H9001–/וַ–v

And he went on, journeying still to the South.

וַיִּסַּ֣ע (וַ) va “and”

And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֨רֶד (וַ) va “and”

Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;

וַיְהִ֕י (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמְר֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָרְג֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.

וְחָיְתָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.

וַיְהִ֕י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְא֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.

וַיִּרְא֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהַֽלְל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַתֻּקַּ֥ח (וַ) va. “and”

And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.

וַֽיְהִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

וַיְנַגַּ֨ע (וַ) va “and”

Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?

וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.

וָאֶקַּ֥ח (וָ) va. “and”

And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.

וַיְצַ֥ו (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֥וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South.

וַיַּעַל֩ (וַ) va “and”

And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;

וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”

To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.

וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.

וַֽיְהִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.

וַיִּשָּׂא־ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּרְא֙ (וַ) va “and”

So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.

וַיִּבְחַר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסַּ֥ע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפָּ֣רְד֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.

וַיֶּאֱהַ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.

וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.

וַיֶּאֱהַ֣ל (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֛א (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֛שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽבֶן־ (וַ) va “and”

Now in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”

And in the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings who were on his side, overcame the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

וַיַּכּ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then they came back to En-mishpat (which is Kadesh), making waste all the country of the Amalekites and of the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.

וַ֠יָּשֻׁבוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֕וּ (וַ) va “and”