H9001–/וַ–v

Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

וַיִּפֹּ֧ל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּצְחָ֑ק (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְקָרָ֥אתָ (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲקִמֹתִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”

As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

וְהִפְרֵיתִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְתַתִּ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”

And having said these words, God went up from Abraham.

וַיְכַ֖ל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֣עַל (וַ) va “and”

And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God

וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֜מָל (וַ) va “and”

Now the Lord came to him by the holy tree of Mamre, when he was seated in the doorway of his tent in the middle of the day;

וַיֵּרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”

And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

וַיִּשָּׂ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֔רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֗רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֤רָץ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (וַ) va “and”

And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:

וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

And let me get a bit of bread to keep up your strength, and after that you may go on your way: for this is why you have come to your servant. And they said, Let it be so.

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes.

וַיְמַהֵ֧ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready;

וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֣ן (וַ) va “and”וַיְמַהֵ֖ר (וַ) va “and”

And he took butter and milk and the young ox which he had made ready and put it before them, waiting by them under the tree while they took food.

וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֖ן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, She is in the tent.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

וַתִּצְחַ֥ק (וַ) va. “and”

And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Sarah said, I was not laughing; for she was full of fear. And he said, No, but you were laughing.

וַתְּכַחֵ֨שׁ (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר׀ (וַ) va “and”

And the men went on from there in the direction of Sodom; and Abraham went with them on their way.

וַיָּקֻ֤מוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁקִ֖פוּ (וַ) va “and”

Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?

וְנִ֨בְרְכוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.

וְשָֽׁמְרוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the men, turning from that place, went on to Sodom: but Abraham was still waiting before the Lord.

וַיִּפְנ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners?

וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

וְהָיָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”