egypt bury me for dia grave." Joseph sey, "I go do jus as you talk."

³¹Jacob sey, "Swear give me." Joseph swear give am. Then Israel bow im head for di head of im bed.