Genesis

25 Now Abraham marry again, and the name of im wife na Ke·tu′rah. 2 As time de go, e born Zim′ran, Jok′shan, Me′dan, Mid′i·an, Ish′bak, and Shu′ah for Abraham.

3 Jok′shan come be She′ba and De′dan papa.

The sons of De′dan na As·shu′rim, Le·tu′shim, and Le·um′mim.

4 The sons of Mid′i·an na E′phah, E′pher, Ha′noch, A·bi′da, and El·da′ah.

All this ones na the grandsons of Ke·tu′rah.

5 After, Abraham give everything wey e get to Isaac, 6 but Abraham give gifts to im sons wey im concubines* born. Then when e still dey alive, e leave them make them go east side for where them de call the land of the East, far from im son Isaac. 7 The number of years wey Abraham live im life na 175 years. 8 Then Abraham breathe for the last time, and before e die, e live better long life. E old and e happy with im life, and them bury-am just as them bury im people. 9 Im sons wey be Isaac and Ish′ma·el bury-am for the cave wey dey Mach·pe′lah for the land wey E′phron get, wey dey front of Mam′re. E′phron na the son of Zo′har wey be Hitʹtite person. 10 This one na the land wey Abraham buy from the sons of Heth. Na there them bury Abraham with im wife Sarah. 11 After Abraham die, God continue to bless im son Isaac, and Isaac live near Be′er-la′hai-roi.

12 This one na the story about Ish′ma·el, the son of Abraham wey Ha′gar the woman from Egypt, the servant of Sarah, born for Abraham.

13 Now this one na the names of the sons of Ish′ma·el, name by name, according to the family wey them come from. The firstborn of Ish′ma·el na Ne·ba′ioth, then e born Ke′dar, Ad′be·el, Mib′sam, 14 Mish′ma, Du′mah, Mas′sa, 15 Ha′dad, Te′ma, Je′tur, Na′phish, and Ked′e·mah. 16 This one na the sons of Ish′ma·el and this one na their names according to their villages and according to their tents,* 12 chiefs according to their family groups. 17 And Ish′ma·el live for 137 years. Then e breathe for the last time and die, and them bury-am just as them bury im people. 18 And the place wey them start to live na from Hav′i·lah near Shur, wey near Egypt, go reach As·syr′i·a. Them live near all their brothers.*

19 And this one na the story about Isaac the son of Abraham.

Abraham na Isaac papa. 20 Isaac dey 40 years when e marry Re·bek′ah, the daughter of Be·thu′el wey be Aʹram person for Pad′dan-a′ram, and the sister of La′ban wey be Aʹram person. 21 And Isaac continue to beg Jehovah about im wife, because e no fit born, so Jehovah answer im prayer and im wife Re·bek′ah get belle. 22 And the sons wey dey im belle start to push each other up and down, and this one make-am talk say: “If na so e be, why I go continue to live?” So e ask Jehovah about the matter. 23 And Jehovah tell-am say: “Two nations dey inside your belle, and two group of people go separate from inside you, and one of the nation go strong pass the other nation, and the senior one go serve the junior one.”

24 When time reach for Re·bek′ah to born, see! na twins dey inside im belle. 25 When the first one come out, the hair for all im body red. And im body be like cloth wey them make with hair, so them call the pikin E′sau.* 26 After that one, im brother come out and im hand hold the leg* of E′sau. So them call the pikin Jacob.* Isaac dey 60 years when Re·bek′ah born them.

27 As the boys de grow, E′sau come be hunter wey really sabi im work, na person wey like to de stay outside, but Jacob na person wey them no de talk bad about. E de stay for inside tents. 28 And Isaac love E′sau because e de bring bush meat make e chop, but Re·bek′ah love Jacob. 29 One day, Jacob de cook stew when E′sau come back from bush. E′sau don really tire. 30 So E′sau tell Jacob say: “Quick-quick, abeg, give me some of the red stew wey you get for there,* because I don really tire!”* Na this one make im name be E′dom.* 31 So Jacob talk say: “First sell your right as firstborn to me!” 32 And E′sau continue to talk say: “See, na die I de die so! Wetin I want do with the right wey I get as firstborn?” 33 So Jacob still talk say: “First swear!” So e swear to Jacob and sell im right as firstborn to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob give E′sau bread and stew,* and e chop and drink. Then e get up and start to go. Na so E′sau no show say e value im right as firstborn.