H9001–/וַ–v

And the king of Sodom goeth out, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which `is' Zoar; and they set the battle in array with them in the valley of Siddim,

וַיֵּצֵ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעַרְכ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the valley of Siddim `is' full of bitumen-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah flee, and fall there, and those left have fled to the mountain.

וַיָּנֻ֛סוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְּלוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

And they take the whole substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the whole of their food, and go away;

וַ֠יִּקְחוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

and they take Lot, Abram's brother's son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom), and his substance, and go away.

וַיִּקְח֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ (וַ) va “and”

And one who is escaping cometh and declareth to Abram the Hebrew, and he is dwelling among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, and they `are' Abram's allies.

וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֵּ֖ד (וַ) va “and”

And Abram heareth that his brother hath been taken captive, and he draweth out his trained domestics, three hundred and eighteen, and pursueth unto Dan.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨רֶק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְדֹּ֖ף (וַ) va “and”

And he divideth himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smiteth them, and pursueth them unto Hobah, which `is' at the left of Damascus;

וַיֵּחָלֵ֨ק (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכֵּ֑ם (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵם֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

and he bringeth back the whole of the substance, and also Lot his brother and his substance hath he brought back, and also the women and the people.

וַיָּ֕שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Sodom goeth out to meet him (after his turning back from the smiting of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings who `are' with him), unto the valley of Shaveh, which `is' the king's valley.

וַיֵּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”

and he blesseth him, and saith, `Blessed `is' Abram to God Most High, possessing heaven and earth;

וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

and blessed `is' God Most High, who hath delivered thine adversaries into thy hand;' and he giveth to him a tenth of all.

וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Sodom saith unto Abram, `Give to me the persons, and the substance take to thyself,'

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and Abram saith unto the king of Sodom, `I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessing heaven and earth --

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Abram saith, `Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Abram saith, `Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and He bringeth him out without, and saith, `Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, `Thus is thy seed.'

וַיּוֹצֵ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness.

וְהֶאֱמִ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ (וַ) va “and”

And He saith unto him, `I `am' Jehovah who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to thee this land to possess it;'

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and he saith, `Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'

וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

And He saith unto him, `Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a young bird;'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and he taketh to him all these, and separateth them in the midst, and putteth each piece over against its fellow, but the bird he hath not divided;

וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ (וַ) va “and”וַיְבַתֵּ֤ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֥ן (וַ) va “and”

and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.

וַיֵּ֥רֶד (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשֵּׁ֥ב (וַ) va “and”

And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep hath fallen upon Abram, and lo, a terror of great darkness is falling upon him;

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

and He saith to Abram, `knowing -- know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַעֲבָד֖וּם (וַ) va. “and”וְעִנּ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it cometh to pass -- the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been -- and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces.

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”